alextolkin.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Upenn studying political communication.
https://alextolkin.github.io/
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They use multiple approaches to measure extremism; the main one is the Hall-Snyder scores in this paper www.andrewbenjaminhall.com/Hall_Snyder_.... The basic idea of such scores is political donations are public, so you can use info on donors to estimate extremity of the winning vs losing candidate.
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I think this is the most baffling trade I have ever seen in my life. Luka's medical report must look like Embiid's for this to make any sense at all.
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I don't think this is actually going to work, but it's definitely up there as one of the most entertaining moves.
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270$ tho :/
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I'm surprised Embiid is at 9 given his play this season. I understand giving players the benefit of the doubt based on past performance, but Embiid seems genuinely hurt and limited. and I'm concerned this season will be the first of a Kawhi-esque diminishment for Embiid and he shouldn't be top 10.
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Please add thanks!
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My guess is Trump has higher appeal among irregular voters who did not vote in the midterms, but we'll need to wait for 2026 to see how that pans out.
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Same thing I have seen with reactions to Supreme Court controversies (Kavanaugh/Dobbs); once you account for sexism, gender effect disappears.
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This is notably different from findings on sports and political participation. In Running From Office: Why Young Americans are Turned Off to Politics, Lawless and Fox found that young Americans who play sports were more politically engaged. I would speculate that's because sports are face-to-face?