Podcast appearances and mentions of Jesse M Unruh

Speakers: Joel Benenson, President and CEO, Benenson Strategy Group; Lead Pollster, Obama Campaign Harold Ford Jr., Former Congressman; Managing Director, Morgan Stanley; Professor, NYU Wagner School of Public Policy Frank Luntz, Chairman and CEO, Luntz Global; Contributor, Fox News Dan Schnur, Director, Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, University of Southern California Moderator: Matt Miller, Columnist, The Washington Post; Host, "Left, Right & Center". Latinos, African-Americans, young people and unmarried women are wielding more power than they used to. Indeed, they are determining election outcomes and driving the nation's legislative agenda. On the other hand, organized labor has lost much of its pull, and many analysts and activists are wondering whether the NRA will exert as much influence in the future as it has in the past. More Americans are speaking up for gay rights and illegal immigrants' aspirations for citizenship. What other groups are on the rise? How are the takeaways from the 2012 vote shaping party strategies for the midterms and 2016? How will these newly empowered constituencies exercise their widening influence? Our panel of veteran political observers will analyze the new electorate and ponder who's gaining clout and who's losing it.

The USC Athenian Society, presents a 2012-2013 Athenian Society Dean's Speaker Series Seminar: Election 2012: California and the Nation, A Town Hall Discussion. An informal town hall discussion about the key issues and potential outcomes of the November election. Our nationally-renowned panelists will answer questions on the policy implications of the state and national elections, including a second term for President Obama or a first term for Governor Romney; the potential of a Democratic or Republican majority in Congress; Gov. Jerry Brown's tax increase plan and the potential impact of Proposition 30 in California. Featuring: Conan Nolan, General Assignment Reporter NBC 4 Los Angeles Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Senior Fellow USC Price School of Public Policy Dan Schnur, Director Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics University of Southern California

The new maps that will create boundaries for California’s political districts will be certified in August, but will they actually change the state’s political landscape? Zócalo invites a panel including Kathay Feng, director of California Common Cause and one of the authors of the 2008 redistricting reform bill; Steven Ochoa, national redistricting coordinator for MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund; Joe Mathews, senior fellow at the New America Foundation; and Dan Schnur, director of University of Southern California's Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics to discuss whether regular Californians can expect any effects from the latest round of redistricting.