Professor of political science: election admin/election science, pol behavior, gender, surveys & experiments. 2024-26 Andrew Carnegie Fellow (On Bsky too)
Joined July 2012
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Freedom is not always erased suddenly by the stroke of a pen, but by chiseling away at it bit by bit.
Lisa A. Bryant, Ph.D. retweeted
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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The most comprehensive assessment of Latino party identification finds that Latinos are moving Dem --> Ind more than Dem --> Rep.
It's a "racial dealignment" more than a "racial realignment."
Lisa A. Bryant, Ph.D. retweeted
Honestly thought there was more redundancy and bloat but DOGE showed me how efficient the federal government really was
Posting in behalf of the people - or at least the @McDonalds @DietCoke loyalists:
Dear @McDonalds,
These clear straws are awful! , They fold, they collapse, they tear. Please bring back the superior white striped straw.
Thank you!
Lisa A. Bryant, Ph.D. retweeted
Deadline approaching for our postdoc positions at the @CaltechLCSSP. We are looking for scholars interest in conducting policy-relevant research in democracy & elections, climate & sustainability, biopolicy, and AI policy. Apply soon!
hss.caltech.edu/about/job-op…
Lisa A. Bryant, Ph.D. retweeted
Three things can be true at once. The millions of votes being tabulated post-11/5:
1) Were just as validly cast as those counted on Election Night
2) Won't materially alter the presidential outcome
3) Highlight how underfunded/inefficient many state/local election regimes are
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BREAKING: Mitch McConnell just shut it down. No recess appointments, no cabinet approvals—Trump’s team is officially locked out.
This isn’t just a casual move; the Supreme Court has made it clear that the Senate must recess or adjourn for at least 10 days before a president can make unilateral appointments.
But here’s the catch: pro-forma sessions keep the Senate technically “open” during long breaks, with a lone senator showing up to open and close the chamber—no real business, just optics. And the House plays its part too, blocking any chance for the Senate to fully adjourn.
McConnell’s maneuver leverages these rules to maximum effect, ensuring Trump’s team is stalled at every turn.
Tactical genius or just petty politics? Either way, the gridlock is real.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Mitch McConnell does not set the Senate’s schedule. That responsibility is left to the current Majority Leader, Democrat Chuck Schumer. The Majority Leader will not be a Republican until the start of the new Congress in January, at which point it will be John Thune.
crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL…
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What an achievement vaccines are. What a monument to our love for each other it is to stare straight into the face of something as horrific and unstoppable as smallpox or measles or polio or cervical cancer and say “You know what, it doesn’t have to be like this.”
HUMANS!
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Your weekend graphs from me to you. Change in Democratic vote share ('20 - '24) graphed against % Hispanic population in the county. One for the nation, the other by state.
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What explains the 2024 US elections?
A free, timely and accessible resource for your students, with analysis by almost 90 contributors!
Hugh congratulations to all the editors for their heroic work!
Download: electionanalysis.ws/us/
Seems like Congress could probably have some sort of influence over that.
RFK Jr. says he's gonna have Trump remove fluoride from the US water supply. I asked the dentists serving in Congress—all of whom are Republicans—about it.
The consensus: banning fluoride will rot American kids' teeth thebulwark.com/p/gop-dentist…
Lisa A. Bryant, Ph.D. retweeted
The US has 15 vaccines for kids <18:
MMR
DTaP
Pneumococcal
Rotavirus
Varicella
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis A
Polio
Haemophilus influenzae B
Meningococcal
Human Papillomavirus
Influenza
COVID-19
RSV
NOT 72.
Not 72 DOSES from birth to age 18 (it’s ~35)
Stop letting people lie.
9 years old. Consent does not exist at that age. .
Between the “these voters didn’t understand tariffs/healthcare/etc” stories and the Murkowski/Collins stories, it’s feeling very dèjá vu.
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Despite educational polarization in the party coalitions, 94% of House members & 99% of Senators have college degrees (& 64% & 78% have graduate degrees, though Dems have more). That will continue, as it looks like only ~3 new members (all Rs) lack a degree (all some college).
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I'm amused at the apocalyptic claims about how thoroughly demolished the Democrats were when the shift in votes was in the 3 percentage point range. We're living in a time when small changes in mass behavior and attitudes can have big changes in governing institutions. That's a hard concept to grasp for many journalists and headline writers.
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Not true. @MaricopaVote is working around the clock, through the weekend. We won't stop until all results are reported.
Tyler Boyer just announced that Maricopa is taking the weekend off from counting. @Garrett_Archer is this true?
This is crazy if true.
Too bad we can’t ask Richer.
@billgatesaz
@AZGOP
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Wisconsin ultimately the closest of the 2024 battlegrounds, 3rd time in a row decided by less than a point.
Highly effective Dem operation in the state kept their losses down amid nationwide swing.
NH & MN surprisingly more competitive than so-called battlegrounds AZ & NV.
