Meredith Conroy
@meredithconroy.bsky.social
Political Scientist at CSUSB studying gender and media, 538 contributor (RIP), & I lead research @ the Geena Davis Institute. Fan of elections & multiracial pluralistic democracy. Idahoan. Subscribe to Gender Gap: https://meredithconroy.substack.com
Emily’s List endorsed in quite a few of today’s primaries. Theyre doing ok tonight in MI. Their candidate won in the gov race, and 8th and 10th districts. Their candidate lost in the 7th and she’s already off the website. Idk why but that makes me chuckle.
One sign of the rise of male supremacy and the decline in women’s status is the ubiquity of online porn lingo in casual speech.
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d agoIt was this one, and, yes, I do believe that was an All In first.
Latest at @fiftyplusone.news: We built a dataset tracking every primary endorsement from Trump, progressive groups, party committees, women’s groups, and pro-Israel groups. Halfway through the season, here's who's winning. 🧵 blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/primary-pr...
Very good @brianbeutler.bsky.social look at the folly of imaging that Dems can win young men over the long haul "with a dozen more Rogan appearances and a ten percent increase in bearded senators." Instead try "demonstrating an interest in their fellowship." www.offmessage.net/p/maga-donal...
MAGA Squandered Young Men's Trust; Making Them Stay Democrats Is The Hard Part
The right discredited itself. The left can't win them back with beards and podcast appearances alone.
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I don't know if it was Ohio Rep Max Miller's defiant speech just now calling his ex a crazy liar, or the pressure of the press demanding that he address his daughter's allegation against his MAGA colleague, but Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) has finally put out a statement saying Miller must go.
My truth is that she’s a bigot and a terrible person.
The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d agoSpeaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn
Icymi TMZ is asking the tough questions. Might need to start a new series called thirsty for Ossoff 🫣
Really liked this analysis of rightwing influencers declining influence. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
How the Pro-Trump Media Ecosystem Is Splintering Ahead of the Midterms (Gift Article)
Once united in support of President Trump, right-wing influencers are embroiled in feuds and losing viewers, creating a problem for Republicans in the midterm elections.
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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5d agoThe audience for pro-Trump content has fallen from its heights and, for some creators, has reached new lows, a New York Times analysis suggests. Views are dropping for many of President Trump’s greatest allies. nyti.ms/3TLV4TV
Republicans largely erasing their party id advantage among Americans without a college degree seems like a finding from the Pew NPORS study that should be getting more attention www.pewresearch.org/politics/fac...
Ngl, I just spent five minutes looking at these responses by party support. Age seems to be the big divider though!
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 5d agoYouGov's latest scoop: vanilla is Britain's favourite ice cream flavour Vanilla: 18% Mint choc chip: 14% Chocolate: 13% Strawberry: 5% Salted caramel: 5% Rum and raisin: 5% Pistachio: 4% Coffee: 3% Raspberry ripple: 3% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
New primary data @fiftyplusone.news confirms a pattern political scientists have flagged for years: Women with endorsements are winning primaries at high rates in both parties, but the opportunity structure around them is wildly unequal🧵 (full story here open.substack.com/pub/fiftyplu...)
We tracked every candidate in the 2026 primaries. Here's who voters are nominating.
Our original dataset tracks endorsements across every congressional and gubernatorial race to reveal how party leaders and ideological groups are faring.
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Big primary data drop today w/@fiftyplusone.news ! Which political endorsements are working in 2026? Our new story examines how Democratic and Republican organizations are faring. OG 538 folks will know it! TY to @gelliottmorris.com and 50+1 for helping us keep the "PRIMARY PROJECT" alive!
FiftyPlusOne.news@fiftyplusone.news · 5d ago50+1 is very happy to publish this analysis of 2026 primary candidates from @meredithconroy.bsky.social @tsyang27.bsky.social & Cooper Burton, following the tradition of similar projects from FiveThirtyEight. What types of candidates are winning 2026 primaries? blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/primary-pr...
50+1 is very happy to publish this analysis of 2026 primary candidates from @meredithconroy.bsky.social @tsyang27.bsky.social & Cooper Burton, following the tradition of similar projects from FiveThirtyEight. What types of candidates are winning 2026 primaries? blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/primary-pr...
We tracked every candidate in the 2026 primaries. Here's who voters are nominating.
Our original dataset tracks endorsements across every congressional and gubernatorial race to reveal how party leaders and ideological groups are faring.
blog.fiftyplusone.news
¡Dios Mio! Preference among Hispanic voters in Texas: 59% Talarico 41% Paxton www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
Fox News Poll: GOP divisions shape Texas Senate race
Ken Paxton trails James Talarico by 3 points in the Texas Senate race as character concerns and a GOP unity gap reshape the 2026 midterm battle.
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This is not about the headline, but sometimes I see photos of myself from public speaking events, and this is what my eyes look like. Would media training help? 😂
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 6d agoA federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” trib.al/msb7D9s
"Todd Blanche’s nomination to be President Donald Trump’s permanent attorney general is on hold. And it could stay that way until September — or potentially even longer." "GOP senators are making it clear they have real problems. And those problems only start with Cornyn and Tillis."
The GOP revolt over Todd Blanche is suddenly very real
Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis have effectively stalled Blanche’s nomination, and could prevent his confirmation until September — if he gets confirmed at all.
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Latest news re: ongoing cuts to BuzzFeed / HuffPo mostly just makes me realize those hundreds of pieces I wrote over six years (that are already riddled with weird ads and lost images) are probably going to disappear sooner rather than later
Who do you trust? How old are you? Trust in other people is dramatically lower among younger people than the olds charlesatpollsandvotes.substack.com/p/who-do-you...
Yes, Dems have been bringing up corruption a lot.
Lindsey Cormack@dcinbox.bsky.social · last wk.Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "corruption" over time, by party
New GENDER GAP: In 2020, Republican men were more than two times as likely than Dem men to see callout culture as "unfair punishment" (68% vs 27%). By 2025, they'd converged almost exactly (43% vs 45%). I wrote about it for Gender Gap. substack.com/home/post/p-...
I have not been doing a good enough job posting these but here is a thread of independent bookstores you can give your money for a signed copy of A SECOND SIGHT: Up first, Brookline Booksmith, MA
Conservatives in 2016: TRIGGERED LIB???? Conservatives in 2026: We are installing trigger warnings in the Smithsonian
every day i feel like we're experiencing some kind of societal gas leak
Having an early primary in a state won't necessarily help Dems there in the general election. (See SC and Iowa in past cycles.) The winners of early primaries often don't win the nomination. This calendar debate seems like much ado about little. newrepublic.com/article/2134...
Why Democrats Should Stop Obsessing About the 2028 Primary Calendar
The winners of the first primaries often don’t win the nomination. And having an early primary in a state doesn’t help in the general election.
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Engaging in the peer review process—from any position within it—would quickly disabuse anyone of the notion that the academy is full of groupthink. You can’t get even a small group of experts to agree on what is important or appropriate. Half the time they don’t even agree on what *is*.
such a good, sad window. these side quest conspiracies are just desperate attempts to protect an alternate reality they've been fed algorithmically. the utter popularity of this film is evidence that they live in a bubble of insanity. so they recruit new "evidence" so as not to confront that truth
Sal Gentile@salgentile.bsky.social · 2w agothe odyssey discourse is a beautiful perfect window into right wing culture war psychosis. they went from hysterial racist mania over a character that’s on screen for 5 minutes to claiming there’s a massive conspiracy to fake ticket sales. this is just what they do for everything now. they’re insane
