Election 2024
As campaigns gain momentum and voters prepare to head to the polls on November 5, USC experts are available to assist reporters covering elections this year with data-driven insights and fresh perspectives on the critical issues unfolding along the campaign trail.
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Q&A: Why USC hosts two mobile voting centers
Registered voters can drop off their completed ballots at mobile voting centers on the University Park and Health Sciences campuses. Why does USC have these centers? The executive director of USC Dornsife’s Center for the Political Future explains.
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USC’s Election Coverage
Browse our recent coverage of trends and topics shaping the upcoming election, curated by our USC Today editors.
USC Dornsife, FOX 11 LA and POLITICO to co-host first debate for California Senate seat
Democratic U.S. Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee, as well as Republican businessman Steve Garvey have been invited to participate.
Keck Medicine of USC earns ‘LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader’ designation
The university’s hospitals and USC Student Health earn the top score in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2024 Healthcare Equality Index.
Novel research approaches lead two doctoral grads to prestigious fellowships
COMMENCEMENT: Adriane Clomax and Rory O’Brien will continue their work thanks to presidential postdoctoral fellowships.
USC Dornsife sociologist Hajar Yazdiha awarded prestigious Carnegie Fellowship
The assistant professor of sociology plans to focus her fellowship on tackling societal challenges through a study of truth and reconciliation practices.
This Trojan is graduating with four bachelor’s degrees
COMMENCEMENT: USC Dornsife’s Sibo “Carl” Zhou will earn degrees in applied mathematics, religion, economics and data science, and global studies — and a USC Renaissance Scholar Prize, too.
USC commencement 2024: What you need to know if you’ll be attending
COMMENCEMENT: Thousands are expected on the University Park Campus for USC’s 141st commencement celebrations this week. You’ll want to plan accordingly.
USC Price student and Air Force vet ready to begin new real estate career
COMMENCEMENT: Keshia Albrecht, a Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Development student, landed a job in Detroit analyzing affordable housing projects.
Women of Troy win fourth consecutive beach volleyball national championship
The Trojans walked away with the national title Sunday after downing UCLA 3-0.
‘Defining Courage’ event spotlights the uplifting yet tragic story of WWII Nisei soldiers
The audience of more than 500 includes surviving 98-year-old soldier Yoshio Nakamura, a proud double Trojan.
From researcher to policy advocate: Trojan shifts gears to improve healthspan
Doctoral graduate Brenda Eap landed a job at a Washington, D.C., political action nonprofit.
Turning a tumor’s ‘shield’ into a weapon against itself
USC Viterbi biomedical engineers have designed a protein that targets and disables tumor cells’ defenses while marking cancer cells for death.
Featured Expert
Christian Grose is Professor of Public Policy; and Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern California. He is the Academic Director of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy.
The poll that matters the most is voters going to cast ballots. Polls help us do research, help us understand the electorate, and get a snapshot in time. But the only poll that really matters is the one on Election Day! Super Tuesday’s vote is the most important poll we’ll have as all the voters will have a chance to speak.