Just-published research shows that partisan election officials don't appear to favor their own party. New from me @goodauth.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/partisa...

Private donors gave more than $350M to support election administration in 2020. Many critics argued that these grants swung the election from Trump to Biden. In a new paper, @apoorvalal.com and I find that these grants did not provide Democrats a noticeable advantage. bit.ly/lal_thompson...

Guess I should post something here, so I’m linking my job market paper! I examine the effects of ideological polarization on local politics through the lens of police union endorsements. tinyurl.com/2s7kdpem

Partisan election administrators don’t tip the scales Electing a Democratic or Republican clerk doesn't change election results or turnout New #ScienceOfPolitics podcast / interview transcript with Daniel Thompson www.niskanencenter.org/partisan-ele...

The white working class has steadily become part of the Republican base while whites w/ college degrees have become Democratic. In a new paper, I study the issue basis of this realignment, showing that both economic and cultural issues have contributed. williammarble.co/docs/EducPol...

It's publication day for "Research Design: Declaration, Diagnosis, and Redesign" from @PrincetonUPress! -- or more memorably, "the DeclareDesign book" illustrious coauthors: @graemeblair.bsky.social and Macartan Humphreys amazon: tinyurl.com/rdssddr free online: book.declaredesign.org Thread!