Analysis of the results – Foreign policy

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Polls suggest the 2024 presidential election could be the closest in decades. (Of course, the polls could just as easily be wrong.) But numbers aside, there is little doubt that the American electorate feels particularly divided and polarized, with a clear risk of political violence and a likelihood of legal challenges to the election.

Does history have any precedent for the present moment? Does it have lessons? As votes are counted and the outcome becomes clearer, how will President Joe Biden’s presidency be judged and under what conditions will the next president begin their term? Join FP’s Ravi Agrawal in conversation with historian Julian E. Zelizer to discuss the trajectory of American democracy.

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