Meanwhile, UCLA political science professor Jeffrey Lewis told the Washington Post that such survey tactics where not unusual. “This is a political group doing outreach to its base,” Lewish told the Post, while adding that the poll is “survey in name only.” “I would be amazed if anybody ever knows or even cares to tally the […]
A black president will happen “no time soon” and even a revival of the political left because of President Donald Trump “would not take seriously the resurgence of white nationalism,” said Melvin Rogers, chairman of UCLA’s social sciences department.
There isn’t anything all that unusual about the survey tactic, UCLA political science professor Jeffrey Lewis told The Washington Post. The committee that emailed it out is a joint fundraising venture made up of the Republican National Committee and Trump’s presidential campaign PAC, and, Lewis said, it isn’t at all uncommon for these groups to use […]
A team of UCLA professors launched a website last week to support international students affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban. Professors Graeme Blair, Darin Christensen, Michael Chwe, Erin Hartman, Chad Hazlett, Aliza Luft and Maggie Peters created We Stand with Our Students to help stranded students. The website aims to advise and assist students in navigating the […]
“Trump’s presidency raises a lot of questions about what can or will happen,” said Susanne Lohmann, a political science professor who will be teaching a Fiat Lux titled Political Science 19: “Why We Disagree, and Can’t Agree to Disagree, on Trump Presidency.” Lohmann added she thinks students are eager to better understand the president, his […]
Lynn Vavreck a professor of political science at UCLA says party identification has been playing a greater role in how Americans vote
Lucas Morel, professor of politics at Washington and Lee, recently participated in a scholarly exchange with UCLA professor Melvin L. Rogers on “Starting Points,” an online journal of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri. In the exchange, Morel and Rogers, the Scott Waugh Chair in the Division of the Social Sciences […]
Matt Barreto, a UCLA political science professor who coauthored a book about the tea party movement, said this fledgling movement’s success will depend on capturing rank-and-file Americans: At its height, roughly a quarter of Americans identified with the tea party.
If anything, says UCLA political science professor Michael Ross, companies like Exxon and Chevron will actually gain an advantage over most of their largest competitors if Congress overturns the law.
People often ask me “who these people are” — those who elected Donald J. Trump or those who voted for Hillary Clinton. They’ll ask, “What’s the single best description of Trump supporters?” My answer often disappoints them. It’s quite simple: They’re Republicans. When they ask about Clinton supporters, the answer is similar: They’re Democrats. It […]
