Vox cited research by Jane Junn and Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College that suggests Republicans are more likely to question the victim’s behavior in cases of alleged sexual misconduct. Full article 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…
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…
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…