Rep.-Elect Nanette Barragan Education: UCLA, political science B.A. 2000; USC, J.D. 2005 Career:Lawyer Political history: Hermosa Beach City Council, 2013-15. Hermosa Beach mayor, 2015 Barragán beat Sen. Isadore Hall (D-Compton) in the race to replace Rep. […]
Lorrie Frasure-Yokley, associate professor of political science, said she thinks the polls were inaccurate because they failed to account for the 2 million white voters from rural areas who did […]
What about your discipline of political science? The day after the election I found myself thinking about political scientists who were likely not surprised. I do not know this for a fact but […]
Political science is one of the most popular majors at UCLA, and graduates of the program have gone on to careers in education, business, law, government, diplomacy and even entertainment. […]
A Man Without A Curtain “Part of what’s just so compelling about the spectacle that we are seeing playing out is that there’s sort of no curtain in front of […]
Brian Hamel, a researcher with the Early Voting Information Center, said early vote numbers are also tightening up at this point: Nationwide, about 7.4 million Democrats have voted and 6.4 […]
Lynn Vavreck, a professor of political science at UCLA, is a co-author of “The Gamble,” about the 2012 presidential campaign. This column appeared in the New York Times. Hillary Clinton’s campaign released […]
When it comes to the ongoing barrage of presidential campaign ads, what’s working and why? Politics and media experts from UCLA and Vanderbilt University will provide a data-backed understanding of […]
Dr. Matt A. Barreto is Co-founder and Managing Partner of the polling and research firm Latino Decisions which he co-founded with Gary Segura in 2007. Barreto is also Professor of […]
Joe Kahn, a political science major at UCLA, participates in the final round of the debate competition held at Santa Monica College.
