Political Scientist & Associate Director, @UMBC Institute of Politics. Dad, Husband, Author, Teacher, Podcaster, Runner, Tar Heel, Adoptive Baltimorean.

Baltimore, MD
Joined April 2010
Excited to announce my appointment as Associate Director of UMBC's newly inaugurated ✨Institute of Politics! ✨ Working with @MileahKromer , our inaugural Director, I'm thrilled to imagine all the work to come @UMBC. Expert analysis, polling, student & faculty research, etc.!!
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My students' final papers in my voting behavior course examined data from the @UMBC Baltimore Battleground Exit Poll we fielded. They analyzed hypotheses relevant to our coursework. The #1 topic chosen by students (by an OVERWHELMING margin?) The "diploma divide!"
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Me on day 1 of intro to American politics: "...And as Madison clearly articulated, nothing in the Constitution prevents the Federal government from trading a bunch of F-16s for a NFL franchise"
I appreciate a genuine "room where it happened" moment as much as anyone, and this is definitely one of those. Huge deal for Maryland: protection for Prince Georges, new air wing, and Key Bridge funding! Skilled legislating and deal making here by #TeamMaryland.
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Ian Anson retweeted
UMBC has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for innovative planning and and efforts to encourage nonpartisan voter engagement in the 2024 election and last month was named an ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting. my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/vpsa/…
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Sorry folks, the Funnel of Causality has been replaced by the Iron Law of Crypto Ownership. I don't make the rules. 🙄
Replying to @JBSDC
Current crypto owners ultimately voted for Trump over Harris by a margin of 55-42. Non-crypto owners were tied. This was the margin of difference in the popular vote. Crypto mattered at the ballot box, as we have been saying for years.
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With that, the UMBC Institute of Politics looks toward the legislative session. Yes, of course, we're doing a legislative issues poll this spring. Have any ideas for questions? My DMs are open.
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All credit for this poll goes to our 60 intrepid @UMBC undergraduate students, who interviewed these real voters from 8am-8pm in early voting and on election day! (Don't worry, they worked in shifts!)
Here are the results of the UMBC Battleground Exit Poll that @iganson and his team of students conducted: politics.umbc.edu/wp-content… A statewide pre-election poll and an exit poll...not too bad for an Institute of Politics that was founded in August 2024!
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Here are the results of the UMBC Battleground Exit Poll that @iganson and his team of students conducted: politics.umbc.edu/wp-content… A statewide pre-election poll and an exit poll...not too bad for an Institute of Politics that was founded in August 2024!
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This book rules!
Replying to @ThorningMichael
If just one Garfield bio isn't enough, this one has a lot on the post-shooting. It is one of my favorite presidential bios.
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At last, @sam_rosenfeld and I have A Take.
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new profile pic
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I've watched college football for a long long time. It is a sport of inequality, with Goliaths endlessly punking Davids forever. A story like #Indiana football 2024 like... Never happens. The losingest power conference team of all time by historical cumulative losses. Savor it!
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Replying to @MorningConsult
@MorningConsult daily consumer sentiment has already began flipping for Democrats and Republicans
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Price levels and wages both increase Price levels: feel sociotropic, outside of personal control Wages: *feel* egotropic, attributed to one's own hustle (mostly not true) It may feel uniquely frustrating to voters when your "own hustle" can't get ahead of "the dang groceries"
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I.e., this looks fine on paper but feels extremely frustrating to experience due to the different sources of attribution I'm suggesting above
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