Consider This: Trust and Political Institutions

Join a conversation, two weeks after Election Day, about trust, elections, and the political systems and culture with Paul Gronke, director of the Elections and Voting Information Center at Reed College, and Susheela Jayapal, a former Multnomah County Commissioner and current fellow with the North Star Civic Foundation.

Polling of voters in the US shows that confidence in elections and political institutions has fallen over the past two years. In this onstage conversation, moderated by Adam Davis, dig into the factors that affect the public's faith in democracy and how that declining trust shapes how people vote and govern themselves.

The event is part of the 2026–27 Consider This series, What Do We Trust?