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Bolivia dismissed its October elections as fraudulent. Our research found no reason to suspect fraud.
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A new poll shows an astonishing 52% of Republicans incorrectly think Trump won the popular vote
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We debunked this nonsense about voter fraud in NH six months ago:
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It’s time to bust the myth: Most Trump voters were not working class.
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Racism motivated Trump voters more than authoritarianism or income inequality
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Terrorism does increase with immigration — but only homegrown, right-wing terrorism
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Here’s what Pelosi could do if Republicans tried to manipulate the presidential election’s outcome
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States with more Planned Parenthood clinics have fewer teen births and sexually transmitted diseases
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We have an important announcement today about our site and its future. Our partnership with @washingtonpost will end on December 31, 2022. That will be our last day publishing on their site. We're excited to continue as an independent site beginning in the spring of 2023. 1/x
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When left-leaning parties support austerity, their voters start to embrace the far right
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6 years
Trump is a typical conservative. That says a lot about the conservative tradition.
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Trump’s latest executive actions have 3 big problems
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Which Americans support the Second Amendment? The answer depends on whether whites or blacks have the guns.
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7 years
Jeff Sessions used our research to claim that sanctuary cities have more crime. He’s wrong.
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7 years
Apropos of IOP mtg, this is how much Trump dominated news coverage in the general election:
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7 years
Political science research now cited on protest signage.
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Kristen Collins
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Here's one citing @EricaChenoweth and @MariaJStephan that I spotted at the DC march a couple weekends ago
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3 years
New Georgia runoffs data finds that more Black voters than usual came out. Trump voters stayed home.
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7 years
White identity was integral to Trump's support from the very beginning:
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3 years
We are very pleased to announce the addition of three new editors here at TMC! They are: Nadia Brown of Purdue University ( @BrownPhDGirl ) Vlad Mendenica of the Univ. of Delaware ( @vladmedenica ) Christopher Stout of Oregan State ( @christophestout ) 1/4
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7 years
Basically, Clinton got more coverage than Trump when (1) emails were in the news and (2) she fainted.
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A simple graph shows the profound impact of Nelson Mandela http://t.co/HbmlgNZRhg
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7 years
A graph for the folks at #HarvardIOP :
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Wait until I compile the list of political science findings that has not received adequate attention from Western media sources.
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2 years
The Russian invasion has some logistical problems. That doesn’t mean it’s doomed.
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3 years
Mitch McConnell once knew all about the filibuster’s racist history. What changed?
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8 years
The richest Republicans say they are worse off financially than do the poorest Democrats.
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9 years
The incessant focus on early polls shows how little has been learned from history or polisci. It is a huge failure of campaign reporting.
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5 years
Are hate crime shootings inspired by racist rhetoric? Hard to know. But consider this: Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes
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What will a new U.S. administration mean for U.S.-China relations? Here are 4 areas to watch - @kaciemiura and our editor @jessicacweiss explain.
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7 years
Why did Trump win? More whites — and fewer blacks — actually voted.
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6 years
Teaching black history didn't use to divide Democrats and Republicans. Now it does.
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The blue wave was big — and significant — in state legislatures
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7 years
Donald Trump wants to change U.S. nuclear policy. Most Americans aren’t persuaded.
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8 years
Agreed. The shift is mainly in how people/place votes, not in sheer number of votes.
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Again, idea that this was some tectonic shift in voting is nuts. Trump not only lost pop vote. He got fewer total votes than Romney did.
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6 years
Assuming essentially 50-50 split in #PA18 , here's how much Democrats have beaten the 2016 presidential vote margin in 90 special elections in 2017-2018 (h/t @DKElections data). Average is 13 points better. Lamb is 20 points better.
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8 years
HOT TAKE: major election forecasters are smart people grappling reasonably with questions for which there are no clear answers.
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7 years
This is entirely predictable. Partisanship drives economic perceptions.
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Joe Weisenthal
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This is amazing! Check out the way Republicans' assessment of the economy changed in one week
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Those empty desks at U.S. embassies and the State Department? They’re a big problem.
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The education gap among whites this year wasn’t about education. It was about race.
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If you don't know the difference between polisci, polling, and election forecasting, then you shouldn't be writing for major news outlets.
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8 years
BREAKING: Politicians behave strategically.
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9 years
Born that way? ‘Scientific’ racism is creeping back into our thinking. Here’s what to watch out for. http://t.co/PtVOfQ6TkD
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8 years
Trump is the first modern Republican to win the nomination based on racial prejudice
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6 years
No matter what Trump says, Russia is the only nation that tries to hack other countries’ democracies
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8 years
CONFIRMED: veto power exists in a "Constitution." Looks like an interesting document.
