At a moment of profound national tension over race, California may be lighting a pathway toward greater racial reconciliation as America grows irreversibly more diverse in the years ahead. The California state legislature is moving toward approving legislation this month that would place on the November ballot a referendum to […] Read more »
California: Support for a Single-Payer Health Care System to Address Disasters & Pandemics
The latest Berkeley IGS Poll finds that over half of all Californians agree that a “single-payer system, such as Medicare-for-all in which all Americans would get their insurance from a single government plan, would improve the nation’s ability to respond to disasters and pandemics such as COVID-19.” CONT. Institute of […] Read more »
Does Partisanship Affect Compliance with Government Recommendations?
… I examine three cases of government vaccine recommendations – Smallpox in 2003, H1N1 in 2009, and measles in 2015. In the first case, the president, George W. Bush, was a Republican. In the latter two, the country was governed by a Democratic administration. Using survey data, I test whether […] Read more »
Can Republican recruits win in Democratic districts?
Republican Rep.-elect Mike Garcia made history in California this week. The former Navy fighter pilot and defense contractor became the first Republican to flip a Democratic-held congressional seat in the state since 1998. It was the first time in nearly a decade that Republicans won a Democratic seat in any […] Read more »
California race shows why the election for president is close
Voters are less than six months away from the election between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Neither candidate is likely to emerge with a landslide victory, as it is clear that the race is far from over. Though one could argue that Biden holds an advantage, given […] Read more »
California’s Warning Signs for Democrats
… For the first time in more than two decades, Republicans in California wrested a seat from Democrats. Mike Garcia, a political novice running as a supporter of President Trump, defeated Assemblywoman Christy Smith, a centrist Democrat, by around 10 percentage points. The outcome was neither an earth-shattering victory that […] Read more »