With the midterm elections less than a week away, a new poll by Stanford scholars shows that California voters are more passionate about voting in this campaign than in previous elections, with 83 percent of respondents planning to vote.
The key to bridging the broad ideological division in the United States is for both sides to work on understanding the core values that the other holds dear.
Fabricated stories favoring Donald Trump were shared 30 million times, but the most widely circulated hoaxes were seen by only a small fraction of Americans.
We’re living in a golden age of science communication, but too many people are missing out, says Thomas Hayden, director of the master’s degree program in environmental communications.
The polls leading up to the Nov. 8 presidential election showed Clinton with a clear lead, but Trump won the election. The reasons for that discrepancy range from who participates in polls to statistical errors.
Stanford scholars explain what has worked and what they think should be changed in the Affordable Care Act, and what the next administration should consider doing about health care reform.
A new poll of California voters by Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center and the Hoover Institution also shows State Attorney General Kamala Harris leading Rep. Loretta Sanchez in the U.S. Senate race, with a large percentage of voters still undecided.
Jack Rakove, professor of history and American studies and of political science, says yes, get rid of this archaic system. Michael McConnell, professor of law, says no, there are more important things to work on.
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A Stanford scholar suggests in a newly published paper that the U.S. presidential candidates explain their viewpoints on nuclear policy to the American people.
Stanford economist Matthew Gentzkow found that the partisan hostility in American political speech has soared in recent decades. He cites the rise of around-the-clock, partisan-leaning cable news shows as one reason.
Pamela Karlan and Nathaniel Persily discuss the important legal questions raised in this election year, such as redistricting, the Voting Rights Act, campaign communications post-Citizens United and how to improve the actual voting experience.
A new poll of California voters by Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center and the Hoover Institution shows an age divide in the Democratic Party and GOP voters slow to embrace Donald Trump.
Stanford political scientist Andrew Hall found that contentious primaries that receive heavy media coverage and voter attention tend to produce nominees who do less well in the general election.
The Electoral College distorts presidential campaigns, disenfranchises voters and drives partisanship, Stanford scholars say. They suggest constitutional reforms to adopt a single national popular vote where the one-person, one-vote concept applies.
Stanford sociologist Robb Willer says terrorism generally serves to sharpen national boundaries and increase nationalist spirit. However, scholars are largely in uncharted territory in regard to how terrorism will affect the 2016 presidential campaign, as prior research has focused primarily on incumbent officeholders.
Stanford Pulitzer Prize winning historian Jack Rakove believes the founding fathers would agree that it’s time to change the 225-year-old Electoral College
