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.
Stanford political scientist Beatriz Magaloni will lead an initiative to examine police corruption in Mexico, improve training and accountability, reduce the influence of organized crime and boost citizen trust in law enforcement.
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.
Scientists have found that while individuals exhibit increasing preferences for those with similar traits in deciding whom to marry, there are not similar changes in how genetics are associated within spousal pairs.
Stanford law scholar Rabia Belt’s research shows that millions of votes are lost because the disabled encounter inadequate accommodations and legal obstacles.
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.
Jennifer Aaker says the power of storytelling is central to a company’s success. Signature stories are narratives that advance a company’s brand beyond mere marketing.
Pascaline Dupas has focused much of her work on how to increase the use of insecticide-treated bed nets by making them inexpensive and easy to get in developing countries.
In five experiments, Stanford sociologist Robb Willer found that popular support for the Tea Party derives in part from perceived threats to the status of whites in America.
