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Noam Lupu

@noamlupu.bsky.social
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Vanderbilt political scientist • Director of CGD and LAPOP Lab • author amzn.to/2x5DuN5

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Why is it rare for the working class around the globe to hold political office? Check out this @bloomberg.com piece by @carnes.bsky.social and @noamlupu.bsky.social, authors of Keeping Workers Off the Ballot: buff.ly/LD8635D ($)
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Why Working-Class Candidates Are Almost Never on the Ballot
Less than 1% of major-party candidates competing for a seat in the US Congress have a background in manual trade of service industries.
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WERE YOU AWARE: If you made a list of every major-party candidate in the midterms who last had a working-class job, it would only have 7 names (out of 919 candidates) and you could fit them them all on a post-it note. @noamlupu.bsky.social and I have thoughts. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Noam Lupu @noamlupu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Of the 919 candidates running as major-party nominees for the US House and Senate this November, only seven had a working-class job when they got into politics. That’s less than 1%, despite working-class jobs making up about half of the US labor force.” @carnes.bsky.social and I explain why.
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Why Working-Class Candidates Are Almost Never on the Ballot
Less than 1% of major-party candidates competing for a seat in the US Congress have a background in manual trades or service industries.
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Mark your schedule! Join us this evening for the 122nd APSA Presidential Address: The University in an Era of Democratic Erosion, w/ APSA President, Susan Stokes, in Hynes, 302 at 6:30 p.m. #APSA2026
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 29/08/2026
This is a great podcast in that it shows how analysis of politics that is grounded in data and empiricism (Bouie) has an uphill battle in DC/NY against ideology and pure uncut reactionary ignorance (Cottle) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/o...
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Opinion | The Right Is Rethinking MAGA. The Left Is Rethinking ‘Woke.’
As primary results trickle in, both parties are wrestling with what they stand for — and where they’re headed.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Why does the working class account for only 1% of lawmakers in the US? Read this @us.theconversation.com piece by @noamlupu.bsky.social and @carnes.bsky.social, authors of Keeping Workers Off the Ballot: How Democracy Undermines Working-Class Representation (out October 6!): buff.ly/2Hyz9ay
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Why working-class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the world
Campaigning anywhere for any office at any level of government is personally burdensome.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Democratic Party has let a consulting industry exploit elderly donors in its name, wreck its reputation and finances in the process, and walk away rich whether the party wins or loses. When a mirror is held up, the instinct is to break the glass rather than look. On why the press looks away:
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The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side
This is a story about the Democratic Party captured by its consultants, and about what happens when the pro-democracy press is asked to say so.
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Working-class people make up half the U.S. workforce, but just 1% of lawmakers. And the gap is global: 2% of legislators in the average democracy come from working-class jobs. Why? New from CGD Director @noamlupu.bsky.social & @carnes.bsky.social in @us.theconversation.com: tinyurl.com/mrxvpkt2
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Why working-class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the world
Campaigning anywhere for any office at any level of government is personally burdensome.
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Working-class people almost never go on to become politicians, and that's not a fluke or a recent development: it's a ***built-in feature of elections*** in all democracies (w/ @noamlupu.bsky.social) theconversation.com/why-working-...
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Why working-class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the world
Campaigning anywhere for any office at any level of government is personally burdensome.
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
P.S. It's not just strategists--it's candidates and electeds, too. And it's not just the Democratic Party, it's both of them. And it's not just the U.S.--it's every country that uses elections to select leaders. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @noamlupu.bsky.social
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Keeping Workers Off the Ballot
Why the underrepresentation of the working class in political office is an inevitable side effect of electoral democracy itself
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This fall we'll see lots of "how workers vote" stories that implicitly get away with saying a party is "a working-class party" even though almost none of its candidates or electeds come from working-class jobs. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... @noamlupu.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
. @noamlupu.bsky.social and I talked to @rorytruex.bsky.social about our new book, Keeping Workers Off the Ballot (out this October with @princetonupress.bsky.social) substack.com/@rorytruex/n...
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Why Is Working Class Representation So Low?
Interview with Nick Carnes and Noam Lupu
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
🏆 The 2025 GESIS Klingemann Prize goes to: @luanarusso.bsky.social (Maastricht Univ.) & Paula Schulze Brock (European Comm. JRC) Their article examines how cooperation with populist radical right parties shapes public attitudes. 🔗https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01402382.2024.2336436 👏🧵
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🔁 Updated link — please see below 📢 Call for Proposals: 2027 #AmericasBarometer Submit survey questions for a leading cross-national study of democracy & public opinion across the Americas. 📅 Deadline: May 25, 2026 🔗 Learn more & apply: www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/2027Am...
