UWS Lecture - The Mid-Term US Congressional Elections 2026
Prof. Murray Leith, Professor of Political Science at UWS, shares his academic insights into November's Mid-Term US Congressional Elections
Join Professor Murray Leith at UWS Paisley campus for his latest topical lecture focused on the US political sphere - 'Trump's Half Time Report - The Mid-Term US Congressional Elections 2026'.
Professor Leith observes that the USA has seen increasingly authoritarian and undemocratic actions by the second Trump administration, with the use of Executive Orders, and challenge to the rule of law both at home and internationally. This has all been supported by a compliant Republican-run Congress. The 2026 Mid-Term US Elections in November may well see changes.
Join Professor Leith as he explores the results of the 2026 US mid-term congressional elections and what they could mean for the remaining two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. He will consider how any changes to the balance of power in Congress could affect the administration’s ability to deliver its priorities, alongside debates around the use of presidential powers and Congress’s role in scrutinising government decisions. The lecture will also examine the wider implications for US democracy, international relations and the rest of the world.
Professor Murray Leith has lectured at universities in Scotland and the United States and has been based at University of the West of Scotland since 2007.
He focuses on Scottish, UK and US politics and society, and has published widely around issues of Scottish politics, UK politics, nationalism, national identity, diaspora, belonging, migration, veterans and other contemporary social matters in Scotland, the wider UK, Europe and the USA.
He is invited to comment regularly on US politics in the media, including BBC Radio Scotland and STV.