State & National Campaign Politics

Military spouse seeks to change landscape for women in politics

Feb. 24, 2021
"A new training program is empowering women to gain the skills needed to enter the political arena. "Amy Kroll, a Presidential Leadership Scholar and spouse of an airman, is the founder of the LBJ...

Biden eyes historic opportunity as Trump's star wanes in Texas

Aug. 5, 2020
"Texas is the political holy grail in the U.S. With 38 electoral college votes — second only to solidly Democratic California — the stakes are huge, with victory erasing the need to win most of the more traditional swing states." LBJ's Sherri Greenberg talks about how former Joe Biden and Donald Trump are facing off in Texas in 2020.

Biden eyes historic opportunity as Trump's star wanes in Texas

Aug. 5, 2020
"Texas is the political holy grail in the U.S.

Elizabeth Warren's softening on Medicare signals she's serious about being Biden's VP

May 27, 2020
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's continued evolution in how she talks about health care serve as the latest signal to former Vice President Joe Biden that she's serious about being seen as a...

Will key union's non-endorsement help Sanders or Biden in Nevada?

Feb. 17, 2020
One key union often holds the key for who could win Nevada's primary, but this year they have not made an endorsement. So what could that mean for the race? Victoria DeFrancesco Soto weighs in for...

Dems go on attack at fiery Nevada debate

Feb. 20, 2020
Was the clear winner at the Feb. 19 Democratic debate President Trump? LBJ's Victoria DeFrancesco Soto joined a panel on MSNBC to react to the candidates' performances.

Will key union's non-endorsement help Sanders or Biden in Nevada?

Feb. 17, 2020
One key union often holds the key for who could win Nevada's primary, but this year they have not made an endorsement. So what could that mean for the race?

Dems go on attack at fiery Nevada debate

Feb. 20, 2020
Was the clear winner at the Feb. 19 Democratic debate President Trump?

In Democrats' low-information judicial primaries, gender and ballot names may drive voters' decisions

Feb. 20, 2020
"When voters don't know much about who they're choosing among — as is typically the case in judicial races — 'what you do is grasp at whatever information shortcuts you can get,' said Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, who studies identity and politics at the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs. 'Demographic cues that come through in our names are important.'"

In Democrats' low-information judicial primaries, gender and ballot names may drive voters' decisions

Feb. 20, 2020
"When voters don’t know much about who they’re choosing among — as is typically the case in judicial races — 'what you do is grasp at whatever information shortcuts you can get,' said
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