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Economic anxiety isn’t driving racial resentment. Racial resentment is driving economic anxiety.
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4 years
The Republican Party is white and Southern. How did that happen?
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Democracy is in crisis in Latin America. Brazil may be the next trouble spot.
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8 years
Wow, and Donald Trump had the #momentum , like, only a few days ago. I just can't keep up with all these shifts in #momentum !
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2 years
With nearly 800,000 U.S. covid deaths, what’s keeping people from getting vaccinated? Their own social circles.
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4 years
Bolton alleges that Trump helped out China’s leader on ZTE. Our editor-in-chief @henryfarrell explains what ZTE is and what Trump did.
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Of course the CNN poll is an outlier. But give them credit for publishing it rather than burying it and increasing the risk of herding.
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Want to help the Islamic State recruit? Treat all Muslims as potential terrorists.
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8 years
No, there is no election-year taboo against confirming Supreme Court justices.
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France’s National Front scandal has exposed the dirty little secret of Europe’s far right
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7 years
Among Trump's base of primary supporters, white identity mattered much more than economic anxiety.
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8 years
On Twitter, Hillary Clinton won the debate
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7 years
Read this thread.
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NC 2016 post-election audit finds 508 allegations of vote fraud out of 4.8 million votes cast, or 0.01%
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4 years
"The Republican Party in the South consciously chose to exclude blacks early in the 20th century, which helped it to dominate Southern politics decades later," @Boris_Heersink @FordhamNYC and @jaj7d @USCPrice @BedrosianCenter write. @jbouie @KevinMKruse
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BREAKING: You need the party establishment in order to effectively staff the executive branch and govern the country.
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4 years
This is what was so unusual about the U.S. Navy making Captain Brett Crozier step down.
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7 years
The U.S. could be free of gerrymandering. Here’s how other countries do redistricting.
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Woke up to find out that I am quoted in @HillaryClinton 's new book. Here's the report she refers to:
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Once again, it’s time to ask: How low can Donald Trump’s approval rating go?
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7 years
If you somehow think the UK election was a mandate for Corbyn's policies, have I got 70+ years of disappointing polisci research for you!
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There’s a gender gap in political science. Our series examines the problem — and looks at some solutions.
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The returns are in: 2012 was the moneyball election. http://t.co/UzL4V0UT
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8 years
BREAKING: Presidents have a "veto power." Will try to confirm..
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8 years
New international poll: Clinton loses Russia, wins 7 other countries:
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👋🏻 Welcome! We are Good Authority, a blog that brings insights from political science to a broader audience--from the team that brought you TMC (The Monkey Cage). Our free, independent website has launched! Come read, comment, and engage. 📷
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7 years
Without Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton might have lost Virginia as well
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7 years
Views about race mattered more in electing Trump than in electing Obama
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6 years
We're very pleased to announce that Professor @jessicacweiss of Cornell University has joined The Monkey Cage editorial team. Her particular focus will be reviewing and expanding our coverage of East Asia. Welcome, Jessica!
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"Since the ban went into effect, 98 percent of people from affected countries who applied for a visa were rejected, and the other 2 percent received a waiver," @VahidNiayesh writes. @ahauslohner
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The correlation between education and white support for Trump disappears when you control for racial resentment:
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Growth in 2016 GDP from Q1 to Q3 (non-annualized) basically nails Clinton's popular vote share.
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Gets on Twitter after several hours. Sees vote hacking/rigging allegations. Gets off Twitter.
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The myth of massive support for independence in Catalonia
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Announcing the 6th annual TMC African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular!
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Winners: people who don't watch the speech.
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Racial prejudice is driving opposition to paying college athletes. Here’s the evidence.
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The Supreme Court just took a case on the EPA’s authority. Its decision could undo most major federal laws.
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7 years
That viral graph about millennials’ declining support for democracy? It’s very misleading.
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3 years
We are hiring! TMC seeks 2 political scientists with expertise in American politics and political behavior, and esp. race and ethnic politics. Interested scholars should email monkeycageblog @gmail by 12/1. Here's more information: And here's a thread.
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The WNBA influenced the Georgia Senate race, new research finds
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In a new poll, half of Republicans say they would support postponing the 2020 election if Trump proposed it
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Look who made it official by changing their Twitter handle. 👀
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Here’s how to teach Black Lives Matter
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The ridiculous "blame Pelosi" hottakes makes me think 9+ years of blogging about campaign effects has had zero impact.
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