[1] Sracic grew up in the Gladstone section of Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey, graduating from Bernards High School in 1980.
[5] Sracic has authored or coauthored three books, including the Encyclopedia of American Parties, Campaigns, and Elections;[6] San Antonio v. Rodriquez and the Pursuit of Equal Education[7] (part of a series that won the Scribes Award for legal writing in 2008);[8] and Ohio Politics and Government.
Sracic’s defense of the American Electoral College system,[10] based largely on the writings of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, has been criticized by Hendrik Hertzberg of the New Yorker.
[11] Sracic predicted the role of the Electoral College in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and noted that Trump’s appeal in traditional Democratic working class strongholds throughout the Midwest created a potential path to victory.
[17][18] He has also expressed doubts, based on his understanding of American politics and concerns regarding the separation of powers, about the U.S. commitment to defend Japanese administered Senkaku Islands, should they be attacked by China[19][20]