CALL FOR EDITOR - Journal of Experimental Political Science (@jepsjournal.bsky.social) seeks an editor or editorial team from January 2027. Find out how to apply - https://cup.org/4ae3Tul cc @experimentsapsa.bsky.social Deadline for proposals - April 15, 2026.

25% of American adults said they did not read or listen to any book in the last year—not even part of one. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Congrats to McLaughlin.

I'm teaching survey research courses online in the next few weeks. Sign up and/or spread the word! Free one hour seminar. April 13 tinyurl.com/v9vn9j85 Then a set of two (half) day courses. Not free (sorry!). -Intro: April 20-21 tinyurl.com/2mas96tf -Advanced: April 27-28 tinyurl.com/5467prx6

Campus environment is maybe a bit more complex than politically constructed misinformation, at least based on data from UNC system institutions. And it's not just political views, but views felt to be non-mainstream. So general obstacles to inclusive campuses. www.insidehighered.com/views/2022/0...

It's crazy to me how Robin Hood is now popularized as a gritty action-adventure story. (serious messaging) In reality, Robin Hood is a fox that pals around with a bear. (whimsy messaging)

Reject IPAs. Embrace Oud Bruins.

Chicago historians! Do you have a preferred converter/cipher/secret decoder ring for pinpointing Chicago addresses from before the 1909 street number change? I've been using this book as a guide, but I'd love to find something more precise. archive.org/details/stre...

Space is so cool

Apparently it's Masters weekend again. I don't follow golf, but I do follow pimento cheese which is a big deal at the Masters with their surprisingly affordable pimento cheese sandwich. It's easy to make at home. Here's how I make my mom's recipe.

Can war unify a deeply polarized society? With data from Israel before and after the October 7 Hamas attack, Feinstein & Ben-David show a “split” response: high support for the war and trust in the military, but no rally-’round-the-flag. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

4/x Remember, adjunct lager wasn’t created to cut costs. It was created because US barley wasn’t great for brewing. The adjunct lager was actually more expensive. (H/T Maureen Ogle.)

#polisky share far and wide: @apsa.bsky.social Statement on the Proposed Elimination of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation apsanet.org/wp-content/u...

Feels good to have this off the desk and out to find a home.

Right Proper cheating with soon 3 spots on the MBT. Nice to see Bub and Pop's added, too. nomabid.org/annual-event...

This admin plays too many Paradox games.

At @poqjournal.bsky.social there is a call for papers on a special issue on Artificial Intelligence and Survey Research. If you have papers on this obviously important topic then here's a link for more information! static.primary.prod.gcms.the-infra.com/static/poq/d...

Political psych colleagues: The APSA Political Psych Pre-conference is back this year with a new and exciting format. Please consider presenting your work and registering. More info here: apsa-polpsych-preconf.org

Democrats are 20 percentage points more likely than Republicans (79% vs. 59%) to say they're highly concerned about rising gas prices. www.pewresearch.org/global/2026/...

Unenlightened self-interest. yougov.com/en-us/articl...

When they're out of the hops you want and use nothing but East Kent Golding in your Bitter your beer is

I’ve written a comment on a recent piece by @dbroockmand.bsky.social and @jkalla.bsky.social. I agree heartily that voters care about issues. But I don’t think that their particular explanation for the small effects of candidate moderation hold (much) water. 🧵 ctausanovitch.com/elusive_elit...

Last week on the first of April, Pop-Tarts announced an upcoming Cheddar Bay biscuit flavored Pop-Tart. They said, "coming soon," but I couldn't wait and I created my own version. And then I stuffed it with clam chowder. Click through to read about my savory homemade Pop-Tart adventure!

Meanwhile on that slender riotous island ...

Interesting age split alongside the party identity one.

Political scientist @adamberinsky.bsky.social found that while Americans’ support for wars was affected by major attacks on the U.S., it mostly followed the domestic “ebb and flow of partisan and group-based political conflict.” (@chashomans.bsky.social, NYT-unlocked) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/m...

Cambodia unveils a statue of famous landmine-sniffing rat Magawa

I need these.

Jean-Paul Sartre: Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give life a meaning. Me, half paying attention to whatever he’s going on about:

The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...

This @goodauth.bsky.social piece shows lots of ambivalence in Republican views of Iran and Trump's foreign policy Most are not strong supporters of the war or how Trump's handling it; and a majority of GOP voters still want the U.S. to be less involved overseas goodauthority.org/news/republi...

While at 538, we charted Cabinet roles held by men/women, since Carter. I updated that for my substack, Gender Gap! And wrote about the precarity of GOP women in politics, even (maybe especially?) for the women who meet their party's terms. meredithconroy.substack.com/p/the-number...

Children can influence their parents’ politics, especially on new issues. In diverse, tech-connected families, parents are receptive to political cues from their children, particularly on emerging topics like AI regulation. Don't miss @robertocarlos.bsky.social et al at #MPSA2026.

While focused on the present, we could draw the Buckley comparison further. A problem inherent in conservatism is that each generation has a different set of institutional arrangements, ideas, practices that it's trying to conserve. This can then make fragile coalitions, as seen here.

How should scholars who study American politics change what they do in a political time like ours? I'm skeptical it will get much circulation on this site, but in a new review, I critique the emerging turn toward a kind of political advocacy mixed with research. myumi.ch/w9R2W

"The power of the president is the power to persuade"

cursed to live in interesting times

Me, seeing the pollen covering my car.

Gallup’s quarterly party ID data tells a story so I wrote it up

For those days when I’m not in one of my exhaustive exhausting village explainer moods: Normalize googling words/terms followed by “definition” or “etymology.” Doors of knowledge will hurl themselves open for you, I swear. I even swan.

@mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social et al find adults who grew up in rural areas had worse childhood health access, worse health outcomes, lower trust in medicine, and less support for health policies backed by scientific consensus. With Alee Lockman and @klunztrujillo.bsky.social #MPSA2026

Your non toxic masculinity post of the evening

Unpopular post: I've often tried to push back against some of my colleagues who have been arguing in their essays that immigration is itself racializing, that it is akin being member of a subordinate race. CATO just showed it might actually have the opposite effect www.cato.org/briefing-pap...

Love this from Bluejacket for this season. www.instagram.com/p/DWej2oLgOh...

Is this anyone’s dog? Found in Brookland, DC, 17th and Hamlin

New polling on overpopulation, birth rates, and children % of U.S. adult citizens who say overpopulation | low birth rates are a somewhat or very serious problem... In the U.S. 47% | 41% Worldwide 62% | 37% yougov.com/en-us/articl...

It’s time for that milk hotel to pick a side

New fight song

Enjoyed these data on Americans' agreement with various proverbs. Not many big party/vote splits, but this on "might makes right" seems informative. Only about 40% of respondents indicted they had heard this before the survey—so grain of salt on strength. yougovamerica.substack.com/p/which-prov...