With offerings like hotel-style room service, massage therapy and magnificent views, hospitals are increasingly touting their luxury services in a bid to gain market share. How important is the patient experience? Should our health care system pay for these amenities? New research addresses the pampered patient.
On November 6, President Obama was reelected with roughly 100 electoral votes more than challenger Mitt Romney. What went wrong for Romney? Are there lessons the Republican Party should take away from the presidential and congressional outcomes?
Support has dropped for a California proposition requiring labeling of genetically modified food, finds the USC Dornsife/L.A. Times Poll.
President Obama maintains a commanding lead over Mitt Romney with California voters, finds the new USC Dornsife/L.A. Times Poll.
With the Nov. election looming, the fight to repeal the death penalty in California has gotten a lot closer, per new USC Dornsife/L.A. Times Poll.
From teacher pay to No Child Left Behind, a new chart from the USC Rossier School of Education compares the positions of President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney on the most important education issues.
Golden State voters show slipping support for Gov. Brown’s tax initiative, but favor pension reforms, finds USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll.
California voters favor revising the state’s “three strikes” law, but are conflicted on the death penalty, finds USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll.
As the millennial generation becomes old enough to vote, we should expect to see the impact of the TV debate change in significant ways.
“The presidential election gets most of the attention, but it’s going to be a very interesting year at state level, with voters potentially passing a host of far-reaching new laws,” says John Matsusaka of USC’s Initiative & Referendum Institute. Pot legalization is a hot topic this year, as are same-sex marriage, health care, tax increases and public employee unions.
In 2012, Twitter has a force that it didn’t have during the 2008 election. What is its impact on political discourse, and does it motivate voters?
After the conventions, polling bounce for Romney and Obama is negligible. Are bounces declining, and do they even matter by November?
Just a slim majority of Californian voters favor Prop. 30, which would raise taxes to avoid further spending cuts in education and public safety.
USC’s Elizabeth Currid-Halkett looks at why middle class voters are less likely to punish politicians for courting certain types of rich donors.
Voter support for Gov. Brown’s tax initiative is slipping, as California budget shortfall grows. But most voters favor his plan to reduce state worker hours.
Seventy-five percent of Californians say gay marriage won’t be a major issue or will be just one of many factors they consider at the ballot box.
Poll shows California’s Romney supporters
are motivated by opposition to Obama more than enthusiasm for their own candidate. Video
The Iranian nuclear program could play a significant role in the final battle between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, with both candidates taking a tough stance on the issue. But they may not need to. In his new book, USC’s Jacques Hymans says that Iran’s nuclear program is likely to fail on its own, without Western involvement.
The USC Dornsife/L.A. Times Poll finds President Obama’s job performance rating at its highest among California voters since 2010.
Voters favor raising sales taxes and taxes on the wealthy if the money goes to public schools, community colleges and public safety, poll finds.
Women are the coveted demographic of the moment. Republican candidates have been getting attention — both positive and negative — with their stances on birth control and abortion. Obama is launching a big push to attract women voters. How important will women be this November, and how swingable is their vote?
Mitt Romney holds a solid lead among California’s Republican voters, but 50 percent wish they had other candidates to choose from.
In 2008, the millennial generation was critical in putting Barack Obama in the White House. Four years later, millennials seem to be tuned out.
Mitt Romney has been trying to woo the GOP’s social conservatives, while Rick Santorum has effectively countered the play for his voter base.