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Lucia Motolinia

@luciamotoliniac.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at WUSTL Political Science. Comparativist studying electoral systems, distributive politics, political parties, and Mexican institutions. Proud Mexican.

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Diana O'Brien @dzobrien.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Congratulations to my brilliant colleague @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social on receiving the Legislative Studies Emerging Scholar Award! A well-deserved recognition for a terrific scholar. If you haven't yet checked out her book, Unity Through Particularism (CUP, 2026), now's the perfect time. 🎉
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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“Just collect more data” is one of the most common responses to uncertainty in quantitative research. But in a lot of social science, that advice is impossible—or even misleading. Our new working paper asks: when has a study reached its information limit? Check it out here: osf.io/preprints/so...
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Sarah Bowen @sarahkbowen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I am so shocked and saddened by this news. Raúl Pacheco-Vega was such a generous and kind person, supporting and offering his wisdom to so many people, far and near. This is just awful. Que descanse en paz.
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
What an honor being invited to discuss my book in UNAM. A link to the event here: Un honor la invitación para discutir mi libro en este evento. Pueden encontrar el vídeo de la sesión aquí: www.youtube.com/live/NiYv15k...
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"Unity through Particularism How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior"
YouTube video by Canal Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I’ll be presenting my book Unity through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior next Monday at the IIS-UNAM Seminario Interinstitucional El Futuro de la Democracia en México. Hope to see you there!
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Really enjoyed this conversation on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my new book, Unity Through Particularism. We discuss how electoral institutions shape legislative incentives and what that means for representation. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/unity-throug...
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Lucia Motolinia, "Unity through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior" (Cambridge UP, 2026) - New Books Network
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
My new book, "Unity Through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior," is finally out with Cambridge University Press. A 20% discount is available on the Cambridge site using the code UYTPM25. www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
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APSA- Political Organizations & Parties Section @apsa-pop.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
📣 Call for Nominations: Jack Walker Outstanding Article Award ⏳ Deadline: February 27 📧 Email nominations to: @jmcrosson.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social @garlicksauce.bsky.social @shamiragelbman.bsky.social @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social
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LSE US Politics and Policy blog - USAPP @lseusablog.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Voters know that politicians are rich, but dramatically underestimate just how rich they are write Marko Klašnja of Georgetown University and @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social of Washington University in St. Louis blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
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Voters know that politicians are rich, but dramatically underestimate just how rich they are | United States Politics and Policy
Telling voters the truth about politicians’ wealth makes little difference to their attitudes towards their elected representatives.
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
@valentimvicente.bsky.social I'm so happy to see this out! Congratulations 🎉
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
So happy to see this paper finally out!!!!!
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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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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
A blog post about Mexico's short-lived reelection experiment: cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/why-...
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Why Did Mexico’s Reelection Experiment End So Quickly? My New Book Offers an Answer
On March 4, Mexico took a remarkable step backward: Congress approved a new electoral reform that will, once again, ban consecutive reelection for all elected officials starting in 2030, with the stat...
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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Political inexperience in Congress has measurable effects on legislative outcomes. Our research finds that when districts elect political newcomers over career politicians, congressional dysfunction tends to increase. New explainer of our PNAS study: theconversation.com/amateur-hour...
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Amateur hour in Congress: How political newcomers fuel gridlock and government shutdowns
The public’s frustration with ‘politics as usual’ has led more political newcomers to win office. But amateurs are more likely to view bipartisanship as a concession, not a tool for advancing policy.
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Jacob Montgomery @jacobmontgomery.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
New editorial from me and @keithschnak.bsky.social. “Why Washington University must not sign Trump's 'compact'”
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Opinion: Why Washington University must not sign Trump's 'compact'
Washington University in St. Louis has built its reputation on a simple ideal: excellence wins. For decades, our researchers have competed for and won federal grants based on the quality
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Yuna Blajer de la Garza @tunablazer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
If you are a political theory PhD student or junior scholar interested in discussing all things publishing in political theory, please join the WPSA Political Theory virtual community on Thursday, October 30th for a panel on Academic Publishing. We have a great group of panelists! Please do join us.
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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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APSA- Political Organizations & Parties Section @apsa-pop.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Congrats to our award winners!
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Feeling very honored to receive the 2025 POP Emerging Scholar Award. Grateful to my mentors, co-authors, students, and colleagues who make my work possible. Excited to celebrate together at APSA! @apsa.bsky.social
