From 1992 up to the recent 2016 election, the United States has experienced a historically unusual period of electoral volatility. This volatility can be attributed to a party sorting process resulting in two European-style ideological parties that are a poor fit for the modern American electorate. 

Join fellow alumni and friends as Stanford political science professor Morris Fiorina discusses how the party system creates unstable majorities, and increasingly, the possibility of a fracturing of the system itself.

This event is sponsored by the Stanford Alumni Association and the Stanford Club of Austin.