FirstView day for my PSRM article, “Presidential Negative Partisanship.” 🥳 I show presidents attack the opposition most (not persuade) when legislating is least likely to succeed—and those attacks mobilize their own side. cambridge.org/core/journal... Read on for the 🧵 version...

As a part of this project, I am committed to estimating and sharing WEB Scores for future congressional elections online for other researchers interested in campaign positioning (github.com/crcase/WEB-S...). WEB Scores for 2024 should be posted in the next few weeks (7/8)

Amazing work by @colinrcase.bsky.social --- another great example of the work that can be done with CampaignView data! campaignview.org

Notre Dame’s Department of Political Science is hiring *multiple* senior folks (assoc/full prof) working on democracy broadly (institutions, political behavior, CP, AP). I’m not on the committee (hiding on research leave), but I'm happy to chat / answer questions! 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172986

FOR THE LAST TIME, LEE PICKS OHIO STATE AND WE'RE OFF

Amazing new method/package from @joeornstein.bsky.social! I've used this record linkage approach in multiple projects, and it is 💯!!!

I'm thrilled that my book, Unity through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior, is now available for pre-order through CUP and Amazon! Let me know if you'd like an electronic copy for your class, and I'll send it to you! www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

Reposted from @alexandersahn.bsky.social: Data from CampaignView(campaignview.org) show that the only term that Democrats used in more than 1% of statements in campaign platforms (2018-2022) is *privilege*

Both Emma Schroeder and Abigail Hemmen are on the market this Fall, so look for their applications and my enthusiastic letters of recommendation. 2/3 www.abigailhemmen.com politicalscience.nd.edu/people/emma-...

Great new paper on electoral accountability for elites who participated in and/or supported the Jan 6 insurrection from an outstanding team of Notre Dame faculty and grad students. 1/3

With Jan 6th back in the news... We find that elites who engaged in anti-election action on/after the insurrection faced uneven accountability, with harsh penalties for those at the Capitol, and mild consequences for other undemocratic acts osf.io/preprints/os... Forthcoming @bjpols.bsky.social

If folks are looking for political commercials to show in their classes this fall, don't forget about the Campaign Television Advertisement Project with 9,707 presidential ads from 1952-2012. campaigntvads.org Our paper, forthcoming in Nature: Scientific Data is here arxiv.org/abs/2503.22589

Great coverage from @notredame.bsky.social on CampaignView! Read about it here: news.nd.edu/news/open-ac...

5/6 🧵In ‪@ajpseditor.bsky.social‬ @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social Klašnja & @simonweschle.bsky.social‬ show that higher pressures to spend in campaigns leads to a wealthier politician pool. Use data on MP wealth from 40 countries, & quasiexperimental evidence from 🇧🇷 & 🇨🇱 https://doi.org/pz7c

For journalists, researchers, & others tracking the judiciary: This was a slog to get running, but I've built a data pipeline to track these rulings from court dockets. I'm making the dataset public today. It will be updated regularly. Hope you find it useful. Explore the data here: bit.ly/45dh8ZG

We have a JOP article about how swifties ~randomly denied tickets to the eras tour due to website allocation errors changed their views on related policies www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

💰 How should we measure early campaign fundraising? ▶️ @colinrcase.bsky.social & @rachelporter.bsky.social propose two distinct approaches: candidate-centred and election-centred early money. Explore their framework👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

Here's a treat for state politics and policy researchers: Ethan Dee and I published a dataset in Nature: Scientific Data with the universe of state legislative bills since ~2009 coded by 28 policy areas. We used a machine learning model built off open source components.

Our article introducing CampaignView is now officially online! Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

💸 How should scholars measure early money in campaigns? Our new @psrm.bsky.social article in FirstView (w @colinrcase.bsky.social) offers a theoretical and empirical framework, as well as practical guidance for working with FEC data 🔗https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2025.10014

Now out in @ajpseditor.bsky.social: @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social, Marko Klašnja and I show that greater pressures to spend more money on campaigning leads not just to more politicians who are rich, but especially to more politicians who are are *super* rich onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📢 Thrilled to share our new article introducing CampaignView—a comprehensive open-source dataset of congressional candidate campaign bios and policy platforms (2018–2022). Paper + data here: campaignview.org & doi.org/10.7910/DVN/... 🧵1/4

Mondays, as I right?

