Completely agree on this. Bad faith attacks on academics for political gain… where have we seen that before?? Disappointed in legislators and candidates attacking @christiangrose.bsky.social.

Oh, and desk time mandated if they use force like any normal police force. The goon squad that executed Alex Pretti are apparently all back out there on the street right now.

No funding of DHS w/out indpt investigations of any use of force. They can only use ICE to go after people with final orders of deportation or criminal history otherwise you must get a judicial warrant. Must notify police before they engage in operations. Proper uniforms and IDs.

My thoughts are with colleagues and friends at Brown, and with their loved ones. Another day, another shooting on a college campus in this country.

This kind of violence is preventable if only our leaders had the courage and moral clarity to act.

And yet you bought the socks that were more than just socks. Interesting.

I for one love not being able to see what’s happening on screen because nothing is lit and the colors are all grey/brown.

My daughter this morning: “Mama, did they have music when you grew up?”

I love this one because it’s completely contrary to how the Nobel prize actually works. Just complete nonsense.

This bill is do-or-die for California. Check to see if your state senator is one of the outstanding votes and urge them to do the right thing for the future of California and the country.

If you're one of Wahab's constituents, call her office and tell her what an embarrassing dipshit she is.

LA buds, roughly speaking if you live east of Fairfax and north of the 10, you live in Sen. Durazo's district. Give her office a call at (916) 651-4026 and urge her to support SB 79. It will take 3 minutes and it's the most important thing you can do politically today.

IE people, if you live in Sen. Gomez Reyes' district, you should call her and urge her to support SB 79. She's at (916) 651-4029.

BJPolS abstract discussing the impact of partisan actors on U.S. elections, mentioning investigations in states including Arizona, Pennsylvania, and others, and addressing the erosion of trust in the democratic process.

NEW -

Can Official Messaging on Trust in Elections Break Through Partisan Polarization? - cup.org/433kRJP

- @jengaudette.bsky.social, @sethjhill.bsky.social, Thad Kousser, @maclockhart.bsky.social & Mindy Romero

🚨 New paper out at @bjpols.bsky.social 🚨

Can Official Messaging on Trust in Elections Break Through Partisan Polarization? Yes!

We show, using large national and state specific survey experiments, that public information campaigns from election officials work.

So excited to join!!

Thank you, Rachel!!

Thanks so much, Luke!!

Sunny is hoping your holidays are restful!

So glad you’re loving the new job!

Polarization in police union politics by Jennifer Gaudette is now available in Early View. @jengaudette.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/12/04/p...

Thank you so much, Bianca!

I'm thrilled to share that I'll be starting as an Assistant Professor at UC Riverside’s School of Public Policy in Fall 2025! I'm incredibly excited to join the faculty and start working with students there.

I’m adding a day on path dependence to my undergrad Intro to Policy Analysis class. Would love recommendations for favorite podcasts/news articles/etc that illustrate the concept!

Has anyone gotten the Novavax COVID shot and, if so, how did you react to it compared to other shots? Trying to figure out scheduling…

The Minute Clinic is its own thing, as I discovered when navigating the maze to get my daughter vaccinated last summer, so hopefully you’ll have more luck there!

I don’t know if this is right, but I heard CVS Minute Clinics were the most likely to have the pediatric ones!

Thanks for sharing!

Many state and local policy issues have become national ideological fights over the past decade. My paper suggests that interest groups affiliated with those policy issues could send strong partisan and ideological cues about local candidates when they endorse — and that voters respond accordingly.

In real world incumbent re-election campaigns in cities of 180k+, police union endorsements go from having positive value in all cities during 2012-2015 to having negative effects in liberal cities during the heightened police polarization period of 2016-2022.

These results are significant in non-partisan and same-party elections in my conjoint experiment, showing there is both a partisan and ideological cue contained in police union endorsements.

very negatively and conservatives positively, and (2) this polarization occurs in tandem with increased ideological polarization toward police at the national level. None of these trends emerge for firefighters’ union-endorsed candidates in either study.