News in Brief You Think This Has Been a Crazy Election Year? The 2016 election might not be as unique as it seems. By Chayenne Polimedio Eugene McCarthy, a candidate… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Does a Candidate’s Character Matter? A candidate’s likability is not a useful tool for predicting election outcomes. By Kristina Kutateli Left: Donald Trump.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Not So Fast, Hillary Clinton: California Still Matters It ain’t over ’til it’s over. By Jared Keller Hillary Clinton speaks on June 6, 2016, in Los… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Was a Super PAC Called Voters for Hillary Really Supporting Clinton? The United States government’s loose supervision has spawned many problems with super PACs, but helping to tout shares… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Do Bitter Primaries Hurt Presidential Candidates? Decades of research suggests that one candidate will suffer most from 2016’s bloody primary season. By Jared Keller… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why the Caucus Hatred? Caucus and convention goers are finding that all their participation isn’t necessarily producing the candidates they like. Will… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How the Media Fails the Public in Reporting Election Polling The horse race national polls don’t matter. By Daniel J. McGraw Barack Obama shakes hands with Mitt Romney… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How a Political Party Falls in Line After a contentious primary season, the big names in the Republican Party are starting to rally behind Donald… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief America’s Childcare Problem Last week, Hillary Clinton unveiled a series of proposals to improve the affordability and quality of childcare in… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Weird Election to Forecast Donald Trump would be the most hated nominee of the last four decades—less popular, even, than lice and… Pacific Standard Staff