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2027 AmericasBarometer - Call for Proposals
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Page proofs. We argue that electoral democracy itself is the reason why people from working-class jobs almost never go on to hold office. Elections are burdensome and gatekeepers pass over workers; rare gains in worker representation are fleeting. More in October. (with @noamlupu.bsky.social )
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Noam Lupu @noamlupu.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Why don't working-class people run for office? Anywhere you look in the world, people who run for office are considerably better off than most folks. That inequality affects the way our institutions work: from the kinds of policies they produce to how people feel about their democracy.
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
”Working class” means whatever you want. There‘s no research and no need for consistency. Use it however: People without college degrees, jobs that *require* college degrees, veterans of any rank, prominent wealthy surgeons, any candidate you like, any voter you dislike. w/ @noamlupu.bsky.social
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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Interesting AmericasBarometer result from @johnsides.bsky.social in this week's @goodauth.bsky.social newsletter. Strong public willingness to trade features of democracy (free elections, free expression) for material and physical security, with some party differences. mailchi.mp/goodauthorit...
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Noam Lupu @noamlupu.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
We’re so excited to be the new home for this important global survey project. Looking forward to working with the many scholars around the world who are such a big part of this collaborative network.
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
📢Big news! CGD at @vanderbilt.edu is now the U.S. home of the Comparative Study of Election Surveys (@cses.bsky.social). In partnership with @gesis.org, CGD will manage this flagship international collaboration on open, high-quality election data worldwide. tinyurl.com/y28xaxr4
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Vanderbilt’s Center for Global Democracy becomes U.S. home for the Comparative Study of Election Surveys
Vanderbilt University’s Center for Global Democracy is the new U.S. institutional home for the Comparative Study of Election Surveys, a leading global resource for understanding elections and democrat...
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
* Please repost and share * Call for Papers (due March 1st) Workshop on "Frontiers in Representation: Citizen Assemblies, Deliberative Mini-Publics, and Participatory Democracy," August 14, Vanderbilt University more info: docs.google.com/document/d/1... submit papers: forms.gle/k7BH4so2QJxQ...
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Noam Lupu @noamlupu.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🚨 Apply now! 🚨
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The New York Times editorial board has a nice visualization of selection on the dependent variable, if you're teaching a research methods class this semester: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
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Opinion | America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to Winning
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Noam Lupu @noamlupu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Very happy to be partnering with Note Dame and launching data collection for the AmericasBarometer!
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Just out at JOP (www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....) : Why do so few working-class people hold office? It's not lack of interest. Noam Lupu and I ran 10 surveys in 8 countries and found no evidence of a social class gap in how often qualified people consider running.
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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
My department @uwmadison.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor with expertise in environmental politics. Send us your application. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
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CSDP @csdp.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
CSDP Visiting Scholar: www.princeton.edu/acad-positio... Princeton University's Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) seeks visiting scholars for the 2026-2027 academic year. Applications are welcome from political scientists and scholars in related social science disciplines.
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APSA- Political Organizations & Parties Section @apsa-pop.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
🏆 Big congratulations to @mathiaspoertner.bsky.social (LSE)! Winner of the 2025 Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award for Creating Partisans: The Organizational Roots of New Parties in Latin America 👏👏👏 Come and celebrate with him at the business meeting (Sept 12, Friday, @12pm) #APSA25
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APSA- Political Organizations & Parties Section @apsa-pop.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
📣 APSA-POP Section Business Meeting 🗓️ Fri, Sept 12 • ⏰ 12:00 PM (Vancouver, PT) 📍 Vancouver, BC (room info TBA) All members welcome—bring a colleague! 🤝 Agenda includes reports, updates, and awards 🏆 #APSA25 @apsa.bsky.social
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
(2/2) . . . we don't find a social class gap in interest in running for office (but find the well-documented gender gap). Something is keeping working-class people out of office, but it's not interest (or, qualifications, or voter support). What could it be . . . ? www.noamlupu.com/Carnes_Lupu_...
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🚨New forthcoming paper at JOP: @noamlupu.bsky.social and I use data from 10 surveys in N&S America to see whether lower-income, lower-wealth, and working-class people are less interested in running for office. Interest in running (nascent ambition) can lead to representation gaps. However, ...(1/2)
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Millions of Venezuelans have fled their country, facing hardship and discrimination abroad. Yet many show remarkable resilience and hope for the future. @itsmarirodriguez.bsky.social explores what new survey data from COL and PER reveal about the Venezuelan diaspora: tinyurl.com/u47jyf4m
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The Future of Venezuela’s Diaspora
Recent surveys of migrant communities in Colombia and Peru provide rare insights into the largest exodus in Latin American history.
