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52nd Annual Conference, American Politics Group of the UK Political Studies Association

7th – 9th January 2026, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Welcome to the live blog of our 2026 annual conference!

We are starting the year as we mean to go on. Check back over the next few days for photos.

If you are at the conf, send over your photos for sharing: p.finn@kingston.ac.uk

It’s nearly time!!?
It’s time 🎊
Our Chair Dafydd Townley opens proceedings
Our Keynote Angelia Wilson starts her talk

Our first panel is primed and ready to go
First up: John Dearborn unitary executive theory
Our host Emma Long explores the Supreme Court
Next up Joe MacDonagh of political ethics
Marie Linden wraps up our first panel by discussing Centrist Republicans
Katie Pruszynski and Joel Busher engage in discussion on Panel 2 about rhetoric, radicalisation and identity
Chris Smith explores the invective of Trump
Clair Anderson discusses the vilification of Hillary Clinton
Irana Tsukerman explored Horseshoe Theory
Niels Bjerre-Poulsen discusses Trump and Greenland
Oliver Stewart looking at the Grand Strategy of The Teflon President
Caitlin Lewis looks at the 1960 Presidential Election
Dafydd Townley, Katia Adimora, and Caitlin Lewis
Katia Adimora discusses the ”Latino vote”

Huge thanks to Emma Long for her wonderful photos.

Peter Finn

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