What the US Can Learn from Poland’s Election Strategy

From Warsaw to Washington: Reproductive rights and youth voters in the 2024 Election

12 September 2024

Galan Dall

Managing Editor of Visegrad Insight

Poland’s recent parliamentary elections offer crucial lessons for Kamala Harris’s campaign. By focusing on issues like reproductive rights and youth engagement – key elements of Poland’s opposition success – Harris could galvanise pivotal voter groups in swing states.

In the highly anticipated debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the Democratic nominee outperformed the former president.

But how much do debates matter in US elections?

Not much, at least according to Allan Lichtman, the oft-cited historian who has correctly predicted all but one US presidential election since 1984. For evidence, look no further than the fact that none of the candidates widely considered to have won their debates – Clinton in 2016, John McCain in 2008 and Al Gore in 2000 – went on to win their elections.

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Galan Dall

Managing Editor of Visegrad Insight

Galan Dall is the Managing Editor of Visegrad Insight. He has extensive editorial experience working in publishing with, for example, CultureScapes and Cities Magazine as well as writing for the LSE IDEAS Think Tank Ratiu Forum and editor for various GLOBSEC publications. He studied at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, focusing on the intersection of US/UK and Central European politics, with particular attention to combating disinformation and advocating for LGBTIQ+, women's and minority rights.

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