The Center for the Study of Democratic Politics in the Woodrow Wilson School held a three-day conference entitled “The American Electoral Process” in May 2008. Panels addressed a full range of issues related to elections in America, beginning with an overview of the complex 2008 election, and including: Data 2008: Survey Analyses in Real Time; When Campaigns Work; Turnout; Partisanship; Securing the Vote; Election Administration; and Campaign Dynamics. This conference brought together top scholars from across the country to examine questions about how our electoral system works – and sometimes fails to work – in the context of this election year. Click here for a detailed agenda and links to papers from this conference.