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
3️⃣ The collaboration may have ended, but its legacy endures. We’re proud of what we built together, and grateful to all the USAID and regional partners who made it possible.
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
2️⃣ Our partners across USAID were among the most thoughtful and dedicated collaborators we’ve ever worked with. Their efforts made an impact on millions of lives. We wish them the very best in the next chapter.
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
1️⃣ Through this partnership, we built the #AmericasBarometer as a vital tool for understanding democratic attitudes. Together, we: • Collected 400K+ interviews in 30+ countries • Innovated survey methods • Trained 100s of local researchers • Produced data for policy & academia
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Yesterday marked the final day of USAID as we’ve known it. At the Center for Global Democracy and @LAPOP_Lab, we’re deeply grateful for more than 20 years of meaningful partnership. A short thread on what we built together 👇
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
📢 It’s here! The new Data Playground is live! Explore #AmericasBarometer data like never before: 📊 Interactive visualizations 🌎 Cross-country comparisons 👥 Insights by age, gender & more Try it now 👉 www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/data-p... #DataPlayground #AmericasBarometer
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AmericasBarometer Data Playground
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Seligson Prize! 🎉Congratulations🎉 to Amy Erica Smith and @tboas.bsky.social for their article: “Religion, Sexuality Politics, and the Transformation of Latin American Electorates.” [1/4] Read it in ‪@bjpols.bsky.social: 🔗cup.org/4f3Ly4F
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Noam Lupu @noamlupu.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
It remains baffling to me why people call themselves “Democratic Socialist”—with all its Soviet totalitarian connotations—rather than “Social Democrat,” which is what the rest of the world calls people with exactly the same policy positions.
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Zohran Mamdani Says He’s a Democratic Socialist. What Does That Mean?
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The new Data Playground is almost here! Get ready for interactive visuals, demographic filters, & an intuitive interface. 👀 See by signing up for our exclusive preview session here: tinyurl.com/yvt26yhh 🗓️ Demo on Tues., June 17 @ 11 am CT 🚀 Launches Wed., June 18! #AmericasBarometer
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
🗓️ It’s official: we’re launching a powerful, user-friendly tool for exploring #AmericasBarometer data on Wed., June 18! ✨ Don’t miss the big day—sign up for a sneak peek: tinyurl.com/yvt26yhh 🗓️Demo on Tues., June 17 @ 11 am CT #DataPlayground #AmericasBarometer #PublicOpinion
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
What can the new Data Playground do? 📈Show time trends 🌎Compare countries 👥Visualize opinions by gender, education, age, and more 💻No R, no Stata—just clicks 📅Launching soon. Stay tuned. #ComingSoon #AmericasBarometer #PublicOpinion
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
We’re excited to introduce a refreshed Data Playground — your go-to tool for exploring AmericasBarometer data. 📊 Interactive graphs 🌎 Cross-country comparisons 👥 Insights by age, gender & more #AmericasBarometer #ComingSoon #DataPlayground #PublicOpinion
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
From February 2025 - The Global Legislators Database: Characteristics of National Legislators in the World’s Democracies - cup.org/4hMcJCi - @carnes.bsky.social, Joshua Ferrer, @mgoldenprof.bsky.social, @esmelillywhite.bsky.social, @noamlupu.bsky.social & @eugenian.bsky.social #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract describing the Global Legislators Database, which includes demographic and biographical data on legislators from nearly 100 parliamentary democracies worldwide.
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
🚨 Important update on our partnership with USAID. Read our full announcement below. ⬇️
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APSA- Political Organizations & Parties Section @apsa-pop.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
AWARD NOMINATIONS DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 28!! Please nominate yourself or others, and a very short nomination email would suffice. Here are the awards with February 28 deadlines for nominations and their committees:
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APSA- Political Organizations & Parties Section @apsa-pop.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
APSA's Political Organizations and Parties section is now on Bluesky! Follow us for section updates! @apsa.bsky.social
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
NEW - The Global Legislators Database: Characteristics of National Legislators in the World’s Democracies - cup.org/4hMcJCi - @carnes.bsky.social, Joshua Ferrer, @mgoldenprof.bsky.social, @esmelillywhite.bsky.social, @noamlupu.bsky.social & @eugenian.bsky.social #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract describing the Global Legislators Database, which includes demographic and biographical data on legislators from nearly 100 parliamentary democracies worldwide.
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