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johnsides.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University - https://johnsides.org/ Publisher of Good Authority - https://goodauthority.org/
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Congress was hiding in plain sight 🤓. Join me & @johnsides.bsky.social for Episode 2 of @goodauth.bsky.social's Where's Congress? We consider the big (yes), beautiful (eye of beholder) bill House GOP are trying to pass thru House --Senate GOP views be damned (for now) www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvfR...

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In the latest episode of "Where's Congress?" for @goodauth.bsky.social, @sarahbinder.bsky.social and I discuss the Big Beautiful Bill (TM). Learn what's different about this bill and the politics that are complicating is bigness and beauty. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvfR...

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Americans are more pro-choice than people think. Two studies show that both elected leaders and voters overestimate Americans' conservatism on abortion. New from me @goodauth.bsky.social. goodauthority.org/news/the-chr...

submitted 47 days ago • 2 comments

This, by @tesler.bsky.social, is looking more prescient everyday. goodauthority.org/news/why-dem...

submitted 52 days ago • 4 comments

Shifts to Trump from 2020-24 are not just a story about the youngest voters or about the youngest men. They are a story about shifts among *men and women* who are *under 40*. 1,000 takes on the youngest men. Virtually zero on everyone else.

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

What tools do Democrats have to do anything in Congress? The full episode with @johnsides.bsky.social and @sarahbinder.bsky.social is out now on our Substack: open.substack.com/pub/goodauth...

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

We're live with "Where's Congress?" 🤓🤓 Got topics or questions you'd like me and @johnsides.bsky.social to tackle in future @goodauth.bsky.social episodes? Send them along!

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

So @sarahbinder.bsky.social and I inaugurated a new regular feature for @goodauth.bsky.social: "Where's Congress?" We talk about why a once-strong Congress became a flabby weak mess. The highlights of this week's episode are... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byct...

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Trump is saying trade is bad, but increasingly Americans think trade is good. It happened in his first term. It's happening again. Meet your thermostatic public! goodauthority.org/news/trade-p...

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Did naturalized citizens support Trump in 2024? Two major surveys say that they did not. AP Votecast: Harris 54% - Trump 43% CES (released today): Harris 54% - Trump 43% This is a hard group to survey and no estimate is canonical. But these estimates deserve attention too.

submitted 75 days ago • 2 comments

A new report on legislative effectiveness by my colleague Alan Wiseman and Craig Volden confirms, once again, that Eleanor Holmes Norton is the GOAT. Vandy story: news.vanderbilt.edu/2025/03/27/l... Report: thelawmakers.org/wp-content/upl

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Yikes

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Big deal—after correcting, it turns out that moderate candidates do not perform better than extreme candidates in general elections. Kudos to Andy, Dan, and Adam for updating a key question in political science

submitted 100 days ago • 40 comments

From @johnsides.bsky.social and @tesler.bsky.social and Colette Marcellin in NYT Opinion.

submitted 103 days ago • 2 comments

I have an op-ed in the WPost w/ Nick Stephanopoulos & Eric McGhee on the evaporation of the U.S. House's pro Republican bias in the 2020s. The reasons seem to be fewer Rep. gerrymanders, more Dem. gerrymanders, and a shift in the country's political geography. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

submitted 103 days ago • 6 comments

There used to be a bipartisan consensus that rejected traditional gender roles. Not anymore. Republican men *and* women increasingly endorse traditional roles. Here's a 🧵 based on a new New York Times piece by @tesler.bsky.social, Colette Marcellin, and me.

submitted 106 days ago • 13 comments

i have a new @goodauth.bsky.social piece with Caroline Soler on immigration attitudes. an increasing plurality of Americans support both a path to citizenship and increased border security but this group is also becoming increasingly polarized on party lines goodauthority.org/news/surpris...

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

I hate to pile on the Washington Post, but really things started going downhill when they let go of a prominent political science blog.

submitted 108 days ago • 12 comments

My latest, in @goodauth.bsky.social - the misinformation about South Africa’s new land bill, the Afrikaner refugees EO, and more! goodauthority.org/news/misinfo...

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

My conversation with @johnsides.bsky.social and Danny Hayes on @goodauth.bsky.social on what the evidence says on what really determined the 2024 elections goodauthority.org/news/so-what...

submitted 127 days ago • 0 comments

A great explainer on tariffs by @alexandraguisinger.bsky.social

submitted 132 days ago • 1 comment

Please answer this survey question: Would you rather sleep in laundered pajamas once worn by Charles Manson or put a nickel in your mouth that you found on the ground? Now, here's why answers to that sort of question can explain the weird politics of RFK Jr. goodauthority.org/news/rfk-jr-...

submitted 135 days ago • 1 comment

As a Proud Department Chair, I have to note that the new issue of the American Political Science Review has FOUR articles by Vanderbilt political science faculty! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...?

submitted 136 days ago • 4 comments

In the latest @goodauth.bsky.social podcast, I spoke with @jeanhong.bsky.social about South korea’s January 6th moment, the emergence of a Korean far right, and democratic resilience. goodauthority.org/news/whats-n...

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

What is IMPOUNDMENT? @rudalev.bsky.social wrote an explainer a few months ago:

submitted 136 days ago • 0 comments

Gaza was the #1 reason some Biden voters didn't support Harris? Alas, this is another viral poll results that you shouldn't put much faith in. goodauthority.org/news/the-pro...

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

Dream team (@hsulli.bsky.social & @edebruin.bsky.social) writeup of what we know about Bolsonaro's attempted plot to steal Brazil's 2022 election:

submitted 157 days ago • 0 comments

Larry Bartels has been awarded a National Medal of Science! www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...

submitted 161 days ago • 4 comments

It's an LOL because people think that candidates win elections because the public wants them to do what they promised to do. And then elected officials do those things, and the public shifts in the opposite direction entirely! Check out Alexander's piece for the definitive explainer.

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My old Jimmy Carter post: "What really happened in the 1980 presidential campaign." goodauthority.org/news/what-re...

submitted 166 days ago • 2 comments

What got the most attention from our readers this year? @johnsides.bsky.social breaks down Good Authority’s top 10 posts of 2024. goodauthority.org/news/good-au...

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President-elect Trump has named a bunch of billionaires to join his administration. What do we know about billionaire politicians? Check out the latest from my brilliant @polisciatnu.bsky.social colleagues Dan Krcmaric & Steve Nelson on @goodauth.bsky.social 👇 goodauthority.org/news/billion...

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