Reposted by Matthew P. HittUniversity of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Still haven't stocked up on your summer reading list? No worries, we have you covered! Get 50% off ALL books with code SPRING26 until July 1. Browse here: press.umich.edu 033
Reposted by Matthew P. HittJohn Kastellec @jkastellec.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I'm pleased to announce that Eitan Sapiro-Gheiler and I have created the Comprehensive Courts of Appeals Database, which extends the Songer Database to the universe of published Courts of Appeals cases between 1892 and 2025. coadata.org/data/coadata.orgDataA machine-coded dataset of U.S. Courts of Appeals decisions, 1892–2025 12812
Reposted by Matthew P. HittKyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 18/05/2026New site up: kylesaunders.com/athletics-map. D1 athletic finance for available NCAA Division I programs in FY 2024-25. Four interactive views, free, data downloadable, methodology documented. Find your school.kylesaunders.comMapping College AthleticsD1 athletics finance in FY2024-25 — 358 institutions in the dataset, with analytical coverage varying by institution. The year between the House settlement and the revenue-sharing cap. 012
Reposted by Matthew P. HittSol Messing @solmg.bsky.social · 13/05/2026New in Nature: LLMs give "the party line" in the languages of authoritarian regimes. This works when they control the media, which feeds pretraining data. We show more state control over the media means less critical LLMs. 6 studies spanning 38 languages & 13 models. Details ↓ 7243118
Reposted by Matthew P. HittNick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026We found some evidence that SCOTUS legitimacy had bottomed out among democrats after Dobbs but I’d guess it’ll take an even further dip now. If you’re collecting data about specific support, we recommend three items that I’ll post below. 1219
Reposted by Matthew P. HittNick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Free free free! I think UGs can probably handle this and if anyone ends up assigning a chapter or two, then I’m happy to zoom in and chat about it. 🫡 192
Reposted by Matthew P. HittNick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 06/04/2026a glimmer of glad tidings. my short book with @matthewhitt.bsky.social — Supremely Polarizing — is available FOR FREE. it nicely summarizes and extends our work on how partisanship shapes support for the Supreme Court. thank you for your attention to this matter.cambridge.orgSupremely PolarizingCambridge Core - American Government, Politics and Policy - Supremely Polarizing 2258
Reposted by Matthew P. HittCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 03/04/2026New Cambridge Element, Supremely Polarizing, by Nicholas T. Davis and Matthew P. Hitt, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at cup.org/3NT9dfD 033
Matthew P. Hitt @matthewhitt.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Happy to see that my book with @ntd.bsky.social was published today! Downloads are free until 4/17. We explore how and why the institutional legitimacy of SCOTUS sorted by party, present a new measure of Court approval, showing how this attitude and others predict legitimacy. doi.org/10.1017/9781... 041
Reposted by Matthew P. HittNick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 11/01/2026amid bad one bright spot: “supremely polarizing” short book w @matthewhitt.bsky.social has been accepted for publication. more data showing sorting of judicial public opinion, a validated short measure of specific support, and a new measure of applied support for rule of law relation to legitimacy. 4254
Reposted by Matthew P. HittKyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 17/10/2025in case you missed it when I posted the preprint on acceptance, here's the more aesthetically pleasing, actually formatted (and unfortunately timely) article for your reading pleasure! (cc: Fitz, @stecula.bsky.social, @matthewhitt.bsky.social): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgMindset to gain? Framing effects, Need for Chaos, and the limits of ‘Burning It All Down’ | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge CoreMindset to gain? Framing effects, Need for Chaos, and the limits of ‘Burning It All Down’ 063
Reposted by Matthew P. HittNick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Pairs nicely with: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... Open Acess right now, to boot.onlinelibrary.wiley.comAmerican Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online LibraryThis paper studies the contours of Supreme Court legitimacy. First, we construct a data set of surveys from 2012 to 2024 to show that diffuse support now diverges among partisans; we then analyze an ... 173
Reposted by Matthew P. HittKyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 25/09/2025New (very timely!) paper with Erin Fitz, @stecula.bsky.social, @matthewhitt.bsky.social & myself, accepted at Behavioural Public Policy entitled "Mindset to Gain? Framing Effects, Need for Chaos, and the Limits of 'Burning It All Down'"--a thread and a link: osf.io/preprints/ps...osf.ioOSF 176
