Campaign Finance Transparency Affects Legislators’ Election Outcomes and Behavior Do audits by executive agencies impact the behavior of those audited? Does revealing negative information about legislators affect electoral results and behavior? Institutions that encourage transparency, such as campaign finance disclosure, influence mass and elite behavior. We theorize that greater transparency Read more…
EdSourcequoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffeof the USC Price School on the campaign for state superintendent of public instruction in California. “This is going to be the most expensive election, period,” said Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a professor at the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy. Full article here
North Country Public Radioquoted Christian Groseof the USC Dornsife College on the tracking of politicians. Christian Grose, a political scientist at the University of Southern California, said the practice of tracking political players on tape has spread pretty far from its roots. “One of the very first ones I can Read more…
Capital Public Radio quoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School about California’s history of eccentric gubernatorial candidates.
This post was originally published on Fox&Hounds, Thursday, February 4, 2016. By Sherry Bebitch Jeffe & Doug Jeffe The GOP came to blows in the Iowa Caucus—the top three finishers were “the blowtorch,” “the blowhard” and “the blow-dried.” Senator Ted Cruz, entrepreneur Donald Trump and Senator Marco Rubio set the Read more…
Join us in watching the next Republican Debate! Following the debate, stay for a panel discussion featuring: Tony Strickland, Former State Assemblyman, California 1998-2004 Dario Frommer, Former State Assemblyman, California 2002-2006 Anshu Siripurapu, News Editor, Daily Trojan Paul Samaha, USC Political Science Major, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences Read more…
Bedrosian Center faculty Sherry Bebitch Jeffe published an opinion piece last week analyzing the impact Donald Trump’s presidential campaign might have on the Republican Party. In doing so, she draws a comparison to former California Governor Pete Wilson’s 1994 reelection campaign, and the legacy his campaign has had on Latino Read more…