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Schwarzenegger: Too many voters live under minority rule. Here’s why.

The Washington Post cited research from Christian Grose of the USC Dornslife College on states with minority rule in one or both of their legislative chambers.

But North Carolina is not alone. Five other states — Michigan, Wisconsin, Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania — have minority rule in one or both of their legislative chambers, according to a study from a team headed by Christian Grose of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute.

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How California is building its own wall of resistance against Trump

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…

Ed Case Shows How Not to Reach Out to Your Nonwhite Constituents

Slate quoted Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College on how candidates must build coalitions in majority-minority congressional districts. Christian Grose, a political science professor at the University of Southern California who has conducted research on the racial dynamics of congressional representation, argued that the success of candidates in majority-minority districts depended on Read more…

Study: Legislators who back voter ID laws less likely to respond to Latino constituents

The Hillquoted Christian Groseof the USC Dornsife College on the study that legislators who back voter ID laws are less likely to respond to Latino constituents. The study, from University of Southern California political scientist Christian Grose and California State University political scientist Matthew Mendez, raises new questions about whether state Read more…

Here’s how much money Senators received from health insurance companies in 2016 election cycle

Pacific Standard quoted Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College on why certain Congressional Democrats are supporting Senator Bernie Sanders’ health care proposal. According to University of Southern California political scientist Christian Grose, many of these co-signers are thought to have presidential ambitions and therefore may be “trying to peel off some support from Bernie Sanders Read more…

Transparency and the Federal Election Commission

Does transparency enhance the ability for voters to evaluate candidates for office, and reward those candidates who are transparent and honest? Did the random audit policy formerly used by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) have positive benefits for both citizens and candidates?  We theorize that increased transparency creates a stronger democratic process by providing more information to voters about candidates.

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