Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

ACTION ITEMS #polisky: (1) Tell Congress to Save NSF's SBE Directorate (2) Consortium of Social Science Assns (COSSA) Town Halls: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... (3) COSSA Alerts and APSA’s Advocacy Newsletter members.apsanet.org/Sign-In?retu... (4) Write to Congress cossa.org/action-cente...

register for our CSDP Conference on Identity and Inequality, April 17-18 url:https://spia.princeton.edu/events/csdp-conference-identity-and-inequality

Are scholars are invited to register for our CSDP Conference on Identity and Inequality, April 17-18 url:https://spia.princeton.edu/events/csdp-conference-identity-and-inequality

When Voters Worry About ‘Affordability,’ Many Point to Health Care www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/u...

Research from “Plutopopulism: Wealth and Trump’s Financial Base” by Sean Kates, Eric Manning, @talimendelberg.bsky.social and me. Open access link to paper: cup.org/4cfm0Az

I’m an Immunologist. I Grew Up Unvaccinated. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/o...

The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

What <em class="small">ICE</em> Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act

Plutopopulism: Wealth and Trump’s Financial Base | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...

GOP candidate Chris Madel is dropping out of the Minnesota’s governor’s race… “United States citizens, particularly those of color, live in fear. United States citizens are carrying papers to prove their citizenship,” he said. “That’s wrong.”

Many people assume disaster prevention policies lack public support. We find broad and meaningful support for such policies. Our article with Marty Gilens and Nicholas Short is just out at Journal of Politics. www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/MSHBR...

Congratulations @tanikar.bsky.social!

Excellent analysis

The guy who famously crosses every border in one night without documentation?

The book is real! To celebrate, I will give out five copies to interested early career folks. DM if you’d like one.

Enjoyed discussing rural politics & the place-based divide w/ @mikealbertus.bsky.social! open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

New from me (with @talimendelberg.bsky.social): are concerns about 'neighborhood context' real? (spoiler: yes, very much) Do people prefer traditional/brick buildings? (spoiler: no). And does changing style to "fit" boost support? (spoiler: only a tiny bit). doi.org/10.1177/1078....

The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...

Excellent article on an important topic www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Applications due October 20th.

Delighted this book won the APSA South Asia Frankle Prize, and proud it’s published in our Princeton Behavior Series! Migrants and Machine Politics | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Happy to see our article published! "Race, Voice, and Authority in Discussion Groups" with @elizabethelder.bsky.social, @profkarpo.bsky.social,and David Ribar

please apply to our Princeton CSDP fellowships! Due *October 20th* Post-Doctoral Associate: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app... Visiting Scholar: www.princeton.edu/acad-positio...

Princeton's SPIA highlights the work of Professor Tali Mendelberg @talimendelberg.bsky.social and Claire Willeck looking at college age voter participation. spia.princeton.edu/news/researc...

Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪

My article with Claire Willeck about how colleges can help students turn out to vote just published in @polbehavior.bsky.social nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Nearly half of Trump’s 2020 campaign money came from non-wealthy donors, yet GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill cuts health benefits for ~11.8 million while preserving tax breaks for the rich. Question now: Can Trump’s “plutopopulist” coalition hold? cup.org/4cfm0Az

Grok, what is crony capitalism?

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Democracy thrives on equality. Equality requires inclusion.🏳️‍🌈 Our democracy is strongest when everyone can participate fully and authentically. Happy Pride to all who make our communities more vibrant and our democracy more complete.

Statement from the NJAG Matt Platkin

The GOP’s identity crisis over Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” exposes a core tension in today’s Republican Party: a “plutopopulist” coalition where wealthy donor interests clash with the party’s increasingly non-wealthy voter base. 🧵 1/ cup.org/4cfm0Az

"It’s futile to predict specifically what Trump would do. Unpredictability is one of his characteristics." Professor Tali Mendelberg quoted in @nytimes.com guest essay @talimendelberg.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/o...

Co-authors on “Plutopopulism: Wealth and Trump’s Financial Base” are Sean Kates, Eric Manning and @talimendelberg.bsky.social . cup.org/4cfm0Az

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This is a shameful decision that hurts national security, flies in the face of DoD's own decade-long experience with transgender soldiers who have served honorably, and is flatly unconstitutional. What a disgrace.

Warnock: Don’t lecture to me about meritocracy while I witness you nominate the most unfit unqualified people we’ve ever seen. You cannot lecture me about merit while nominating Pete Hegseth…

Fascinating.

For a longer, more detailed overview of the Plutopopulism paper, see: bsky.app/profile/owas...

The oligarchy debate isn’t either/or. Our data reveal that candidates like Trump in 2020 (and Obama in 2012) are able to build unusual “plutopopulist” coalitions combining reduced (yet substantial) elite support with massive non-wealthy mobilization. cup.org/4cfm0Az

In 2020, Trump’s support surged among non-wealthy donors. Compared to Romney, Trump’s support among bottom 90% grew 172%, while top 1% was basically flat. 4/ cup.org/4cfm0Az

In terms of donors, Trump complicates the oligarchy story. While most of his 2020 funding (55%) came from the top 10%, that’s the lowest reliance on wealthy of any candidate we studied. Nearly 45% of 2020 donations came from bottom 90%—a remarkable shift for a Republican. 3/ cup.org/4cfm0Az

Is America an oligarchy? Bernie and AOC say yes, touring the country to “Fight Oligarchy.” Other Democratic leaders aren’t so sure. With the debate heating up, I wanted to share a few insights from our recent paper on who’s funding American politics. 🧵 cup.org/4cfm0Az

Co-authors on “Plutopopulism: Wealth and Trump’s Financial Base” are Sean Kates, Eric Manning and @talimendelberg.bsky.social. cup.org/4cfm0Az

‘The best way to support American democracy is to build the largest possible coalition to defend it. It is to call out all Mr. Trump’s constitutional violations while diligently avoiding exaggeration about what qualifies as a violation.’