This Tuesday, November 5, 2024, millions of Americans are called to the polls, to elect their president but also to elect judges, local parliaments, mayors or municipal councilors. All eyes are first on the presidential election, said to be one of the closest in recent decades, between Kamala Harris, candidate for the Democratic Party, and Donald Trump for the Republican Party.
In this context, while this election will be played out among the undecided and on the margins, what weight does religion play in the choice of voters? Could the religious variable play a particular role in these elections? A slight shift is observed among evangelicals, among Catholics, in traditional African-American churches, among Jews and among Muslims… This shift can be decisive as these elections will be played out on the margins, including religious.
Guest :
– Blandine Chélini-Pontprofessor of contemporary history at the University of Aix-Marseille, university professor, works on the relations between politics and religion in the United States.
Speakers :
– Cécile Coquet-Mokokoprofessor of American Civilization at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin, also works on African-American religious rhetoric in the United States
– Jason Shelton, professor of Sociology at the University of Arlington in Texas, works on the interactions between “race, religion and politics”, has just published “ The contemporary Black Church: the new dynamics of African American religion » (Ed. Presses Universitaires de New York – 2024).
