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melinamuch.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow @csmapnyu.org. Identities, political behavior, social media 👩🏻‍💻 PhD from UC Irvine melinamuch.com
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submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

The Democratic Party’s age problem isn’t just bad, it’s much worse than Republicans’. Half of registered Democratic voters are under 50, yet half their senators are over 67. Despite claiming to represent the future, party leadership systematically blocks younger voices from gaining power.

submitted 15 days ago • 40 comments

Woke up to the exciting news that my first solo-authored paper is available online at PRQ. While the road for the paper has been long, I’m thrilled to see it out. Big thanks to all the mentors and groups that helped, especially @egenpolisci.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/eprint/TKCS9...

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff

submitted 61 days ago • 1021 comments

From one Husky family to another 🐾! I’m thrilled to announce that in the fall I’ll be joining @northeasternu.bsky.social as Assistant Professor in AI Governance. After five long and challenging job markets, this moment feels incredibly special.

submitted 61 days ago • 4 comments

2025 EGEN Prize Announcement: We are thrilled to announce the results of the 2025 prize competition. The EGEN prize committee selected 5 Prize Recipients and 3 Honorable Mentions this year! @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social @teele.bsky.social @mirya.bsky.social

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.” ― Toni Morrison

submitted 71 days ago • 93 comments

Say what you want about <waves arms> but no one woman should *ever* think they are underqualified to hold a political position

submitted 71 days ago • 3 comments

1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.

submitted 79 days ago • 197 comments

It's well known that politicians take more extreme positions during primaries. In @electoralstudies.bsky.social, we find this shift is much more likely when incumbents in safe seats face a well-funded primary challenger. 🧵👇 authors.elsevier.com/a/1kn5KxRaZn...

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Intrusive thoughts - google trend search edition.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

The single most effective way to raise GDP is to give girls access to education. But Heritage is so committed to patriarchal misogyny, they're willing to crash the economy to force women to have unwanted babies rather than pursue their own dreams and family planning on their own schedule.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

DoD killing all its social science research, including nearly 100 ongoing projects. It is hard to adequately explain how short-sighted, foolish, and self-destructive this is. Not to mention that not honoring a contract is, you know, bad. www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 86 days ago • 9 comments

American Republicans are ideologically much more like people in Russia or Turkey than they are like members of European right-wing parties, and this only happened in the last 25 years. www.ft.com/content/3046...

submitted 90 days ago • 34 comments

Excited to share our new article in the American Journal of Political Science (@ajpseditor.bsky.social) with @sborwein.bsky.social, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @bartbonikowski.bsky.social, & Peter Loewen onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

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 97 days ago • 13 comments

The DOGE Purge Isn’t About Efficiency—It’s an authoritarian tactic. I wrote a more in depth piece on the empirical evidence showing how liberal-leaning agencies are being disproportionately targeted and how this mirrors authoritarian strategies seen in Hungary and Turkey.

submitted 97 days ago • 29 comments

Finally made the BlueSky move! Thrilled to see how much academic community is on here #late

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment