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President-elect Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech at a rally in New York in the early hours of November 9, 2016. Reuters/Carlo Allegri

Race to the White House – President‑elect Donald J Trump

Brendon O'Connor, University of Sydney and Tom Switzer, University of Sydney

This week the Race to the White House team digest the news that Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States of America. How did the pollsters get it so wrong, and what will a Trump presidency actually look like?
The email scandal continues to haunt Hillary Clinton’s campaign with the FBI announcing that it will investigate additional emails just days before the election. Cristobal Herrera/EPA

Race to the White House – secrets and emails

Brendon O'Connor, University of Sydney and Tom Switzer, University of Sydney

Race to the White House - Episode 8 The Conversation, CC BY-ND31.7 MB (download)
This week's episode focuses on how the re-emergence of the email scandal will impact Hillary Clinton in the final week of the campaign.
Nevada will play host to the third and final presidential debate. Reuters/Rick Wilking

Race to the White House – opinion polls, Clinton’s campaign, and the third debate

Brendon O'Connor, University of Sydney; Simon Jackman, University of Sydney, and Tom Switzer, University of Sydney

Race to the White House - Episode #6 The Conversation88 MB (download)
This week's episode of Race to the White House looks at the history and importance of public opinion polls, as well as previewing the third and final presidential debate.
The bruising second presidential debate was dominated by accusations of sexual misconduct. Gary He/EPA

Race to the White House – the vicious debate, the future of the GOP, and Clinton’s emails

Tom Switzer, University of Sydney; Brendon O'Connor, University of Sydney, and Nicole Hemmer, University of Sydney

Race to the White House - Episode #5 The Conversation, CC BY-SA78.2 MB (download)
This episode of Race to the White House examines the fallout from the second presidential debate and asks whether the Republican Party can transform itself to remain politically relevant.
The vice-presidential debate was much spicier than anticipated, but will it actually swing the election? Michael Reynolds/EPA

Race to the White House – the vice‑presidential debate, and Donald Trump’s tax troubles

Brendon O'Connor, University of Sydney and Tom Switzer, University of Sydney

Race to the White House – Episode #4 The Conversation, CC BY-ND33.8 MB (download)
This week on Race to the White House, Brendon O’Connor, Tom Switzer and Emma Lancaster look at the first and only 2016 vice-presidential debate.
Polls and commentators all suggest Hillary Clinton easily won the first presidential debate. Justin Lane/EPA

Race to the White House – who won and who lost the first presidential debate? Does it matter?

Tom Switzer, University of Sydney and Brendon O'Connor, University of Sydney

Race to the White House - episode #3 The Conversation, CC BY-ND27.7 MB (download)
The third episode of Race to the White House dissects the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
The first US presidential debate is scheduled for Tuesday morning Australian time. Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

Race to the White House – foreign policy disputes, first presidential debate, and Trump Jnr’s tweet

Tom Switzer, University of Sydney; Brendon O'Connor, University of Sydney, and Gorana Grgić, University of Sydney

Race to the White House – Episode Two The Conversation, CC BY-ND27.6 MB (download)
The second episode of Race to the White House examines the foreign policy differences between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, and previews the first presidential debate.
The high-stakes race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for the White House will impact America, Australia and the rest of the world. EPA

Race to the White House – the state of the US presidential race and populist politicians

Tom Switzer, University of Sydney and Brendon O'Connor, University of Sydney

Race to the White House – Episode One The Conversation, CC BY-ND27.7 MB (download)
In the first podcast of the series, Brendon O'Connor and Tom Switzer look at the current state of the US presidential race.
Republicans today went to the polls on Super Tuesday, but no clear candidate for the presidential nomination emerged. EPA/Ryan Stone

Super Tuesday: what we learned about the Republican presidential race

Tom Switzer, University of Sydney

Voting in the Super Tuesday Republican primaries has ended in every participating state except Alaska. The results have been shared: front runners Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have all…
Can the Republican party get behind Mitt Romney despite the misgivings of the base? AAP/Michael Reynolds

South Carolina primary: can a divided Republican house unite around Romney?

Tom Switzer, University of Sydney

By rights, Mitt Romney should be on the ropes. In the years leading up to the Republican presidential primaries, he supported small-l liberal positions on anything from abortion and gun control to climate…

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