AS THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS RAPIDLY APPROACH, the Mitchell Center and the Penn Government and Politics Association (GPA) host this debate among student political parties on a wide array of topics. The participating parties are the PENN DEMOCRATS, the PENN COLLEGE REPUBLICANS, the PENN YOUNG DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA, and PENN FOR LIBERTY. Topics include foreign policy, the economy, the judiciary, the electoral process, and COVID.

The GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS ASSOCIATION is Penn’s largest political organization. Devoted to non-partisan and balanced dialogue, the organization does not adopt positions on political issues; we leave it to our participants to make up their own minds. The group is divided into three main branches: the Polybian Society, the Penn Political Union, and the Penn Political Review. In addition, the organization conducts events with politicians and professors of all political leanings.