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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Texas Tech Political Science is hiring in American judicial politics. Deadline is late October sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

TTU Political Science is hosting the Texas American Behavior Conference November 13 & 14. If you are a graduate student or faculty member at a Texas university please consider submitting a proposal here: esrlttu.gov1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... The submission deadline is September 1.

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We have a book cover! Starting to feel more real. press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Page proofs are here. It is real. Excited to be part of a great series with @uofmpress.bsky.social. press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

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Kevin Banda @kevinkbanda.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

New open access paper at @polcommjournal.bsky.social with @jsievert.bsky.social: we find that messages oriented towards national politics polarize people's views and evaluations of candidates and that messages stressing local matters sometimes do the opposite. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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How National Cues Polarize Perceptions of Political Figures

A growing body of research documents the increased importance of national issues and politics for vote choice and election outcomes in subnational elections. The extant literature identifies two di...

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Chris Cooper @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The Roads to Congress 2024 is out! I've got a chapter about the only toss-up district in the South--the 1st district in #ncpol, (I also discuss redistricting in NC more generally), but there is lots of good stuff in the book even if you couldn't care less about the 1st Check it out! #polisky

flyer for an edited book entitled "The Roads to Congress 2024"

screenshot of the title of a chapter in the Roads to Congress 2024.

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

There's significant evidence from state legislative term limits that they do, in fact, empower both lobbyists and state executive branches. "Disagreeing" without offering any counter-evidence is just vibes.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address. First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it. 1/

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Things I can't stop thinking about (not most impt but still), a running list: this is the pet project of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, also the NSA, Acting National Archivist, and Acting head of now-dead USAID, which would be useful in a post-Maduro scenario. 1/

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 03/01/2026

A functioning Congress will have articles of impeachment drafted by the end of the day. Our Congress will just go to social media to basically say “We don’t like this, but what are you gonna do?”

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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

🚨 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Political Science ⏰ Deadline 4th January 2026 🙋‍♀️ Any questions, please reach out 👇

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

As a resident of West Texas, I endorse this view.

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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

It has been a bracing moment for American federalism, with both unprecedented efforts to extend executive control over state and local govts, novel forms of subnational resistance. Where is federalism going? Paul Nolette and I have edited a new issue of Publius on that question. Short thread:

Table of Contents for Publius: The Journal of Federalism 56 (1, 2026): The Future of Federalism in the United States

Articles
Introduction: The Future of Federalism in the United States Paul Nolette and Philip Rocco

Can Federalism Protect Subnational Liberal Democracy from Central
Authoritarianism?
James A. Gardner

Tools of Subnational Democratic Subversion: A Taxonomy and Research Agenda
Andrea Louise Campbell and Andrew Karch

Money Is Not Enough: The Temporary Impact of Pandemic-Era Aid on American Fiscal Federalism
Amanda Kass

Federalism and the Future of US Minimum Wage Policy
Shanna Rose

Climate Federalism at a Crossroads: From Compensatory to Coercive and Mitigation to Adaptation
Scott Moore

Who Benefits From Federalism Claims in Federal Court?
Lisa L. Miller

US Federalism and the Political Economy of Territorial Status: Evidence from Puerto Rico
Mariely Lopez-Santana

Federalism and Polarization: How Can Research Be More Relevant?
Carol S. Weissert

Is the Picket Fence Still Standing? Tracing Administrative Federalism in the States Matthew J. Uttermark

From Variables to Mechanisms in Federalism Research
Scott L. Greer

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 26/12/2025

Where prices have increased the most this year, per CPI data. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Santa has a weird sense of humor… Also, check out this wonderful edited volume. Now available for your Spring courses! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

We lost my Dad to pancreatic cancer in May. I would not wish this disease upon anyone.

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Kathleen Weldon @kathleenweldon.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

One advantage of being a data archive is that virtually everything we have of value can in fact be digitized. But so much of it is not. So we need researchers to let us know what they need.

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 20/12/2025

Both parties are now preparing for “affordability” to play a major role in the midterm elections next year. How did it emerge so quickly? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...

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How Democrats Used One Word to Turn the Tide Against Trump

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Victor Gay @victorgayeco.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

There is growing interest in HPE about social conflict in the run-up to the French Revolution. In a new article at Data & Corpus, I describe the Jean Nicolas Database, a database of 8,516 rebellions in France (1661-1789) 👉Article: doi.org/10.46298/dc.... 👉Database: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/... 🧵1/6

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 19/12/2025

the analogy I use with friends and family all the time is the jump from collegiate to professional sports. as soon as I explain it that way, it clicks in their brains what the academic job market is like.

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

London at Christmas time was a delight. Until next time!

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Am I the only one bothered by the chart not adding up to 100 when there’s no space for don’t know?

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Sarah Binder @sarahbinder.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Discharge rule continues campaign for 2025 MVP award🏆! Coalition to extend ACA support hits 218 signatures, matching record 4 "entered" discharge petitions set 90 years ago (1937-8). Speakers today may have peak agenda power, but that's no match for angry 218 (and an organized minority).

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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt - a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage - 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...

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Goethe-Universität — FB03 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften

Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...

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Corinna Kroeber @corinnakroeber.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion (2 years) We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald. ✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group

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Postdoctoral Research Associate - International Research Training Group 2560 “Baltic Peripeties" 25/E19

Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

New post-doc position working with me in a new lab at @snfagora.bsky.social ! It's one year appointment, renewable for up to 5 years. The position includes data analysis and independent research, mentorship of lab members, and participation in SNF Agora Institute life. apply.interfolio.com/178796

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Roper Center @ropercenter.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Now available in Roper iPoll!

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The Old Vic last night. Royal Opera House today.

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

How many flat whites can I drink in five days🤔

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

How your email finds me during the end of the semester

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 11/12/2025

Yule ≠ Christmas Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals, with origins among the ancient Norse thousands of years ago. Although today it’s heavily associated with, and even confused with, Christmas, the celebration existed long before Christianity. 🧵⬇️

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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

In a multiparty system, Garamond would have some representation.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight. Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall. This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.

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David Lazer @davidlazer.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Paper out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com: 1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science. 2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Representation in science and trust in scientists in the USA - Nature Human Behaviour

Druckman et al. document gaps in trust in scientists in the USA. People from groups less represented among scientists (for example, women and those with lower economic status) are less trusting. Incre...

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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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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

This is wild, but not surprising

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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Republicans continue to offer a more positive rating of the Republican-led Congress than Democrats do, but the party gap is much narrower than it was earlier this year, as Republicans’ approval has sunk to 23%. (Megan Brenan, Gallup) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251130-offer

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Anyone have coffee or food recommendations for London? Near West End area, but we will be venturing around the city.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:

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Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.

Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.

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Carl Müller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

🚨Jobs!🚨 3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you! Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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Research Officer

Research Officer, , <p style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #333333;">LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</s...

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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

🚨Job News: Postdoc positions in LSE Government Department 🚨 Apply to work with the brilliant and wonderful Carl Muller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social on his BORDERS ERC project at LSE @lsegovernment.bsky.social jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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Ashley Jardina @jardina.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

As we wrap up another semester, my public opinion students have put together a great survey. If you have 5 minutes to spare, my students and I would thrilled if you'd take it: virginia.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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