USC Dornsife News

A USC Dornsife political scientist explains the basics behind polling and why their numbers sometimes don’t match the final voting results.

USC Dornsife scholars suggest several questions they’d like Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump to address regarding critical issues that aren’t getting as much attention as others.

Barnes, an expert in law, politics and public policy, explains how recent Supreme Court decisions and a shift in judicial tactics are reshaping U.S. politics.

Four candidates vying for the late Dianne Feinstein’s former seat convene on Jan. 22 at USC for the 90-minute debate co-hosted by Fox11 Los Angeles and POLITICO.

How early American immigrants’ beliefs and writings are often misquoted or taken out of context by GOP candidates for the nation’s highest office.

It’s Election Day, you go to vote – and you’re told you’re not registered or you’re not eligible to vote. A civil rights lawyer provides a guide so voters can know their rights to cast a ballot.

An independent task force recently evaluated nearly 2,900 presidential polls from 2020 and concluded they were the least accurate in 40 years — but they didn’t consider innovative polling methods like the one used in USC Dornsife Daybreak Polls. [5 min read]

Over the past several months, The Conversation has asked scholars of the Electoral College to explain how this system was developed and how it works and to describe whether — and how — it gives advantages to certain people based on where they live. We’ve collected highlights from several of those articles here. [4¾ min read]

Research into polling methods finds that pollsters’ predictions can be more accurate if they ask people about the political preferences of others in their social circles and in their states, which could help paint a fuller picture of the American electorate. [5 min read]