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Mischiefs of Faction

@misofact.bsky.social

A political science community blog, started in 2012, now in its Substack era. Subscribe! https://open.substack.com/pub/misofact

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Jennifer N. Victor@jenvictor.bsky.social · 6d ago

America has a primary problem. In a new guest post on @misofact.bsky.social Rob Boatright, Caroline Tolbert, and Nathan Micahka describe the takeaway of their new book on the challenges and solutions to nominating candidates. misofact.substack.com/p/the-proble...

The Problem with Primary Voters

We studied three million primary voters and have learned that primary voters are not representative of....anything. We have ideas about how to make candidate selection more democratic.

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Mischiefs of Faction@misofact.bsky.social · 6d ago

Primary voters do not look like general election voters, and the implications for democracy are profound. In a guest post about their new book, Rob Boatright, Caroline Tolbert, and Nathan Micatka explain how parties can improve their nominating process. misofact.substack.com/p/the-proble...

The Problem with Primary Voters

We studied three million primary voters and have learned that primary voters are not representative of....anything. We have ideas about how to make candidate selection more democratic.

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Jennifer N. Victor@jenvictor.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Reflections from a political science conference--I expected a lot of chatter about US democratic failures, but there was a lot more consternation about A.I. in the academy. misofact.substack.com/p/the-most-t...

The most-talked-about topic at a national political science conference was not what I expected

Amidst an overwhelming decline in democratic institutions over the past year, political science professors are talking more about AI than the state of affairs in the US.

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Jennifer N. Victor@jenvictor.bsky.social · last yr.

Turns out it's not really true that Democrats want to fall in love (with their candidates) while Republicans fall in line. Great post at @misofact.bsky.social by @bcburden.bsky.social using cool data he, et al collected by talking to party convention delegates. misofact.substack.com/p/democrats-...

Democrats and Republicans Disagree about What Makes a Winner

Democrats tend to think Republicans win when they moderate their position; Republicans tend to think they win when they turn out the base. Both are driving forces.

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Mischiefs of Faction@misofact.bsky.social · last yr.

Do parties do better when they moderate to appeal to the median voter, or stick to principles? @bcburden.bsky.social shows that Republicans believe they do better sticking to principles but think Dems do better by moderating. Dems have an entirely different POV. misofact.substack.com/p/democrats-...

Democrats and Republicans Disagree about What Makes a Winner

Democrats tend to think Republicans win when they moderate their position; Republicans tend to think they win when they turn out the base. Both are driving forces.

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Mischiefs of Faction@misofact.bsky.social · last yr.

To document and make sense of the executive overreach at her university, @jenvictor.bsky.social provides a timeline of key events. Transparency is the best disinfectant. misofact.substack.com/p/authoritar...

Authoritarians are attacking universities. Here's how it's going at one public school.

I'm publicly documenting an event timeline to help bring order to the chaotic nature of events and help other schools plan the responses they are likely going to need.

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Mischiefs of Faction@misofact.bsky.social · last yr.

What happens when societies polarize by partisanship? First the norm of mutual tolerance erodes, then institutional forbearance. The US case is textbook under Trump 2.0, explains @jenvictor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/misofact...

Partisan polarization destroys democracies. Here's how.

As polarization grows, partisans struggle to respect one another, then fail to show self-restraint. Loss of these norms erodes the institutions that create free societies.

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Mischiefs of Faction@misofact.bsky.social · last yr.

@mattngreen.bsky.social argues that Trump didn't bully Congress into passing last week's reconciliation bill, nor was he the only person who helped get it enacted. misofact.substack.com/p/the-big-go...

The big GOP reconciliation bill is now law. Did Trump browbeat Congress into passing it?

The president helped get the bill across the finish line, but so did others – and Trump used tactics with lawmakers that are typical for presidents.

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