Reposted by Reuben HurstBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026www.nature.com/articles/s41... "Republicans experience higher exposure to Democrats than vice versa: the average Republican’s coworkers are 50% Democratic versus 32% Republican for the average Democrat." 34919
Reposted by Reuben HurstMax Kagan @maxkagan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Just now noticing a very interesting write-up by @ryanburge.bsky.social which makes use of our #VRscores data from the Politics at Work project with Justin Frake and @reubenhurst.bsky.social. Tremendously exciting to see how people are making use of the data to uncover new insights!graphsaboutreligion.comThe Most Republican Jobs in America? Start with the Church.An incredibly new databases opens up all kinds of possibilities for analysis. 041
Reuben Hurst @reubenhurst.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Excited to share this project (3 years in the making) with @maxkagan.bsky.social and Justin Frake! 050
Reposted by Reuben Hurstjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/05/2025i like how roberts even looks a bit like tim robinson in the hot dog sketch www.politico.com/news/2025/05...politico.comRule of law is ‘endangered,’ chief justice saysSpeaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced “ad hominem” criticism of the justices. 41385161177
Reuben Hurst @reubenhurst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Apropos of the ongoing dismantling of USAID - I thought I'd to highlight research with Taylor Tidwell and Darren Hawkins: Voters vastly overestimate U.S. foreign aid spending. When these misperceptions are corrected, support for foreign aid increases significantly. academic.oup.com/isq/article-...academic.oup.comDown the Rathole? Public Support for US Foreign AidAmericans think the US foreign aid budget is far too generous. Can information change those views? We identified ten prominent arguments about aid in publi 110
Reuben Hurst @reubenhurst.bsky.social · 04/01/2024Excited to share my JMP, now out at Administrative Science Quarterly: "Countervailing Claims: Pro-Diversity Responses to Stigma by Association Following the Unite the Right Rally." A quick thread... journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 120
Reposted by Reuben HurstZhao Li @zhaoliresearch.bsky.social · 29/12/2023It goes both ways 😂 Just as political science research has a tendency to black-box businesses, management research often does that for politics. There is a lot of room for mutually beneficial trades. 051
Reposted by Reuben HurstMatt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · 16/12/2023CEO support for specific police reform policies has no effect on policymakers’ opinions. Policymakers are much less willing to engage -- either privately or publicly -- with CEOs who take controversial positions on social issues. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comPolicymaker Responses to CEO ActivismCEOs increasingly engage in activism on controversial social and political issues, such as police reform, LGBTQ rights, and gun control, to influence the behavi 011
Reuben Hurst @reubenhurst.bsky.social · 02/10/2023(reposting from Twitter) Out at The Journal of Politics. "Strategically Ambiguous Identities: Evidence from Evangelical Clergy in Brazilian Elections." www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....journals.uchicago.eduStrategically Ambiguous Identities: Evidence from Evangelical Clergy in Brazilian Elections | The Jo...Existing research illustrates how electoral incentives shape candidates’ decisions to reduce ambiguity by cultivating specific group identities. Extending this literature, I argue that electoral con... 150