Expert Comment
When will we know the outcome of the 2020 presidential election? Dr Trevor McCrisken explains
"The courts could again be crucial in settling the contests this year, not only in Florida but in other swing states if the voting margins are very close. With Trump and Senate Republicans having successfully tipped the balance to conservatives on the Supreme Court, newly appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett could prove a significant character in this year's election battle."
Biden vs Trump - expert comment
"For Donald Trump, this debate was probably the last chance to reenergize his campaign and try to swing the election, and in that he failed." Dr. Georg Löfflmann, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Warwick and expert on populist governments, gives his take on the second and final US Presidential debate of the 2020 election.
Final presidential debate - Expert comment
"Expect plenty of verbal fireworks and not a great deal of policy substance - it will no doubt be a spectacle but perhaps not the kind of debate that voters need so they can make an informed choice in this crucial election." Dr Trevor McCrisken previews this evening's final US Presidential debate.
Expert comment: Former US Defence Secretary's Trump intervention 'almost unprecedented'
As former US Defence Secretary James Mattis criticises the Trump administration in an article for The Atlantic, Dr Georg Löfflmann of the Department of Politics and International Studies discusses how unprecedented his comments are.
Expert comment: President Trump increasingly frustrating his medical and scientific advisers
Dr Trevor McCrisken comments on Donald Trump taking medication against public health advice and his ultimatum to the WHO.