Politics: Less Than 50 Days Before Presidential Election, Ranked-Choice Voting In MA, And Boston's Mayoral Race

Election 2020 — Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., participates in community conversation with Latino leaders and elected officials during a campaign stop at Taller Puertorriqueno, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Philadelphia.

September 18, 2020

Updated August 07, 2023

State primary elections wrapped up across the country this week. Progressives claimed multiple victories in Rhode Island, while moderates topped the ticket in Massachusetts. Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu officially announced her run for Boston Mayor with a trilingual hat trick. Gov. Charlie Baker has an historic chance to select the entire state Supreme Judicial Court. Plus, President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden battle it out on the campaign trail with less than 50 days before the presidential election.

It’s a full hour of insight and analysis from the Mass Politics Profs.

GUESTS:

Erin O’Brien - associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Shannon Jenkins – professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Peter Ubertaccio - founding dean of the Thomas and Donna May School of Arts & Sciences and associate professor of political science at Stonehill College.

All three are contributors to the Mass Politics Profs blog.