The Future of the G.O.P.: Where will the Republicans Go from Here at the National, State, and Local Levels?
In the aftermath of the 2016 election Republicans controlled more federal and state office than at any point since the 1920s. Four years later, Trump was the first President since Herbert Hoover to lose the White House, the Senate, and the House in just one term. The party turned winning into losing in record time. The aftermath has left the Republicans with deep internal divisions and, combined with the fact that the Republicans have only one the presidential popular vote once in the last 38 years, substantial external challenges. How can the Republican Party keep and grow its coalition to potentially win back the White House in 2024? And how might these debates impact the party at the state and local level?
Caleb Verbois, Ph.D. is a professor of political science at Grove College and an affiliated scholar at the John Jay Institute. He teaches American Politics and Political Theory and specializes in American constitutional thought.
Verbois received his undergraduate in Political Science from Oglethorpe University located in Atlanta, Georgia. He pursued graduate study at University of Virgina, receiving his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science. He is a member of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA).
His areas of expertise are presidential power, constitutional history, and American political development. He teaches courses in American government, presidency, congress, constitutional law, American political thought, modern civilization, public policy, and research methods. His selected area of research is presidential power in foreign affairs.
Michael L. Coulter, Ph.D. is a Chair and Professor of Political Science and Humanities at Grove City College. Coulter received his undergraduate in Political Science from Grove City College. He pursued graduate study at University of Dallas, receiving his M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics. He has helped on regional political campaigns and has served eight years as a member of the Borough of Grove City Council.
He teaches courses related to political and moral philosophy – including Classical Political Thought, Modern Political Thought, Political Philosophy and the Christian Intellectual Tradition, Political Ideologies, and Philosophy of Law. He also teaches courses related to American politics such as State and Local Government, Public Policy, and Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections. The main focuses of his research are the interaction of religion and politics, Catholic social thought, and early modern political philosophy.
Coulter is the co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Teaching, Social Science, and Social Policy. He is also the author of several publications: “Great Books, Students’ Souls, and Political Freedom: Reflections on Allan Bloom’s Closing of the American Mind,” in Faith, Freedom and Higher Education, edited by P.C. Kemeny. (Wipf and Stock, 2013).“Church, State, and School Choice,” in. Church-State Issues in America Today, edited by Steven Jones and Ann Duncan (Praeger, 2008). “Serving the Person Through the Political Community” in Catholic Social Teaching: American Reflections on the Compendium, edited by D. Paul Sullins. (Lexington Books, 2008).
