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This week the Institute of Governmental Studies will be completing another of its periodic polls of the California public about major political and public policy issues facing the state. It is a legitimate non-partisan poll sponsored by the University that is carried out by distributing email invitations to a carefully constructed random sample of the state’s registered voters. Data collection will begin on Thursday, September 22 and will continue through Tuesday, September 27.

The opinions of all survey participants will remain confidential and not be identified with themselves...

This week the Institute of Governmental Studies will be completing another of its periodic polls of the California public about major political and public policy issues facing the state. It is a legitimate non-partisan poll sponsored by the University that is carried out by distributing email invitations to a carefully constructed random sample of the state’s registered voters. Data collection will begin on Thursday, October 27 and will continue through Tuesday, November 1.

The opinions of all survey participants will remain confidential and not be identified with themselves...

The Institute of Governmental Studies is searching for a motivated, passionate, positive, student assistant to support content creation, and video production highlighting our programs, events, and student opportunities. The Event and Media Student Assistant reports to the IGS Event and Communications Coordinator. The Student Assistant provides digital media and design...

In the latest issue of the Interpreter, Amanda Taub outlines several crucial readings that help contextualize the significance of the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the Voting Rights Act. Seen as a surprising move by the conservative bench, the ruling upheld and reaffirmed one of the crucial remaining powers of the landmark act. Taub identifies "Racial Realignment:The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965", by IGS Co-Director and UC Berkeley Professor of Political Science, Eric Schickler, as a key perspective to help explain how "a bottom-up alliance of powerful trade unions...