🚨 the best state policy & public opinion database is now online. ~200 (!!!) state policies and 80 public opinion series on abortion, labor, taxes, environment, guns, education… dynamicdemocracy.shinyapps.io Massive public goods provision from @devincaughey.bsky.social & @chriswarshaw.bsky.social

The Cambridge Studies in American Legislatures series publishes research that confronts major questions affecting the study of legislative politics and political representation in the United States. Now Open for Submissions #LawSky #PoliSci #Politics #USPOL https://cup.org/4bv2FNC

We’re hiring — help us spread the word! @tnridout.bsky.social @mikefranz.bsky.social

* Please repost and share * 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...

See below for applications for Winant Visiting Professorship in American Government @raioxford.bsky.social. I highly recommend!

Looking to hire a political economist or comparativist? Look no further! Shiladitya is a PhD candidate with EITM training who studies electoral politics. Find out more at sites.google.com/view/shiladi....

Looking to hire a political science PhD? UH has some great candidates on the job market right now. Over the next few days we’ll be highlighting them. Today’s candidate is Grace Cho, a political theorist who studies religion and secularization.

@houstonpolsci.bsky.social is hiring in Comparative Politics (open rank). Check out the link below for more details and to apply. careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista... #psjobs #psjminfo

🔎 Job Market Spotlight: Meet Lucia Lopez, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Houston and licensed attorney. Her research explores access to justice, legitimacy of state legal institutions and social policy. Learn more: www.lucia-lopez.com

A great reminder from @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social as the academic job market season begins: “You won’t be the right fit everywhere. That’s okay. You only need one place where your work resonates and where you can continue to grow.” #academicsky #polisky

@houstonpolsci.bsky.social is hiring in American Political Thought (open rank). Check out the link below for more details and to apply. #psjobs #poliscijobs careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...

CSDP Post-Doctoral Associate: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app... Princeton University's Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) seeks post-doctoral associates for 12-month positions starting in August 2026.

CSDP Visiting Scholar: www.princeton.edu/acad-positio... 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.

We are hiring! @houstonpolsci.bsky.social is seeking applicants for endowed Aspire professorship in IR. See link for more details.

Today Strength In Numbers published an open-source estimate of candidate quality in U.S. House elections. We estimate a traditional WAR number using a predictive model with effects for legislators, and introduce a new metric, WARP, which captures probabilities: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/and-the-mo...

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵

Virtual Workshop: Keeping It Fresh: Teaching Multiple Sections of American Government Join APSA's Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for their professional development workshop series' fourth event.  Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | 3:00 PM / 12:00 PM | Register Here This…

On June 16 at noon (ET), I will hold a super informal Zoom workshop on "Navigating the Tenure Track System" for political science graduate students and postdocs about to start a tenure track position. #polisci To register, pls fill the following form: shorturl.at/vVuQb

These young folks are building the most comprehensive state elections database I’ve seen since ballotpedia. Political scientists, go get it. statenavigate.org/south-caroli...

Last call to submit APSA committee nominations! 📢 Self-nominations are welcome! If you or your colleagues are looking for a meaningful way to contribute and expand your network, nominate yourself or others to serve on APSA committees now! 📧 Submit to: [email protected] buff.ly/6DWfIb9

Check out my new Element with Robert Alvarez on the election of Latino Republicans to Congress and State Legislatures. Free to download for two weeks at link below!

Call for Proposals - 25th Anniversary of State Politics & Policy Quarterly The SPPQ editors hope to publish a series of review essays dedicated to the impact of state politics research in political science. Find out more - cup.org/4heWbli #SPPQ25

📢 Achury et al. find that including Latinos in judicial panels boosts procedural legitimacy but not substantive legitimacy in immigration cases. Diversity improves views of the court’s fairness, regardless of the outcome. 🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Interested in graduate school in political science? Come to our virtual information session on Jan 31 at 1 pm cst. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Interested in graduate school in political science? Come to our virtual information session on Jan 31 at 1 pm cst. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Want to learn more about our graduate programs? Attend our information session on Thursday, February 6, between 2 and 3:30 in PGH 446. www.uh.edu/class/calend...

** REMINDER: CALL FOR PAPERS** Check out PS's current Call for Papers on Immigration and Elections: apsanet.org/publications... #polisky

I’m excited to share DIME v4.0 is live! This release covers through the 2024 cycle and contains records for 850M+ itemized political contributions and ideological scores for millions of candidates, PACs, and donors. stanford.io/3DJDCYm

Gain first-hand knowledge of #Congress and #policymaking by spending a year on Capitol Hill! Apply for the APSA Congressional Fellowship Program, a highly competitive, nonpartisan program aimed to expanding knowledge and awareness of Congress. Deadline: January 3, 2025! www.apsanet.org/cfp

NEW: How did Trump's win translate in legislatures? I calculated the swing in each and every chamber. The result? The GOP gained 58 seats out of the roughly 6,000 on the ballot. And the swings are very uneven, so I broke it all down:

Join us next week (12/4) at 2:00 p.m. ET, for our fifth and final webinar, "Post-Election Reflection: An Expert Roundtable," in our series exploring the 2024 U.S. Elections from multiple perspectives. Register here to attend: politicalsciencenow.com/post-electio... #polisky

I'm on the John Gaus Award committee this year. It honors a lifetime of scholarship in the tradition of political science and public administration. Nominate yourself or colleagues here by Feb 12! apsanet.org/PROGRAMS/APS...

There is no single explanation for any election outcome. Democracy is a complex system, with many interacting forces and all kinds of strange feedback loops and nonlinear dynamics.

I took a break from meme production to write a data-driven explanation about Latino Republicans and what they mean for this election and after… thehill.com/opinion/4941...

We are excited to be hiring a total of six positions this fall. 2 positions in American Politics 2 Positions in Comparative Politics 2 positions in Political Theory Check out the link below for the full job ads for each listing. uhs.taleo.net/careersectio...

"Every year, about 1.4 million Hispanics in the U.S. become eligible to vote." That's one notable fact from our just-published research on: Hispanic voters: pewrsr.ch/41Rz9uy Black voters: pewrsr.ch/4aOonJI Asian voters: pewrsr.ch/47qHOVT

We understand the unique challenges grad students face. That's why we launched the Graduate Student Member Support Fund – to offer assistance when polisky students need it most. Help us fund more graduate students by donating here: www.apsanet.org/gradstudents...

Send in your award nominations 📢 Nominate a political scientist for an APSA award by Feb. 14th! apsanet.org/awards APSA honors the work of scholars for political science research, teaching, service, & career achievements. Each award will be presented at the 2024 APSA Annual Meeting. #polisky

Our paper introducing the "American Local Government Elections Database" is online at Scientific Data. The data includes 78,000 candidates in 57,000 electoral contests in races for seven distinct local political offices in most medium and large cities and counties over the last three decades.