Fox News featured Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College on top Democrats backing Gov. Gavin Newsom against the recall effort. “He wants to make this recall about Democrats. And he’s the Democrat and he needs help from Democrats. He needs help if this becomes about him.” Full video here
The Washington Post featured an analysis cowritten by Jeffery Jenkins of the USC Price School on why the Republican Party is primarily white and Southern. “Historians and political scientists traditionally emphasize how the national Democratic Party began supporting civil rights, which alienated white Southern voters. But our research shows that Read more…
CBC Radio Canada quoted Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College about California’s shift more to the left with Gavin Newsom as the state’s governor. California’s new governor seems “a little bit more partisan” than his predecessor, Jerry Brown, according to Christian Grose, a political scientist at the University of Southern California who studies partisanship. Full Read more…
? This month, Lisa is joined by Anthony Orlando, Jeff Jenkins, and Christian Grose to discuss Bob Woodward’s latest reportage on the Presidency: Fear. How does this stack up to other Woodward titles and how does the principal-agent theory work it’s way into conversation with these political junkies? What we’re Read more…
The Washington Post quoted Jeffery Jenkins of the USC Price School on the congressional lame duck session. “This year is special,” Jenkins said. “The GOP will lose the House come January, so they only have a few months of unified government left” to consider polarizing issues. Full article here
Newsdayquoted Abby Woodof the USC Gould School on PAC money recipients. Abby Wood, an assistant professor of law, political science and public policy at the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law, said the reality is that “PAC money is an incumbent game,” noting the top 50 PAC money Read more…
NPR’s “All Things Considered”interviewed Christian Groseof the USC Dornsife College about California’s top-two primary system. Christian Grose: I don’t think Democrats should be that worried. I think it’s a bit overblown. I think part of the issue is that the Democratic Party operatives don’t like the fact that they have Read more…
CNBCquoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffeof the USC Price School about the limited support for any other gubernatorial candidates besides Democrat Gavin Newsom. “There’s a great divide between Newsom in first place and whoever comes in second place,” said Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a University of Southern California public policy professor. Full Read more…
In an op-ed posted in The New York Times by a contributing writer, Abby K. Wood, USC Gould School, was quoted on the standard of acceptable behavior established by the Democratic Party. I’m struck by where the Democrats drew this line. Suppose they had drawn it somewhere between the allegations against Rep. John Conyers Read more…
The Kansas City Star cited research by Bonnie Reiss and Christian Grose of the USC Price School’s Schwarzenegger Institute and colleagues on how independent voters will impact future elections. Grose is also affiliated with the USC Dornsife College. Election laws vary greatly from state to state in everything from open/closed primaries to ballot Read more…
Fox & Hounds Daily published an editorial by Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School and Doug Jeffe on how politicians must address health care among highly partisan constituents. The health care system, in America and in California, is far from perfect and a number of fixes and upgrades are clearly in Read more…
The New York Times’ “California Today” newsletter quoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School about the national attention Californian elections will capture next year. On Tuesday, voters across the country returned to the polls. Believe it or not, Wednesday marks one full year since Election Day 2016. And while some states Read more…
KPCC-FM’s “Take Two” interviewed Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Dornsife College President Trump and Democratic lawmakers may have outlined a DACA deal — or maybe not. A new poll from Berkeley’s Institute of Government Studies is shining some light on how Democrats feel about two familiar faces in California politics: House Minority Read more…
by Sherry Bebitch Jeffe Nationally, a predicted narrow GOP take-over of the U.S. Senate came closer to a bone fide rout. And Republicans increased their majority in the House. What happened? Why? What does it mean to politics and policy in the run-up to the 2016 Presidential election? One thing Read more…
by Jeremy Loudenback It’s no secret that the polarization of the American political system has grown increasingly more pronounced in recent memory. And it’s not just limited to anecdotal evidence: 36 states are now dominated by a single political party, the highest number in 60 years. Republicans control 23 states (meaning Read more…