October is here and so is the latest issue of Political Psychology! This issue is jam-packed with 25 original articles. Check it out online here: buff.ly/cxAMGba

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

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The 1970s were not that long ago, but back then, conservatives actually grappled with questions about how to help to poor people and the solution they came up with was "just give them money until they're no longer poor."

The divide between rich and poor in the U.S. has become more pronounced in recent months. Wealthier Americans, buoyed by a stock market that keeps setting records, have continued to spend freely. Lower-income households — stung by persistent inflation and a slowing labor market — are pulling back.

It’s not a chilling effect. It would only be chilling if you had something horrid to say, and you don’t, do you? Certainly nothing critical of the regime, and absolutely no paraphrasing, not of anyone, not at this time!

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Gerrymandering has long been a problem, but this is a new level of insanity that should spur urgent demands for reform,” Roland Fryer writes in a guest essay. “My research suggests one way to do so.”

Two leading economists reveal why today’s personal finance markets are rigged against us and offer practical steps to fix them. On #NationalFinancialAwarenessDay, explore a sample of Fixed. Out October 21 and available for preorder now: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

It's so weird to think about corporate world when you're used to government reality. The top person at any federal agency makes at most $225,700. Come in brand new with a bachelor's degree and you'll make at least $42k. So about a 5x difference between the lowest white-collar fed and the highest.

If you’re attending a protest today and happen to be a trumpet player who knows Star Wars. Great opportunity Stay safe. Fight the Empire. #NoKings #DemCast #DemVoice1

Painful to watch this video. Imagine what you would think about the legitimacy of the regime if you saw a senior opposition leader treated this way in another country.

Social scientists have professional incentives to focus their work on what is _novel_ to people in their field, who they view as their core audience. The mental switch to be made is that what is _obvious_ to people in your field is often not obvious to ordinary citizens, and hence is valuable.

I'm on a podcast! I had a blast talking with @lucystats.bsky.social and @epiellie.bsky.social on @casualinfer.bsky.social! We cover all sorts of fun things: {marginaleffects}, defining estimands, fixed vs. random effects, & how to teach all this stats stuff in accessible ways #databs #EpiSky #rstats

Here's my updated "what is going on packet" I started making for classes to help them figure out what the latest Trump announcement meant for them and togive them some context. Pls assume any typos or deranged statements were typed when I had the flu. sites.google.com/view/amgov10...

If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.

We are extremely pleased to announce the preliminary release of the combined pre-election and post-election dataset for the ANES 2024 Time Series Study! The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/... Best, The ANES Team

The bipartisan effort of the 2000s to improve student learning has now been replaced by no national agenda from either party to improve educational performance, even as scores have declined & we haven't recovered from pandemic learning loss www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/u...

1. As almost every research shows, young men have NOT turned to the right — compared to older men. In fact, they moved slightly to the left compared to older men. Young WOMEN have turned to the left compared to older women. Recent graph on Trump approval provides good example.

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New, from me: I am dorky enough to actually read (ok, skim) budgets, and have never seen anything like Trump’s, which has converted a formal and professional document into a propagandistic screed to justify draconian cuts. Lets take a look. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...

I love him I must marry him.

Available for preorder! My forthcoming book with Jeff Berry and Jim Glaser. Everyday Democracy: Liberals, Conservatives, and their Routine Political Lives. from @uchicagopress.bsky.social press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The League of Women Voters declares a constitutional crisis - and we're doing something about it. If there's a cardinal rule of protecting American democracy, it's that you do not eff with the LWV.

Reminder: if you're at #MPSA2025 and free for lunch on Friday, come join the Swifties of Political Science at *All Too Well*!

Overlapping CI's do not tell you if 2 estimates are significantly different from one another. These packages in R and Stata can help with this common visualization problem. Fan-freaking-tastic.

Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers? Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions. www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

Variation in poverty by cong. districts-- between and within parties. Swing district GOP wary of slashing Medicaid/SNAP, but poverty rates are higher in GOP-held safe red districts. Still, poverty rates vary markedly across the 20 most competitive GOP-held districts-- from <4% to >15% of families

🚨My small book with @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social on timely #empathy #politics is online and I can't be happier! 🚨 shorturl.at/jZyPz *The manuscript can be accessed freely for the next 2 weeks!* The book builds on my PhD thesis, defended @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

We are excited to make a call for a forthcoming special issue of Political Psychology on empathy in security, strategy, and policymaking with guest editors @claireyorke.bsky.social & Allison Abbe! For more details and proposal submission information, visit: ispp.org/wp/wp-conten...

Thorp & Larner study fault of impairment & perception of how deserving claimants are of welfare. Those seen as responsible for their injuries are perceived as less deserving of welfare. Read the full piece for out-group status & ideological impact on perceived deservingness. doi.org/10.1111/pops...

What does empathy mean for strategy and security? How can it enhance them, and what are its limitations? We’re looking for contributions for a special section in @ispp-pops.bsky.social drawing on global case studies, and interdisciplinary research. Proposals (250 words) welcome by May 2025.

In their first editorial as editors-in-chief, Mark Brandt and Elizabeth Suhay share their vision for the journal’s future and outline new efforts, including registered reports, critical dialogues, and furthering academic transparency. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.13074

Finlay et al. have new research in our latest issue examining "whataboutery" (deflecting discussions of one group’s suffering by pointing to other injustices). What do online debates about Northern Ireland’s past tell us about reconciliation and justice? Read more:

Are there commonalities in personality traits of Trump supporters? Goldsmith & Moen investigate this in their latest paper. Using the Big Five, they find Trump supporters surveyed shared high levels of the Conscientious personality dimension. Read more: https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12991

New research by David Young and Lee de-Wit gives us a deeper look at polarization within political parties. Their findings suggest factional divides within a party can be as strong, and even stronger, than those between parties. Read more: https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12973

A study by Francesco Rigoli reveals that political beliefs may shape the way we view history. Rigoli found that right-leaning participants shared a rosier view of the recent past (about 1950-2000) than those on the left. Read the full open-access article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12971

Those with a strong national identity can still feel unseen in society. Versteegen’s new study argues that support for Trump may stem from individuals—particularly White, male, and Christian—who feel their background goes unrecognized. Read more: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Jakub Šrol & Vladimíra Čavojová’s article examines the public's blame for the war in Ukraine & symbolic threat from enemies. They find a connection between perceived threat from the West or Russia & (dis)belief in pro-Kremlin conspiracy theories. Read more: https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12975

Jack Lucas and Lior Sheffer’s study finds that Canadian municipal politicians are generally less polarized than citizens, but ideologues, strong partisans, and ambitious elites display heightened partisan hostility. Read the full study: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

1. Background to the epochal change in German and European politics after the election. Merz, the presumed next Chancellor has said that Europe is setting out to "achieve its independence from the US, step by step." @abenewman.bsky.social and I explain the background in our book, Underground Empire

“For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.” - Thomas Paine

Jenny Roth and colleagues find that election outcomes may actually ease social tensions. Their study of the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly Elections shows that supporters of the winning party experienced reduced threat and interparty bias. Read the full open-access article: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

The preliminary release of the 2024 Time Series Pre-Election data is now available for download: electionstudies.org/data-center/...

Net Favorability of (X) Agency: NOAA: +50% USPS: +47% EPA: +37% CFPB: +31% USAID: +16% CIA: +15% DOGE: +4% YouGov / Feb 11, 2025 / n=1595

This jaunty fellow #SuperbOwl

APSA Statement on Executive Action Impacts on Research Funding, Data Availability and Academic Freedom The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply concerned about recent executive actions that have had troubling implications for research funding and academic freedom. In January,…

Are you feeling lost? Like hope is gone? But you must go on And come to the next session of JAWS tomorrow, February 5, at 3PM! Join us for two exciting papers on political behavior by @alicemalmberg.bsky.social and @llopez.bsky.social Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Thanks ‪@pscmars.bsky.social‬ for the question. Our post-election study data collection will be complete within a couple of weeks and we are working hard on preparing preliminary releases of the datasets. Stay tuned!