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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Very excited that my paper with @colinrcase.bsky.social has been conditionally accepted at the AJPS!! Using our campaignview.org data, we produce measures for candidates' left-right positioning across six salient issue areas Big takeaways below ⬇️ Check it out early here 🔗: osf.io/preprints/so...

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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

‼️ New working paper ‼️ We find bipartisan appeals credibly signal policymaking intentions—on an issue-by-issue basis We show how and why bipartisan lawmaking persists amid congressional conflict: progress often comes through issue-specific pathways rather than broad consensus between Ds and Rs 🧵👇

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

My response to the NYT’s “moderate to win” argument: The data shows the strategy is tapped out. Being seen as moderate by voters doesn’t boost votes, replacing every progressive with moderates would net 0 seats, and the graveyard of defeated D incumbents if full of moderates, not progressives.

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The New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out.

Democrats already run moderates in nearly every swing district. It's not enough. A data-driven response to the case for centrism as a core electoral strategy.

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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Just published at PNAS (@pnas.org): “Electing amateur politicians reduces cross-party collaboration” We show that districts electing first-time members of the U.S. House experience substantial declines in bipartisan representation in the subsequent Congress. 🧵1/4

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Colin Case @colinrcase.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Excited to announce my paper, Measuring Strategic Positioning in Congressional Elections, is officially accepted and online @thejop.bsky.social here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... Quick thread on the paper below:

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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Reposted from @alexandersahn.bsky.social: Data from CampaignView(campaignview.org) show that the only term that Democrats used in more than 1% of statements in campaign platforms (2018-2022) is *privilege*

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

💰 How should we measure early campaign fundraising? ▶️ @colinrcase.bsky.social & @rachelporter.bsky.social propose two distinct approaches: candidate-centred and election-centred early money. Explore their framework👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

📢 Thrilled to share our new article introducing CampaignView—a comprehensive open-source dataset of congressional candidate campaign bios and policy platforms (2018–2022). Paper + data here: campaignview.org & doi.org/10.7910/DVN/... 🧵1/4

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