Reposted by Matthew P. HittIndivisibleNOCO @indivisiblenoco.com · 15/07/2025Does the loss of local newspapers affect the political divide in America? You bet it does! How? Researchers found that when a local newspaper closed before an election, people switched to national news, meaning less exposure to local races and increased partisan voting. Source: zurl.co/kxxSUzurl.coNewspaper Closures Polarize Voting BehaviorAbstract. Changes to the media environment have increased polarized voting in America through both addition and subtraction. We argue that the decline of l 162
Reposted by Matthew P. HittCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 04/06/2025#OpenAccess from the new issue of the Journal of Policy History - “The Future of the US Supreme Court: Ethics, Polarization, and Reform” - cup.org/43ZF3fK - @jboxsteff.bsky.social, Nicholas T. Davis & @matthewhitt.bsky.social 164
Matthew P. Hitt @matthewhitt.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Appreciated the nice writeup about my work with @ntd.bsky.social by CSU's communications team. Thinking a lot about this project today as the Court debates birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment. libarts.source.colostate.edu/is-the-supre...libarts.source.colostate.eduIs the Supreme Court losing its legitimacy? - College of Liberal ArtsNew CSU research examines how the American people view the U.S. Supreme Court and what that could mean for democracy. 050
Reposted by Matthew P. HittAlexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 05/05/2025This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers. 9571611115
Reposted by Matthew P. HittMichael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Driscoll, Krehbiel, and I have been polling with @today.yougov.com about Americans' support for defying the judiciary since the start of covid. Overall story has been stasis. But, since July, a 12% increase among Democrats in support for presidents obeying courts and a 17% drop among Republicans. 142
Reposted by Matthew P. HittAmerican Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Partisan sorting, fatalism, and Supreme Court legitimacy by Nicholas T. Davis and Matthew P. Hitt is now available in Early View. @matthewhitt.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/04/28/p... 02910
Reposted by Matthew P. HittStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 27/04/2025This is how 60-70% of American adults think about housing markets. 1352869
Reposted by Matthew P. HittCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Read Maris's piece, then go show your local indie bookstore some love. They're so much more than places to get books--they are places to engage with ideas and others in your community. Staffed by actual humans to help you find the books you didn't know you needed! 291353449
Reposted by Matthew P. HittNick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025its officially alive 😭 online-first: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... background: @matthewhitt.bsky.social and I struck out on an NSF in 2022, but later won a RAPID grant. the project doesnt happen w/o Reggie Sheehan at the NSF. winding journey but working w one of your best mates is a joy. 57721
Reposted by Matthew P. HittBrian Schaffner @bfschaffner.bsky.social · 02/04/2025we have now posted the 2024 Cooperative Election Study common content dataset to the @harvarddataverse.bsky.social! data from 60,000 American adults interviewed before & after the election. thanks to @today.yougov.com & Caroline Soler for getting this data produced & posted doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...dataverse.harvard.edu 39336
Reposted by Matthew P. HittNick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 17/03/2025curious to see whether SCOTUS permits Trump's abuse of constitution across lots of issues but rn it looks like trump take legitimacy. @matthewhitt.bsky.social and i are finally...finally forthcoming in AJPS talking at length abt a new era of judicial public opinion. preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... 35522
Reposted by Matthew P. HittJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Several red state AGs including mine are suing to dismantle 504s in schools. Please, call your reps and AGs to demand they let all children learn in public schools. The end goal is to delete all special education services. All accommodations. 831115548
Reposted by Matthew P. HittCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 24/01/2025NEW ISSUE - Journal of Law and Courts - Volume 12 - Issue 2 - cup.org/3WylRBE With papers by @zoerobinson.bsky.social, @matthewhitt.bsky.social, @lisanhager.bsky.social, @annamccaghren.bsky.social, @mdm.bsky.social & more 075
Reposted by Matthew P. HittNick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 17/12/2024@matthewhitt.bsky.social and I argue that this catastrophic loss of specific support - mostly among Ds - is the death knell of SCOTUS’ legitimacy. Final pre-print vers while awaiting replication approval: osf.io/preprints/ps...osf.ioOSF 1102
