LYNN VAVRECK is the Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics and Public Policy at UCLA and a contributor to The New York Times.  She teaches courses and writes about campaigns, elections, and public opinion. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a winner of the Andrew F. Carnegie Prize in the Humanities and Social Sciences. In 2014 she hosted Hillary Clinton at UCLA's Luskin Lecture on Thought Leadership.