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How Much does a Vote Count? Voting Power, Coalitions, and the Electoral College
In an election, the probability that a single voter is decisive is affected by the electoral system, that is, the ... -
Electoral Competition with Entry
By extending the established theoretical models of electoral competition with entry (eg. Palfrey (1984)) to ... -
Voter Attention and Electoral Accountability
What sorts of policy decisions do voters pay attention to, and why? And how does rational voter attention affect the ... -
An Improved Statistical Model for Multiparty Electoral Data
Katz and King (1999) develop a model for predicting or explaining aggregate electoral results in multiparty ... -
Gerrymandering Roll-Calls: Votes, Decisions, and Partisan bias in Congress, 1879-2000
We argue that the standard toolbox used in electoral studies to assess the bias and responsiveness of electoral ... -
R. Michael Alvarez
Flintridge Foundation Professor of Political and Computational Social Science -
Can we insure against political uncertainty? Evidence from the U.S. Stock Market
We show that existing stocks that are currently traded in the U.S. stock market can be used to hedge political ... -
Polarization and Campaign Spending in Elections
We develop a Downsian model of electoral competition in which candidates with both policy and office-motivations use ... -
The Reapportionment Revolution and Bias in U.S. Congressional Elections
We develop a simple formal model of the redistricting process that highlights the importance of two factors: first, ... -
John O. Ledyard
Allen and Lenabelle Davis Professor of Economics and Social Sciences, Emeritus -
A Theory of Policy Sabotage
We develop a theory of policy making that examines when policy sabotage—that is, the deliberate choice by an ... -
Gabriel Lopez-Moctezuma
Assistant Professor of Political Science -
Party Fragmentation and Presidential Elections in Post-Communist Democracies
Theory: Despite its controversial status as a stable governmental form, many of today's societies attempting to make ... -
Jenny L. Factor
Lecturer in Poetry -
Political Science
Option Representative: R. Michael Alvarez IMPORTANT: The official source on requirements for graduation is the ... -
Shaw vs. Reno and the World of Redistricting and Representation
Justice O ' Connor's majority opinion in the 1993U.S. Supreme Court case of Shaw v. Reno has widely been seen as ... -
Promise Li
Lecturer in English -
Edan Lepucki
Lecturer in Creative Writing -
Nina Rouhani
Visiting Associate in Neuroscience -
Caroline J. Charpentier
Visiting Associate in Neuroscience -
Peter J. McAniff
Lecturer in Economics -
Catherine E. Clark
Visiting Associate in History and Visual Culture -
Robert C. Ritchie
Visiting Associate in History -
Social Sciences Alumni
Name (Last, First) Departure Year Field Initial Rank & Placement Latest Known Rank & Placement Man, Vincent 2025 ... -
A Solution to Matching with Preferences over Colleagues
We study many-to-one matchings, such as the assignment of students to colleges, where the students have preferences ... -
Humanities Alumni
Name (Last, First) Departure Year Field Initial Rank & Placement Latest Known Rank & Placement Chua, Eugene 2024 ... -
Charles Sprenger
Professor of Economics; Executive Officer for the Social Sciences -
George Pigman
Professor of English, Emeritus -
Susanne E. Hall
Teaching Professor of Writing and Director of the Hixon Writing Center -
Thayer "Ted" Scudder
Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus -
Graduate Programs Alumni
Year Name (Last, First) Field Initial Rank & Placement Latest Known Rank & Placement 2025 Eum, Brenden Social and ...
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Does the Electoral College still work as intended, and could it be fairer?
From the Caltech Science Exchange: Learn more about the history and mechanics of the Electoral College from ... -
Super Tuesday in California: Voting Expert Explains What to Expect at the Polls
Voters in Los Angeles and Orange counties, two of the state’s most populous, will see new voting machines as well as ... -
Caltech Social Scientists Weigh in on Gerrymandering Before the Supreme Court
As the U.S. Supreme Court tackles many hot-button issues, its justices recently received advice from ... -
Ashley Pallie Named New Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Caltech
Ashley Pallie, a recognized leader in undergraduate admissions and in the recruitment of historically marginalized ... -
Caltech Partners to Launch the Global Student Haven Initiative
The initiative, which includes eight higher education institutions, aims to provide greater access to qualified ... -
Politics and American Higher Education
Four presidents discuss the role of institutions of higher education in times of political change and social ... -
Supporting Academic Writers at Caltech
With support from the Moore-Hufstedler Fund, the Hixon Writing Center has produced a series of videos that aim to ...
Past Events
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Social Science Job Candidate
Monday, October 13, 201412:00 PM - 1:00 PMDorothy Kronick, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Stanford University,When do incumbents escape electoral punishment for bad policy outcomes? I propose that voters recognize when ...