blog post Redistricting Injects Some Uncertainty into the 2022 Elections By Eric McGhee Apr 7, 2022 Apr 7, 2022 ... At the same time, the number of state assembly candidates willing to ... of the two major parties are running) is about the same this year ...
Report Equity in Voter Turnout after Pandemic Election Policy Changes By Eric McGhee, Jennifer Paluch, Mindy Romero Mar 1, 2022 Mar 3, 2022 ... The same voters on the fence about participation in a primary will be ... into fewer vote centers has always been a part of the VCA reform.
blog post The Top-Two System and Election 2016 By Eric McGhee Nov 10, 2016 Nov 10, 2016 ... It was the first statewide same-party race, and many did not know what to ... Same-party races were in part expected to promote contests ...
blog post Assessing the Top Two Primary By Eric McGhee Jun 9, 2016 Jun 9, 2016 ... By contrast, the top two gives all voters the same ballot so they can vote for ... This is most obvious for the same-party contests, ...
blog post The Special Election and the Top-Two Primary By Eric McGhee Mar 19, 2015 Mar 19, 2015 ... The irony is that in this particular case, the same-party race has ... there is no doubt that the top two has changed the contest moving ...
blog post The Election Was Hard on California Democrats, Too By Eric McGhee, Daniel Krimm Nov 7, 2014 Nov 7, 2014 ... ... and the same two years ago, for races contested by both parties in both years (which means none of the same-party contests made possible ...
blog post Six Takeaways from the June Primary By Mark Baldassare Jul 14, 2014 Jul 14, 2014 ... But the statewide candidates with no party preference—also known as ... At the same time, this trend bodes well for the legislature's ...
blog post Quirks of the Top-Two Primary By Eric McGhee Jun 5, 2014 Jun 5, 2014 ... The most surprising contest to come close to same-party status this cycle is the statewide race for California controller. The Democrats ran ...
blog post The Power of the Primary Voter By Eric McGhee May 8, 2014 May 8, 2014 ... But a bias in the primary electorate could create—or prevent—a same-party contest in a statewide race as well. What's the solution? Every ...
press release Top-Two Primary Engages Independents—Despite Low Turnout Overall Apr 30, 2014 ... in which voters can vote for any candidate from any party and the two top ... in a same-party contest in November—the 31st congressional district in San ...