”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.
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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.
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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.
📢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.
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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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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...
Very happy to be partnering with Note Dame and launching data collection for the AmericasBarometer!
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.
My department @uwmadison.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor with expertise in environmental politics. Send us your application. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
CSDP Visiting Scholar:
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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.
🏆 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
📣 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
(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_...
🚨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)
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
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.
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.
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
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 👇
📢 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
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:
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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.
🚨 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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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
🗓️ 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
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
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
BJPolS abstract describing the Global Legislators Database, which includes demographic and biographical data on legislators from nearly 100 parliamentary democracies worldwide.
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
