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October 28, 2020

James Carville

James Carville, U.S. Democratic Party stalwart, political strategist, and bestselling author, joined us on October 28 for a Munk Dialogue on the likely outcomes of the November 3, 2020 U.S. election, one week out from this high-stakes global event

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BIG IDEAS. SMART CONVERSATION.

To watch the After Show discussion with Andrew Coyne, click here.

To browse books by James and our Dialogue speakers, as well their recommended reading lists, visit Indigo.ca, or locally at select Indigo & Chapters bookstores.

James' Dialogue can also be accessed as an on-demand video on on CBC Gem.

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James Carville

“This is an opportunity that you just don’t see very often in politics. I mean, we have a chance to come in if we’re smart, we have a chance to run the table in November.”

James Carville

“This is an opportunity that you just don’t see very often in politics. I mean, we have a chance to come in if we’re smart, we have a chance to run the table in November.”

James Carville is a best-selling author, actor, producer, talk-show host, professor, restaurateur and one of America’s best-known political consultants. He became a household name after helping Bill Clinton, then governor of Arkansas, win the American presidential election in 1992. 

In recent years, Carville has largely eschewed American politicians and candidates in favour of focusing on campaigns in more than 23 countries around the globe.  

Carville, who grew up in Louisiana, is widely known as the “Ragin’ Cajun.” He holds a bachelor of science and a law degree from Louisiana State University, and served in the United States Marine Corps.  

As an author, Carville is best known for We're Still Right, They're Still Wrong: The Democrats' Case for 2016It’s the Middle Class, Stupid!; and All’s Fair: Love, War, and Running for President, which he wrote with his wife, Mary Matalin, a political consultant known for her work with the Republican Party. 

Along with pollster Stanley Greenberg, Carville founded Democracy Corps, an independent, non-profit polling organization dedicated to making government more responsive to the American people. 

He currently serves as a professor Tulane University, in New Orleans, where he lives with Matalin and their two daughters.