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Chris Karpowitz

@profkarpo.bsky.social
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Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University Co-Editor-in-Chief, Political Behavior

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John V. Kane @uptonorwell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
So excited to be featured in this spectacular new edited volume! Many thanks to @profkarpo.bsky.social & Jeremy Pope for putting this together, and of course to my co-authors @lilymasonphd.bsky.social and @juliewronski.bsky.social ! 😊
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Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
📈 Excited to share that Political Behavior’s Impact Factor climbed to 3.5 in 2025 (up from 3.3), keeping us a Q1 journal in Political Science. Thank you to our incredible community of authors and reviewers! 🎉 #PoliSci #AcademicTwitter
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/07/2026
to mark the 250th i wrote about the ways that black americans did vital work to invest the declaration of independence with the universalism and egalitarianism that we now see as its core promise. (gift link)
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Opinion | Five Words That Changed America
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This may be the most openly corrupt arrangement I have seen in the United States during my lifetime.
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I'll try this once more, this time with a working link: At long last, it's publication day at @uofmpress.bsky.social for this edited volume! It includes a remarkable set of authors offering thoughtful insights about the state of parties and partisanship today. press.umich.edu/Books/R/Reco...
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Reconsidering Parties and Partisanship
Since partisanship has become a powerful force in the U.S., academic literature is replete with different approaches to this complex, multifaceted topic. Reconsidering Parties and Partisanship brings ...
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
At long last, it's publication day at @uofmpress.bsky.social for this edited volume! It includes a remarkable set of authors offering thoughtful insights about the state of parties and partisanship today. press.umich.edu/Books/R/Reco...
The cover of Reconsidering Parties and Partisanship, published today by the University of Michigan Press.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Excellent Bouie piece on the birthright case. Especially how it points out that every academic backing Trump has either explicitly rejected Trump’s take in the past or somehow written extensively on the 14A without raising it (and implicitly rejecting it)… and have no new evidence now. Gift link:
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Opinion | The Birthright Con
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Trump Administration has used the power of government to restrict broadcast of a conversation about politics, the meaning and purpose of Christianity, and the role of religious belief more broadly. Chilling.
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Keith E. Whittington @kewhittington.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
My paper on the original meaning of birthright citizenship is now published
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The tragic destruction of the Washington Post's brand is a sad tale of Bezos's hubris and cravenness. He has completely misjudged what is required at this moment ... and why the Post's readership is declining.
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“What we are seeing is the weakness of strong states. Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy.” Gift link
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Opinion | We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
More evidence of federal agents behaving in ways that are flagrantly inconsistent with the Constitution and basic principles of a free society.
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This is from December, but it carefully highlights tactics used by ICE and the Border Patrol, including against U.S. citizens. Put simply, these scenes are deeply inconsistent with respect for public safety, the Constitution, and, more broadly, a free society. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Video: How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens
A video analysis of one early morning raid in Los Angeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by new aggressive Border Patrol tactics.
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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This is the closing paragraph of French’s essay.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/01/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump’s assertion of unlimited authority — subject only to his moral judgment and his mind (whatever that means) — is a total rejection of popular sovereignty and the logic of the Constitution,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
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Opinion | Trump Has Stopped Pretending That This Is All Normal
The president’s assertion of unlimited authority is a total rejection of popular sovereignty and the logic of the Constitution.
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Lucky that no congregants were injured or killed. Torahs take a year to write so this is really long term damage to the community.
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
“This is a radical change, and one that will surely leave the United States poorer, weaker and more isolated. I cannot help but detect in these nativist outbursts against Indian immigrants and their descendants a profound loss of confidence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
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Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
None of this is new, and it's as problematic today as it was then.
A figure depicting opposition to immigration from people who were themselves immigrants a generation earlier. It is a cartoon from
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Are you kidding me?! What an inning.
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands … may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This opinion is worth reading. Here's the portion of Judge Young's decision that concerns masked ICE officers. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This image quotes Judge Young's opinion on masks. It states that "ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence."
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Thanks to Robert Redford, not only for his movies and promotion of the arts, including the Sundance Institute, but also for providing a place just minutes from Provo to experience the extraordinary natural beauty of this area.
A photo of the Sundance Resort at night.