Absolutely thrilled to welcome Ken Sheve back to Notre Dame as the Dean of our College of Arts & Letters. A spectacular appointment for Notre Dame political science and the college as a whole. Good things are happening here. news.nd.edu/news/kenneth...

The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he: - Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus - Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies - Retweeted twice about the Pope's health - Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.

RIP my replication archives...

Beyond polarised narratives, district level factors influence the way Republican House candidates discuss climate and energy. Really happy to share this working paper.

Check out my new working paper with amazing ND grad students Bill Kakenmaster and Ben Francis We show, among other things, that climate attribution among R House candidates depends on district-level climate vulnerability and fossil fuel employment reliance osf.io/preprints/os...

Excited to share new work with my coauthor, Colin Case! We produce issue-specific estimates for the left-right policy positions of congressional candidates Parts of this project are now under contract w/ CUP's Elements in Quant Methods 🥳 --- feedback welcome!! osf.io/preprints/os...

Do politicians who engage in undemocratic practices face democratic accountability? Yes...sometimes We find that U.S. state legislators were *selectively* held accountable for their anti-election actions on and after January 6th osf.io/preprints/os...

It's that time again #polisky! Are you a grad student going to #APSA and want to talk about research (esp. policy feedback or American Political Economy), publishing, the job market (esp. women, LGBTQ+ folks), etc.? Coffee/tea's on me for the first two who email. Don't be shy!

Check out my conversation with @leedrutman.bsky.social on a timely topic: the rise of amateurism in American politics www.politicsinquestion.com/episodes/why... See more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

ICYMI: here's an overview of our findings regarding political amateurs' rising success at reaching Congress #polisky   ajps.org/2024/04/22/e...

Why are new members of Congress coming in with less political experience than in the past? @rachelporter.bsky.social and Sarah Truel presented on their research at our @winls.bsky.social research seminar last year, and now it's out in @ajpseditor.bsky.social! onlinelibrary.wiley.... Polisky

Would anyone be willing to discuss 2 comparative interest groups papers at MPSA on Sunday at 8? The discussant pulled out and the participants are traveling internationally to attend.

@mpsa.bsky.social folks interested in Am. institutions & reform, the Purdue Program on American Institutional Renewal (PAIR) is co-sponsoring an institutional reform happy hour with UniteAmerica and Niskanen -- you should come! Friday at 5:00 -- register here: bit.ly/3TImer9 .

If you're attending #MPSA2024 in Chicago on Thursday, stop by to check out a series of great panels for our Primary Elections Conference within a Conference!

Did you know that HALF of new House members are political amateurs? My colleague @rachelporter.bsky.social is killing it again. This paper has helped me think about how changes in campaign finance, political media, and competition are fueling new challenges for the American party system. Read it!

"Evaluating (in)experience in congressional elections" is now online at the AJPS! We find that *half* of freshmen elected to the U.S. House today are amateurs who possess no elected background and unpack the reasons why! Stay tuned for our book project! doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

Jeff and @rachelporter.bsky.social are just some of the best people and scholars in the discipline. This will be an awesome post-doc with excellent mentors.

🚨 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY 🚨 My Notre Dame colleagues Jeff Harden & @rachelporter.bsky.social are seeking a post-doc OR visiting Ph.D. student for AY 24-25. No teaching responsibilities, research funds & competitive compensation. Please reach out to Rachel with Qs! apply.interfolio.com/142189

🚨 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY🚨 Jeff Harden and I are seeking a post-doc OR visiting Ph.D. student to join us for the 24/25 AY. The position involves no teaching responsibilities, research funds, and competitive compensation Please reach out with questions! apply.interfolio.com/142189

Wrapping up an amazing week on the west coast! Huge thanks to the Berkeley Center for American Democracy for hosting such a phenomenal conference!

Another reason to run, even in a difficult district.

Big thanks to UCSD and @pamelaban.bsky.social for hosting me yesterday! Enjoyed sharing my upcoming book project (and seeing the sun)!

Now available ahead of print at the JOP! TLDR: we find that male and white candidates are more likely to take up women's and Black-associated issues if a candidate with that identity runs in their primary! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

Two days left to apply for VIM! Please share with others who might be interested!!