This class will offer a week by week perspective on the 2020 primaries focusing on the presidential nominating process as it unfolds. The candidate's dynamics, the issues as they emerge through the course of the campaign and the choices that will be made by the voters will be analyzed each week. We will focus on the state by state campaigns and the events surrounding the primaries as they unfold, Will the conventions matter? Will there be a vice presidential element to discuss? How will the as yet unforeseen events in the world impact the decision-making process? We will discuss all of this and more on the way to the historic making of the president 2020.