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Atlantic Forum: The 2026 Midterm Elections: Results, Trends, Consequences

Thu., 12.11.2026
18:00 Uhr bis ca. 20:00 Uhr

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The 2026 midterms are the most highly anticipated political event of the year. With the chance to reconfigure power relations in D.C. and beyond, midterm elections in the U.S. have been proven to be pivotal moments for presidents, parties and the country itself. In our talk, Prof. Sean Theriault will discuss the election results, the implications of these results for the Democratic and Republican Party and for the system of governance. How will the results shape the role of Congress and the Presidency? Which changes can be detected compared to the 2024 election and what might this mean for the 2028 presidential elections? We're looking forward to discussing these questions and more with our expert and our audience!

Diese Veranstaltung wird von der Atlantischen Akademie Rheinland-Pfalz e. V. in Kooperation mit dem Fachgebiet Politikwissenschaft der RPTU in Kaiserslautern angeboten.
Die Vortrag wird in englischer Sprache gehalten.

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Thu., 12.11.2026,
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  • Theriault, Sean M. (Prof.) - trägt vor
    Professor Theriault is fascinated by congressional decision-making. He has published six books: Disruption? The Senate during the Trump Era (ed, Oxford University Press, 2024), Congress: The First Branch (with Mickey Edwards; Oxford University Press, 2020), The Great Broadening (with Bryan Jones and Michelle Whyman; University of Chicago Press, 2019), The Gingrich Senators (Oxford University Press, 2013), Party Polarization in Congress (Cambridge University Press, 2008), and The Power of the People (Ohio State University Press, 2005). He has also published numerous articles in a variety of journals on subjects ranging from presidential rhetoric to earmarks and the Louisiana Purchase to the Pendleton Act of 1883. Professor Theriault, whose classes include the U.S. Congress, Congressional Elections, Party Polarization in the United States, and the Politics of the Catholic Church, is passionate about teaching. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the Friar Society Teaching Fellowship (the biggest undergraduate teaching award at UT) in 2009, UT Professor the Year in 2011, and the Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award in 2014. In 2012, he was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers. He has experienced no greater honor than “officiating” at three weddings, including two for former students.
 Professor Theriault, who grew up in Michigan, has been to all 50 states (though only 49 state capitols) and six continents. His research and teaching have taken him to among other places Seoul, Budapest, Rome, and Berlin. He is a competitive tennis player and an avid runner, having competed twice in the Boston Marathon. Before obtaining his Ph.D. from Stanford University (in 2001; M.A. in Political Science in 2000), he attended the University of Richmond (B.A., 1993), and the University of Rochester (M.S. in Public Policy Analysis, 1996).

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