Sean Trende
Sean Trende on the Republican Party
Sean Trende
Keynote Speaker
Senior Elections Analyst, RealClearPolitics; Author, The Lost Majority: Why the Future of Government is Up For Grabs and Who Will Take It; Co-Author, The Almanac of American Politics
Sean Trende is one of the leading experts in contemporary American politics and elections. As Senior Elections Analyst for one of the most heavily trafficked political websites in the world, Trende is a high-demand advisor to governments, courts, and corporations worldwide.
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Sean Trende, Ph.D., is a renowned electoral mapmaker, valued consultant to international and domestic governments, and one of the leading political analysts in the world. For nearly two decades, Dr. Trende has served as the Senior Elections Analyst for RealClearPolitics, the go-to website for up-to-the-minute updates on polling and analysis of the political scene.
Dr. Trende’s presentations are relentlessly nonpartisan, geared to deliver the good news and the bad news for both parties while focusing on the fundamentals of how U.S. elections work. These presentations seek both to entertain and to enlighten, leaving the audience with a greater understanding of how the pros make sense of America’s dizzying domestic politics.
Dr. Trende is also a recognized expert on redistricting matters. In 2021 he served as a court-appointed special master to help redraw Virginia’s highly praised congressional and legislative districts. Dr. Trende has also served as an expert in redistricting and related electoral matters in courts across the United States and for the Supreme Court of Belize. Dr. Trende’s insights have made him a sought-after commentator, regularly appearing in diverse media ranging across the political spectrum from C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to the Chris Hayes Show to Fox News.
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UnPresidented: An Outsider’s Guide to the 2024 Elections
Dr. Sean Trende leverages two decades of experience analyzing elections to help your audience better understand what will really drive 2024. Living outside the beltway helps Trende avoid DC groupthink, so he can provide your group with a fresh, unbiased, sometimes humorous appraisal of the American voting public’s choices for the Fall. Sean’s goal is not simply to leave your audience with a prediction for November, but also to equip them with tools they can use to evaluate our rapidly evolving political environment after his speech ends.
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How the Heck Did We Get Here? The American Voter’s Journey
Do you remember when West Virginia was reliably blue? Or when New Hampshire was overwhelmingly red? Or when Missouri was a critical swing state? All of these were true in the last 40 years, and if your audience is more interested in understanding the “big picture” of American politics and how we found ourselves in the current fraught political position, there is no better guide than Dr. Sean Trende, author of The Lost Majority and The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Explore the contours of the current political landscape, the surprisingly shaky foundation upon which it is built, and how it might rupture in the coming years.
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Redistricting and the Art of the Gerrymander: 200 Years of American Dark Magic
Dr. Sean Trende is an internationally recognized expert in redistricting. Trende has been appointed by courts to draw fair district lines both domestically and abroad and has served as an expert for political parties and minority groups in challenges to and defenses of controversial lines in U.S. courts. Take a walk through the surprising history of redistricting in our country and emerge with an expert’s insights as to where the law is taking us, the prospects for reform, and the challenges those efforts face.
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