The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center

for Public Policy and the Social Sciences

2016 Summer Term Public Program Presents:


Nate Cohn: Political Correspondent, The Upshot, The New York Times

“Will Obama’s America Vote for Trump?”


Thursday, July 14, 2016

4:30-5:30 pm

Rockefeller 003

Co-sponsored by the Department of Government




Lecture Description:

President Obama rode sweeping demographic changes to clear victories in the last two presidential elections. Yet Donald Trump, who seems to go out of his way to alienate Mr. Obama's diverse coalition, is competitive in the general election. How can a candidate like Mr. Trump compete in the same country that elected Mr. Obama just four years ago? And will he win??



Speaker Bio:

Nate Cohn is the political correspondent for the Upshot, a policy and politics site at The New York Times. He covers elections, polling and demographics. He's appeared to discuss these topics?on CNN, MSNBC,?CSPAN, NPR, and at major colleges and universities.?Previously, he was a staff writer for The New Republic. Before entering journalism, he was a Scoville Fellow at the Stimson Center, where he contributed to analysis of South Asia and the defense budget.