Having the courage to fight for policies that best support this system was a trademark of the Schwarzenegger administration and will continue at the Schwarzenegger Institute. Redistricting, open primaries, campaign finance, the role of media and the role of special interest all impact our political system and must be part of this important discussion.
On November 20, 2024, Caltech’s Election Integrity Project hosted a webinar titled “What Are the Prospects for Ranked Choice Voting?” featuring USC Schwarzenegger Institute Academic Director Christian Grose and Andrew… View Article
On October 4th, the Schwarzenegger Institute partnered with the California Institute of Technology to host an “Election Roundtable” event at Caltech in Pasadena. The focus of the event was on… View Article
On October 8th, the Schwarzenegger Institute once again partnered with Outside the Box [Office] and SEEFest to host a special theatrical screening of Libertate (Freedom). The film is set during… View Article
On September 25th, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute partnered with the USC Price School of Public Policy and USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences for a special webinar titled… View Article
Academic Director Christian Grose, the Bipartisan Policy Center, and the office of Arizona’s Secretary of State are collaborating on a research project to evaluate the new Election Fellows Program in… View Article
On May 16th and May 17th, the Schwarzenegger Institute, along with the Election Trust Initiative, States United Democracy Center, Democracy Fund, Data Viewpoint LLC, USC Center for Inclusive Democracy, USC… View Article
While in Ohio for the Arnold Classic Sports Festival, Governor Schwarzenegger stopped by a political reform event to encourage activists and voters to continue to fight for redistricting reform in… View Article
2024 ESRA Call for Proposals The Election Science, Reform, and Administration (ESRA) invites participation from scholars and election administrators/officials to participate as panelists in the 2024 ESRA conference in Los… View Article
USC Schwarzenegger Institute California Issues Poll The USC Schwarzenegger Institute-USC Price California Issues Poll is a representative survey of registered voters who live in the state of California. It is… View Article
On April 29th, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence hosted their annual awards gala and presented Governor Schwarzenegger with the “Take Actions Not Sides” Award. During the awards ceremony,… View Article
Last week, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Judge Lina Hidalgo were awarded the first annual Jack Brooks Leadership Awards for their efforts to make it easier for Americans to cast ballots… View Article
Yesterday we learned that one of the 20th Century’s greatest public servants, the inestimable Secretary George P. Shultz, passed away at age 100. Over the course of his career he held… View Article
On Tuesday, December 22nd, Hollywood action star and former Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, presented Democracy Action Hero Awards to public officials who showed true leadership, bravery and a commitment to… View Article
USC Schwarzenegger Institute California Issues Poll The USC Schwarzenegger Institute California Issues Poll is a representative survey of California registered voters and was fielded from 10/27/2020 to 10/31/2020. Questions and… View Article
A New Form of Gerrymandering using CVAP? Amendment 3 Has the Greatest Negative Impact on Missouri’s Communities with Children Matthew Mendez Garcia Faculty Fellow, USC Schwarzenegger Institute Assistant Professor of Political Science,… View Article
On Wednesday, September 23rd, the Schwarzenegger Institute launched the Democracy Grants for Voting Access & Election Administration. See below for the note from our Chairman Arnold Schwarzenegger announcing the launch. Dear elections… View Article
The Schwarzenegger Institute is excited to announce the release of its newest policy report that closely examines the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. The first California Citizens Redistricting Commission drew the… View Article
Reducing Legislative Polarization: Top-Two and Open Primaries Are Associated with More Moderate Legislators Christian R. Grose ABSTRACT: Partisan polarization in Congress is at its highest levels in more than 100… View Article
This October, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute has been a bipartisan host to several of the nation’s leading experts on election and political reforms. Thanks to a new class launched this… View Article
In late September Governor Schwarzenegger brought his campaign to terminate gerrymandering to the Atlantic Festival in Washington DC. During a fun and wide ranging interview with Jeffery Goldberg, editor of… View Article
Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had back to back opinion pieces published in the Washington Post earlier this month. On September 8th the Post published “Trump can’t erase a decade of clean… View Article
