Spotlight on Samuel Popkin

Just in time for election season! In The Candidate, Samuel Popkin, Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego, draws on a lifetime of presidential campaign experience and extensive research to analyze what it takes to win this upcoming Presidential campaign. In the above video, Popkin explains how to judge an incumbent’s campaign from a challenger’s method of attack, dissecting Obama’s Presidential campaign strategy.

Come hear Popkin give his take on the second presidential debate on October 23.