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Dan Smith @profdansmith.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
🎉Now online (open access): "Hidden Majoritarianism and Women’s Career Progression in Proportional Representation Systems" at @apsrjournal.bsky.social. @alicirone.bsky.social, @teele.bsky.social, Gary Cox, @fiva.no. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Thank you!!!!
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I'm thrilled that my book, Unity through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior, is now available for pre-order through CUP and Amazon! Let me know if you'd like an electronic copy for your class, and I'll send it to you! www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
5/6 🧵In ‪@ajpseditor.bsky.social‬ @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social Klašnja & @simonweschle.bsky.social‬ show that higher pressures to spend in campaigns leads to a wealthier politician pool. Use data on MP wealth from 40 countries, & quasiexperimental evidence from 🇧🇷 & 🇨🇱 doi.org/pz7c
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Simon Weschle @simonweschle.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Now out in @ajpseditor.bsky.social: @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social, Marko Klašnja and I show that greater pressures to spend more money on campaigning leads not just to more politicians who are rich, but especially to more politicians who are are *super* rich onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
We provide a comprehensive theoretical and empirical account of the relationship between campaign finance pressures and the wealth of politicians. We argue that the heavily right-skewed wealth distri...
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
From April 2025 - When Reelection Increases Party Unity: Evidence from Parties in Mexico - cup.org/3DYOFxl - @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social "I apply correspondence analysis to a new dataset of over half a million legislative speeches in twenty states" #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the impact of personal vote-seeking incentives on legislative accountability and the introduction of the 2014 Mexican electoral reforms. The text analyzes changes in state legislations and party responses in twenty states.
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Legislative Studies Quarterly @lsqjournal.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
"Party Considerations for Renomination in Pre-Electoral Coalitions" by @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social (Washington University in St. Louis) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Party Considerations for Renomination in Pre‐Electoral Coalitions
Pre-electoral coalitions are common across diverse political contexts. In this letter, I examine their impact on one of the most consequential functions of political parties: the candidate selection ...
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Check out my new publication "Party Considerations for Renomination in Pre-Electoral Coalitions" at LSQ! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Party Considerations for Renomination in Pre‐Electoral Coalitions
Pre-electoral coalitions are common across diverse political contexts. In this letter, I examine their impact on one of the most consequential functions of political parties: the candidate selection ...
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
NEW - When Reelection Increases Party Unity: Evidence from Parties in Mexico - cup.org/3DYOFxl - @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social "I apply correspondence analysis to a new dataset of over half a million legislative speeches in twenty states" #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the impact of personal vote-seeking incentives on legislative accountability and the introduction of the 2014 Mexican electoral reforms. The text analyzes changes in state legislations and party responses in twenty states.
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
So excited to see this paper out!
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Raphael Cunha @raphaelcunha.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
#PSJMInfo
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Very well deserved Stefan! Congratulations 🎉
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Simon Weschle @simonweschle.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I'm really proud of this paper. We show that greater pressures to spend on campaigns disproportionately (and sometimes exclusively) benefit the super-rich.
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🚨New publication Alert! 🚨 Conditionally Accepted at @ajpseditor.bsky.social "The Super-Rich and the Rest: Campaign Finance Permissiveness and the Wealth of Politicians" with my amazing co-authors @simonweschle.bsky.social and Marko Klasnja Full paper & appendix here: sites.wustl.edu/luciamotolin...
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ResearchWashington University in St. Louis
You can access my Google Scholar page here. PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES 5. “The Super-Rich and the Rest: Campaign Finance Permissiveness and t...
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Endre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍 🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations 📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/p... Thanks for sharing! 🤝
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
My sister got me into it, I do this: amindfullmom.com/instant-pot-... It's very easy!
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Instant Pot Yogurt
Instant Pot Yogurt: Step by step directions for making yogurt in an electric pressure cooker. EVERYTHING you need to know about making Instant Pot Yogurt.
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I use it for yogurt, rice, beans, lentils, beef stew, pork stew, and, most importantly, to reheat frozen tamales. I have a friend who makes Instapot flan, but I haven't ventured there yet!!
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Yes!! I did know that! haha
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I'm invested in this. Are there any other insights I need to know as someone who uses the Instapot 3 times a week but has never read the manual? 😆
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David Fortunato @fortunato.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
PLEASE SHARE! Thread on EITM Europe where I will teach this summer with my brilliant friend @dzobrien.bsky.social as well as Thomas Bräuninger and Richard Traunmüller. There is NO TUITION FEE, but students must find funding for travel and accommodation. June 9-20 www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/eitm/
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Kyle Marquardt @kailmarkvart.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
🏆🚨🏆 Reminder 🏆🚨🏆 Please nominate doctoral dissertations for the @apsa.bsky.social Gabriel A. Almond Award, which honors the best doctoral dissertation in the field of comparative politics! Deadline: February 12, 2025. Submit nominations here: apsa.secure-platform.com/a/organizati...
Nominate doctoral dissertations for the Gabriel A. Almond Award.  The award honors the best doctoral dissertation in the field of comparative politics. The deadline is February 12, 2025.