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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
¡¡VOLUME 23, ISSUE 3 IS NOW OUT!! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Featuring work by: @natekelly.bsky.social, @janamorgan.bsky.social, @annkristinkolln.bsky.social, @felixlehmann.bsky.social, @feligsantos.bsky.social, @abenewman.bsky.social & ....,
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
The message is clear: don't dare to contradict Dear Leader, no matter what the facts say. Purging anyone who disagrees is a recipe for groupthink, for short-sighted and ill-informed decision-making, and for abandoning effective reality-testing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
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Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
What Danielle said. According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2% Let me put that another way. President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
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Sarah Shugars @shugars.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Very interesting work from @ethanbusby.bsky.social and colleagues looking at persuasion of *voice AI* by gender. Finding point to a complicated relationship between the topic of discussion, the gender of the human discussant, and the gender cue of the AI voice #pacss2025 #polnet2025
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
So, you're telling me Utah is a cultural leader not just in dirty sodas but also in oversized bean bags?
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Me three months ago:
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
What an unnecessary and sad loss.
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Seen on my recent visit to Prague
On a shop window in Prague, the words "Putin's Supporters No Entry!"
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
This is exactly right. Media framing of these tariffs is problematic because the comparison point is always Trump's latest (and often outlandish) threats. The proper comparison point is the current tariff, and on that score, this is a loss, not a gain.
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Your daily dose of Kansas content: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
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Opinion | Governors Should Be the Face of the Democratic Party
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Wow.
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Excited to see @julietcarlisle.bsky.social and Chris Weber present work from our book project (w/ @fabianneuner.bsky.social + Mark Ramirez) on the contestation of election results at #ISPP2025. We show how winning or losing elections affects support for contesting election outcomes. Follow along!
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Amanda Lea Robinson @amandalearobinson.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I'm happy to share a new publication on women's representation in deliberative fora w/ Amanda Clayton, Boniface Dulani, and Katrina Kosec. We randomize the gender composition of groups tasked with discussing deforestation in Malawi. Published open access: doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
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American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Women's inclusion is now the norm in global and local initiatives to combat climate change. We examine how women's representation affects climate deliberations using the case of community-managed for...
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Four months in, and I'm already exhausted by the fact that the nation must constantly attend to the careening whims of a single individual. Whether the ideas are meant to be serious proposals or mere trolling is beside the point. Reason #1648 why the rule of law matters.
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epovb.bsky.social @epovb.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Call for proposals! EPOVB Early-Career Fellowship deadline: July 1, 2025 Submit to Melissa R. Michelson, at melissa.michelson@menlo.edu dropbox.com/scl/fi/rcmsv...
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Debbie Schildkraut @debbiejsr.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This paper is super interesting. Go read it! 🧵
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I feel seen. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | This common phrase is widely misused. Is it worth salvaging?
When a phrase has been misused into uselessness, maybe avoiding it is the best policy.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
In 2019 a BYU Japanese PhD student helped organized a fishing outing. The group caught more fish than they were allowed, but prosecutors decided not to charge him. Now, his visa is being revoked. Kudos to Rubio for keeping America safe. www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04...
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BYU grad student from Japan has visa revoked
Attorney for computer science Ph.D. candidate believes a fishing license incident from years ago may have triggered visa revocation.
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Selecting for Masculinity: Women’s Under-Representation in the Republican Party Selecting for Masculinity: Women’s Under-Representation in the Republican Party By Christopher F. Karpowitz, Brigham Young University; J. Quin Monson, Brigham Young University; Jessica R. Preece, Brigham Young…
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Selecting for Masculinity: Women’s Under-Representation in the Republican Party
Selecting for Masculinity: Women’s Under-Representation in the Republican Party By Christopher F. Karpowitz, Brigham Young University; J. Quin Monson, Brigham Young University; Jessica R. Preece, Brigham Young University; Alejandra Aldridge, Brigham Young University. The gap between women’s representation in the Democratic and Republican parties has grown significantly in the last three decades.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Real trade wars have never been tried wapo.st/42oniEY
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Opinion | Why are Democrats pulling their punches on Trump’s disastrous trade war?
The party is blowing its chance to mount an offensive against protectionism.
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Anti-intellectualism in the American government www.npr.org/2025/04/11/n...
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Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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Chris Karpowitz @profkarpo.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The government mistakenly and illegally deported Abrego Garcia. The questions are simple and straightforward: where is Mr. Garcia? Do you know where he is? Has the government done anything to effectuate his return? The DOJ lawyer is unable to answer these questions. Deeply alarming and Kafkaesque.
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