Earlier this month, Professor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke to a packed classroom of students taking the Schwarzenegger Institute’s ‘Fixing American Democracy and Misrepresentation’ class. Professor Schwarzenegger started his lecture by sharing… View Article
Father and daughter filmmakers Bob and Rachel Millman visited the Schwarzenegger Institute on September 13th to screen their new documentary Line in the Street and to participate in a conversation… View Article
Global Director of the Schwarzenegger Institute Conyers Davis released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek: "Gerrymandering hurts… View Article
Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Attorney General Eric Holder continue to prove that redistricting reform does not need to be a partisan issue. In an editorial in the Concord… View Article
On Tuesday, March 26 the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in two cases, Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benishek. Before and after the oral… View Article
The USC Schwarzenegger Institute and the USC Center for Sustainability Solutions co-hosted with the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator the leadership council discussion on federal carbon pricing policy on Feb. 22 at the La Kretz… View Article
“California’s Top-two Primary: A Successful Reform” by Charles Munger, Jr. – a USC Schwarzenegger Institute white paper Charles T. Munger, Jr assesses the changes wrought by the advent in 2012 of… View Article
Stating that redistricting reform has reached the mainstream, former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy convened the Terminate Gerrymandering Summit on Jan…. View Article
Soon after completing his service as governor of California in 2011, Arnold Schwarzenegger established the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy. He immediately turned to Bonnie Reiss, his… View Article
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USC Schwarzenegger Institute Academic Director and Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Christian Grose, wrote a rapid assessment of the redistricting reform initiatives before voters in the recent midterm… View Article
On October 2nd, the Schwarzenegger Institute hosted former British Home Secretary and Member of Parliament Charles Clarke, USC Price School Dean Jack Knott, and senior members of the Consular Corps in Santa… View Article
Governor Schwarzenegger took a break from filming Terminator 6 to support comprehensive redistricting reform and advocate for Citizens Redistricting Commissions. Speaking from Budapest, Hungary, Governor Schwarzenegger encouraged voters in Missouri,… View Article
Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ohio Governor John Kasich joined legislative leaders to celebrate the passage of a bipartisan proposal to change how Ohio draws congressional district lines. Thanks to… View Article
Governor Schwarzenegger continued his crusade to end gerrymandering by filing an Amicus Brief with the the Supreme Court challenging partisan redistricting in the State of Maryland. Schwarzenegger joined fellow governors… View Article
Governor Schwarzenegger founded the USC Schwarzenegger Institute with the mission of advancing post-partisanship and encouraging leaders to put people over political parties to work together to find the best ideas… View Article
Schwarzenegger Institute team members Conyers Davis and Mebus Behrle took part in the State of American Democracy Conference at Oberlin College in November. The conference was the first in a… View Article
Speaking on the steps of the Supreme Court last week Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger continued his campaign to end the partisan drawing of legislative and congressional districts by calling on the… View Article
Politics, elections and governance in the United States are largely viewed through the lens of a two-party power structure of Republicans and Democrats. However, a distinct but ill-defined group of… View Article
Bonnie Reiss, Global Director of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute, was honored by the Independence Clubs of New York City at the 17th Annual Anti-Corruption Awards Ceremony for her lifelong leadership… View Article
On October 3rd the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in landmark redistricting reform case Gill v. Whitford. The Court's decision in this case has the potential to… View Article
While Californians were ahead of their time in passing significant political reforms, including creating an independent redistricting commission to end gerrymandering, there are many states attempting to follow our example and… View Article
The United States has 26 states with voter initiatives and 24 that do not offer this form of direct democracy. The Institute is working with a coalition of good government groups on ending… View Article
Understanding the power of media to communicate important public policy issues, the Price School of Public Policy and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism partnered with one another to… View Article
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On February 2nd David Cameron, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spoke to the USC community at President Nikias’ Distinguished Lecture Series and following the event met with former… View Article
