UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies recently completed the largest survey of Californians to date regarding opinions and attitudes related to COVID-19. The results are fascinating and point to a wide range of potential political and societal impacts arising from our still-unfolding responses to the pandemic.
This discussion with IGS Co-Directors Cristina Mora and Eric Schickler and Professor of Health Policy and Management Hector Rodriguez, who together devised and ran the poll, will delve into the significance and meaning of the data, and what it all might portend for California and the nation in the current context of political polarization and racial inequality.
“Berkeley Conversations: COVID-19” is a new online video series designed to connect Berkeley’s leading experts with the public they serve and each other. Through these discussions, faculty from a wide range of disciplines–from epidemiology to economics to the computing and data now undergirding their work–share what they know and what they are learning.
G. Cristina Mora, Associate Professor of Sociology, Co-Director, Institute of Governmental Studies
Eric Schickler, Jeffrey & Ashley McDermott Professor of Political Science, Co-Director, Institute of Governmental Studies
Hector Rodriguez, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Director, California Initiative for Healthy Equity and Action