Reposted by Matthew P. HittKyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Provocative (and interesting and worth your consideration to my eye) new paper, indeed... 081
Reposted by Matthew P. HittNick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024in @matthewhitt.bsky.social and my book project "Supremely Polarizing," we argue that support for rule of law is a euphemism for pro-status-quo-authority; such beliefs cease to function as "democratic values" - republicans score high, democrats lower but law is now used to harm rather than defend... 174
Reposted by Matthew P. HittAmerican Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Just published on APSR First View: "Interpersonal Relationships, Bipartisanship, and January 6th" by James M. Curry and Jason Roberts. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 15119
Reposted by Matthew P. HittDominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Took a crack at the Political Communication starter pack. Sorry for all the great folks I undoubtedly missed go.bsky.app/J1U6jVe 198242
Reposted by Matthew P. HittMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 17/11/2024It occurred to me that I hadn’t seen a health politics starter pack. I tried to find as many folks from our APSA Health Politics section as I could (and a couple folks very adjacent), but let me know who I’ve missed. 129425
Reposted by Matthew P. HittJason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 05/11/2024NEW: I ran 80,000 simulations of the election. My wife left me for a guy who doesn’t do that. 71107171541
Reposted by Matthew P. HittDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 04/11/2024VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off? ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off. They do not log off. 221917636
Reposted by Matthew P. HittAnna Gunderson @annagunderson.bsky.social · 31/10/2024The presidential election is days away. What are the consequences of the election for who chooses to appear before SCOTUS? @kirstenwidner.bsky.social and I's new book digs into this question. We are on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social chatting about it! megaphone.link/NBNK6866203115megaphone.linkKirsten Widner and Anna Gunderson, "The Haves and Have-Nots in Supreme Court Representation and Participation, 2016 to 2021" (Cambridge UP, 2024) by New Books in Political ScienceAn interview with Kirsten Widner and Anna Gunderson 053
Reposted by Matthew P. HittSara Chatfield @poliscisara.bsky.social · 21/05/2024Oh hey, my forthcoming Element now has a "Coming Soon" page! Look for it in August. 😀 www.cambridge.org/core/element... Polisky Genderskycambridge.orgThe Politics of Bathroom Access and Exclusion in the United StatesCambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - The Politics of Bathroom Access and Exclusion in the United States 2204
Reposted by Matthew P. HittNick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 17/05/2024alright as foretold, the update. @matthewhitt.bsky.social and i got *another* wave of our SCD panel study back. ive posted this paper before, but we've added a third study to it, showing how "fatalism" lays at core of loss of legitimacy. thread incoming. osf.io/preprints/ps...osf.ioOSF 15323
Reposted by Matthew P. HittNick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 29/04/2024idk if ppl still poast work but, tl;dr: dem cands may not push reform bc dems have low levels of legitimacy, which = weaker rankings of Court as electorally important compared to other issues, which has ironic effect of depressing demand for reform. survey + exp: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 0178
Reposted by Matthew P. HittKyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 10/05/2024New in Scientific Reports with @erinfitz.bsky.social @stecula.bsky.social & @matthewhitt.bsky.social: We use a Prospect Theory-style experiment to test whether numeracy + need for cognition moderate framing effects re: the May 2023 debt ceiling debates in Congress. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comObjective numeracy exacerbates framing effects from decision-making under political risk - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Objective numeracy exacerbates framing effects from decision-making under political risk 043
Reposted by Matthew P. HittActive Learning in Political Science Blog @alpsblog.bsky.social · 06/10/2023"Politics in Worlds that Never Were, Part 1" by James Fielder activelearningps.com/2023/09/27/p... #Polisky #SoTLsky 052
Reposted by Matthew P. HittActive Learning in Political Science Blog @alpsblog.bsky.social · 06/10/2023“Keep it Simple, and Plagiarize” (Classroom Games, that is!) by James Fielder activelearningps.com/2023/08/30/k... #Polisky #SoTLsky 093
Matthew P. Hitt @matthewhitt.bsky.social · 30/09/2023First #polyskycooks post over here. This is a favorite dish of mine to cook. Cacio e Pepe. Few ingredients, and so many ways they can go wrong. The “foolproof” version in the middle of this video was the game changer for me for the technique. Highly recommended youtu.be/U4eaNqTbDDA?... 030