The November AEI Political Report covers topics such as views in New Hampshire and Iowa about possible 2012 candidates, views from Louisiana about the oil spill, and state-by-state outtakes on priorities for the new Congress.

Join us for a discussion of what the midterm elections will mean for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (or No Child Left Behind), the Common Core, potential future rounds of Race to the Top, the regulation of for-profit colleges, and other pressing issues.

Many political analysts may try to draw conclusions about this year's midterm elections but it is difficult to assert any great political truths based on midterm contests.

Many commentators argue that uncertainty about taxes, government spending and other policy matters deepened the recession of 2007-2009 and slowed the recovery. To investigate this issue we develop a new index of policy-related economic uncertainty and estimate its dynamic relationship to output, investment and employment.

At this event, four experts on religion and politics in America will discuss the impact of religious groups on the midterm elections and how religious affiliation and beliefs will influence the upcoming presidential election.