Excited to share my new article in LSQ on partisan asymmetries in congressional communication! TLDR: Why are Republicans "better" messengers? Institutional resources, powerful leaders, and willing rank-and-file members. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/YJ6AF5...
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...
New in JoP: "Changing the Dialogue: Descriptive Candidacies and Position Taking in Campaigns for the US House of Representatives" By @rachelporter.bsky.socialwww.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Although the benefits of increasing descriptive diversity in Congress are well explored, less attention has been paid to the positive impacts of increasing descriptive diversity in elections. Employin...
ICYMI: here's an overview of our findings regarding political amateurs' rising success at reaching Congress #poliskyajps.org/2024/04/22/e...
Why are new members of Congress coming in with less political experience than in the past? @rachelporter.bsky.social@winls.bsky.social@ajpseditor.bsky.socialonlinelibrary.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.