Matters of Policy & Politics

Nov 25 2024 100 ep. 50 mins 2.5k
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Matters of Policy & Politics is a Hoover Institution podcast devoted to matters of governance and balance of power at home and abroad. It is hosted by Hoover fellow Bill Whalen. As the successor to Hoover’s Area 45 podcast, which focused on Trump-era issues and controversies, Matters of Policy & Politics will examine the direction of federal, state, and local leadership and elections, with an occasional examination of national security and geopolitical concerns, all featuring insightful analysis provided by Hoover Institution scholars and guests. Podcasts will be released weekly, with engaging topics and fellows.

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America’s Shifting Latino Vote: Tectonics Trumps All?

Nov 25 2024 51 mins  
Among the surprise results in this year’s American election: a victorious Donald Trump improving his numbers among Latino voters to a level not seen in 20 years and George W. Bush’s re-election (the only other time this century that the Republican choice won the popular vote). David Leal, a Hoover Institution adjunct senior fellow and University of Texas-Austin professor of gov

California Update: The Golden State’s Black-and-Blue Election

Nov 21 2024 50 mins  
The verdict on California’s November election?

Restoring Confidence in Congress: Will the House Come to Order?

Nov 14 2024 55 mins  
By most metrics – a 16% job-approval rating, failing to deliver budgets much less conducting itself in a stately manner – the U.S. House of Representatives isn’t living up to the Founding Fathers’ ideals. How to restore the public’s confidence in the ways of Capitol Hill? Brandice Canes-Wrone, the Hoover Institution’s Maurice R. Greenberg senior fellow and the founding

America Votes – The System Holds

Nov 08 2024 48 mins  
And so the great election meltdown that was supposed to happen didn’t – across America this week, tens of millions of voters going about their business in a seemingly orderly fashion, with a decisive outcome favoring one presidential candidate and his party.

California Update: Election Eve In The Golden State – The Times (And The L.A. Times) They Are A-Changin’

Nov 01 2024 54 mins  
What to expect in a California election that shows some prominent big-city incumbents in trouble and an anti-crime ballot measure steamrolling to victory?

Close Encounters Of The Coos County Kind

Oct 29 2024 46 mins  
How to convince a distrusting section of the American electorate that, contrary to what conspiracy theories claim, elections aren’t rigged, and vote-tallies aren’t manipulated?

“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” of Election Integrity

Oct 15 2024 56 mins  
Are battleground states better prepared this election cycle than in recent election cycles?

Games People Play

Oct 09 2024 42 mins  
Jacquelyn Schneider on Wargaming’s Historic Role in National Security Decision-Making.

Bill-Signing Recap – Deep Fakes, Deep Dodges...and Deeply Indebted to an NBA Owner

Oct 02 2024 53 mins  
Who are the winners and losers now that California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed off on hundreds of legislative bills?

What Polling Says About Trump, Harris And An Election “Doom Loop”

Sep 27 2024 63 mins  
What matters most to independent voters, the odds of one or both chambers of Congress flipping, plus whether Pennsylvania is the “new Florida” as ground zero for deciding presidential outcomes.