Formerly a Post-Doc and Visiting Scholar at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, he received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego in 2010. His research interests include voter decision-making, direct democracy, American politics and public opinion. He is a regular contributor to various media outlets and his research has been published in Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, American Review of Politics, the California Journal of Public Policy and the California Western Law Review. He was involved in the first ever statewide Deliberative Poll® held in California and is currently working to improve the lines of communication between elected officials and the local citizenry in Jacksonville, FL.