Gabriel Lenz Tag | The Daily Californian

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Campus poll finds most CA Biden supporters are motivated by dislike for Trump

California voters are less white and more metropolitan than they used to be, which generally correlates to being opposed to Trump, according to UC Berkeley professor Gabriel Lenz. (Photo by Gage Skidmore under CC BY 2.0)

Two-thirds of likely California voters say they will support former vice president Joe Biden in the coming election, according to a recent poll released by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS.
Read More…

Research & Ideas

Monday, October 2, 2017

Political campaign outreach ineffective in general elections, UC Berkeley study finds

Outreach activity has no effect on general election voters, according to a study by UC Berkeley and Stanford University researchers published Wednesday in the American Political Science Review.
Read More…

Campus

Friday, August 19, 2016

UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies releases poll on ballot measure support

California voters strongly support state ballot measures on gun control and marijuana legalization, according to a poll released Wednesday by the UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies.
Read More…

California Primary 2016, City

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Hillary wins California

In a decisive victory Tuesday night, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton won the California primary and clinched the nomination for the Democratic party, becoming the first female to secure a major party nomination.
Read More…

City

Monday, May 30, 2016

County installs 24-hour voting drop box in Downtown Berkeley

Voters currently residing in Alameda County can now drop off their vote-by-mail ballot at any time thanks to a new drop box, which is located in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center in Downtown Berkeley.
Read More…

Research & Ideas

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

UC Berkeley researcher tracks conceptions of female political candidates

Liberal and conservative voters exhibit different responses to gender stereotypes of female candidates, according to research conducted by a UC Berkeley political science doctoral student.
Read More…

Research & Ideas

Monday, May 25, 2015

UC Berkeley graduate, doctoral student find irregularities in same-sex marriage study

Two UC Berkeley alumni announced last week that they had found data irregularities in a widely cited study, which originally found that conversations with activists could change voters’ minds on same-sex marriage.
Read More…

Research & Ideas

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Research shows voters likely to support politicians despite conflicting viewpoints

Voters rarely change their opinions on politicians, even when legislators may support conflicting viewpoints, according to a study released Tuesday by researchers from UC Berkeley and Washington University in St. Louis.
Read More…

Research & Ideas

Monday, July 7, 2014

Conservatives, liberals not as polarized as commonly perceived, study finds

A UC Berkeley graduate student published a study this month, which found that conservatives and liberals are not as polarized as they appear to voters.
Read More…

Research & Ideas

Thursday, March 7, 2013

UC Berkeley study finds politicians overestimate how conservative constituents are

A study co-authored by a UC Berkeley researcher found that conservative politicians vastly overestimate how conservative their constituents are.
Read More…

We're an independent, student-run newsroom.

Topics

Campus poll finds most CA Biden supporters are motivated by dislike for Trump

Political campaign outreach ineffective in general elections, UC Berkeley study finds

UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies releases poll on ballot measure support

Hillary wins California

County installs 24-hour voting drop box in Downtown Berkeley

UC Berkeley researcher tracks conceptions of female political candidates

UC Berkeley graduate, doctoral student find irregularities in same-sex marriage study

Research shows voters likely to support politicians despite conflicting viewpoints

Conservatives, liberals not as polarized as commonly perceived, study finds

UC Berkeley study finds politicians overestimate how conservative constituents are