Eligibility: Dissertations must have been successfully defended within the previous two calendar years (dissertations for the 2025 award must be defended in 2023 or 2024). APSA will accept only one nomination for the Almond Award per school or political science department. Nominations from non-PhD departments and institutions are welcome if the nominee is currently employed there. Self-nominations are accepted. Nominees do not have to be members of APSA, affiliated with an institution in the United States, or an American citizen in order to be considered for an award.

The award is presented at the APSA Annual Meeting and carries a cash prize of $750. 

The award was created in recognition of Dr. Gabriel Almond’s contributions to the discipline, profession, and Association.  He was a long-time faculty member at Stanford University and former APSA President (1966).  Almond’s scholarly work contributed directly to the development of theory in comparative politics and brought together work on the developing areas and Western Europe that prevented splintering into an array of disparate areas studies.  
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Andrew Little @anthlittle.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
If you mean this paper it also has a minor junior coauthor 😉 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
#polisky bakes: new years marzipan 🐷
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Research & Politics @respol.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Welcome to the Research & Politics Bluesky page! Please spread the word and follow us for updates on the latest articles published in R&P.
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The Gender and Security Sector Lab @gsslab.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
🏆 Prize Alert! 🏆 The Empirical Study of Gender Research Network (EGEN) is awarding their 2025 Prize! Learn more at the link below. Deadline to apply is February 1st! #GenderSky #internationalpolitics #PoliSky #Comparativesky #academia www.egenpolisci.org/prize-applic...
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EGEN
The Empirical Study of Gender (EGEN) Working Group
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Apply to this APSA award if you wrote a book on European Politics 🇪🇺 And since we are it: Zoltan Buzas, @laurenrprather.bsky.social and I are in the committee of the APSA @intlcollaboration.bsky.social Best Book Award. Send us your book on international cooperation by March 3rd! 🌐
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Dawn Teele @teele.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
HUGE AMAZING news. Please share!!! EGEN, the Empirical Study of Gender Research Network, announces its 2025 prize competition, up to $5000, for cutting edge research on gender and politics. Due Feb 1, 2025 www.egenpolisci.org #gendersky #polisky @egenpolisci.bsky.social @mirya.bsky.social
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The Empirical Study of Gender (EGEN) Working Group
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George Kwaku Ofosu @gofosu.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
New publication alert, forthcoming in JoP: @mbechseeberg.bsky.social, Michael Wahman and I investigate how different campaign messages supporting women candidates affect voters' propensities to vote for female (relative to male) politicians. @mbechseeberg.bsky.social provides a summary 👇🏾
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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
📣We are hiring! Please share! 👉2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science 🇳🇴 Department of Political Science, University of Oslo 📅 Deadline: February 3rd, 2025 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034) | University of Oslo
Job title: 2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025
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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Excited to share findings from our research on Gender in the Ballot. Full paper available on our websites.
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