The 2022 Midterms: What Students Should Know and What’s Next

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Date: Tuesday, November 20
Time: 10am PT / 1pm ET 
Duraton: 1 hour
Speakers: Casey Burgat and Charlie Hunt

Midterm elections dominated the news in 2022, and for good reason. Control of Congress, the next two years of federal policymaking, and maybe even democracy itself, all hung in the balance. Voters—including, we might add, young voters—responded with near-record turnout for a midterm election, and delivered a mixed and somewhat surprising result.

• Why did congressional elections happen the way they did?
• What lessons can we learn about what voters expect from Congress, and what they do and don't want from their representatives?
• What kinds of representatives are headed to the Hill in January?
• And what do the coming shifts in party majorities mean for how (or whether) Congress lives up to its lawmaking responsibilities?

In this webinar, Casey Burgat and Charlie Hunt—authors of the new textbook Congress Explained: Representation and Lawmaking in the First Branch—will give their answers to these burning questions about Congress and its recent elections. They'll also offer fresh perspectives on why it's so important not just that Congress reflects the people who choose them, but that Congress has the tools and resources it needs to do the monumental job we ask of them.