Robert Turner will focus on the 2020 presidential campaign, from the tactics and strategies of the candidates to the impact of the pressures of the day—the Covid-19 virus, issues of racial justice and unrest, the threat of voter fraud— the integrity of the voting process and the roll of the press. He will also speak about the polls and how/why they got it wrong

Robert Turner has been a Research Fellow at UMass Boston since 2007. Before his present assignment he worked for 42 years at the Boston Globe. During his time at the Globe he was a member of the Globe editorial staff and served as the Op Ed columnist. He is a BA graduate of Columbia University and holds an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.

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