David Daley, best-selling author and the former editor-in-chief of Salon, joined Governor Schwarzenegger, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute, Common Cause and the League of Women Voters on January 31st to talk… View Article
The anger, hate and divisiveness of the past year’s Presidential election reflect the growing frustration over the past decade of political gridlock and partisan division in Congress. Voters went to the… View Article
The USC Schwarzenegger Institute is proud to partner with the Morrison Institute of Public Policy at Arizona State University on issues around political reform policies that make our system more… View Article
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USC’s Town and Gown is the oldest women's non-profit organization at USC. Founded in 1904 as the Women’s Club of the University of Southern California, they are a philanthropic organization… View Article
Michael Crow, the visionary President of Arizona State University (ASU), invited a team from the USC Schwarzenegger Institute to visit Tempe to explore collaborations on policy areas of mutual interest, including climate change,… View Article
USC Schwarzenegger Institute Global Director Bonnie Reiss participated in the 12th and final Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting in New York this past September. This year’s meeting brought leaders… View Article
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USC Schwarzenegger Institute Releases Two Research Reports on Political Polarization On March 30th the USC Schwarzenegger Institute released two research reports showing that political reforms like those passed by voters… View Article
Global Director Bonnie Reiss was the keynote speaker for the Town and Gown “Election Day Special” luncheon on November 4th. Town and Gown is the oldest women’s organization at USC,… View Article
Christian Grose of the University of Southern California presented findings on the role of California’s top-two primary in moderation by state legislators at the event “California’s Top Two Primary: Will… View Article
By Nathaniel Haas When asked what young people can do to fix their government in the face of crippling gridlock, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger urged the crowd to look no further… View Article
Governor Schwarzenegger fought for political reforms that took the power away from the politicians and returned it to the people. When voters passed two reforms; Open Primary; and Redistricting, the… View Article
The Political Reform Movement in America Moderated by Schwarzenegger Institute Global Director Bonnie Reiss Panelists: Kathay Feng, Executive Director of California Common Cause John Fortier, Director of the Bipartisan Policy… View Article
On Friday October 15, 2013, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute hosted an incredible conversation between Governor and USC Downey Professor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the well-known political commentator and host of MSNBC’s Hardball,… View Article
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Global Director Bonnie Reiss, and USC Price School of Public Policy Dean Jack Knott turned policy into action. On October 30th the USC Schwarzenegger Institute held a… View Article
On Wednesday November 6th the Schwarzenegger Institute, in partnership with the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, co-hosted the 10th and final Students Talk Back lunch panel discussion of the semester. The event was… View Article
By Nathaniel Haas A lot can change in ten years. This time a decade ago, California had just emerged from a recall election less than a year into then-Governor… View Article
On Wednesday September 11th the Schwarzenegger Institute, in partnership with the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, co-hosted the first Students Talk Back lunch of the semester. The “Students Talk Back” lunch speaker… View Article
By Vicente Fox Throughout 2001, President George W. Bush and I spent time negotiating an important bilateral agreement on immigration policies and programs. We optimistically pieced together an innovative framework,… View Article
After hosting a bipartisan forum on climate change earlier this month, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute turned to the importance of immigration reform Tuesday morning and partnered with the USC Price… View Article
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U.S. Senators, President Vicente Fox, Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Gov Schwarzenegger, Ann Compton – ABC News, and others gather at USC to discuss Immigration Reform Governor Schwarzenegger will host an immigration… View Article
On October 19, 2012, Former Indiana Senator Evan Bayh joined the Schwarzenegger Institute for a luncheon at the Widney Alumni House. Senator Bayh discussed a variety of issues, but focused… View Article
Highlights from Political Leaders on Post-Partisanship Highlights from Local Solutions to Global Challenges — Environment, Energy, Climate ? Highlights from Hollywood Leaders on Innovation… View Article
