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Political scientist — electoral systems, local government, increasingly behavior https://jacksantucci.com
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I've said it before and I am sure I'll say it again. Federalism, decentralized governance, local democracy--they all require giving states and localities substantial leeway to make what outsiders often view as mistakes. Just taught Frank Bryan's Real Democracy, which is strong on this.

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One interesting thing has been watching all of this move through a bipartisan friend group. It seems like PID conditions empathy.

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USA/CAN = high-dimensional cross-pressure

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This was YEARS in the making but my first solo authored publication is out. I do more than rant on social media. I also study situational trust! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Cool!

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Interesting if MMP and Die Linke affect control of next gvt

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I just read about 200 pages of book in which most paragraphs began with the word “this.”

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Had a good chat today with researchers getting into whatever we call the field that compares US electoral systems to those of other countries. (Goes by different names in AP and CP, I think.) We have come a long way in ten years. I’m sure other fields can say the same.

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Here’s a weird question but not. Anyone know how long France has used paper ballots/scrutin de liste?

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The preliminary release of the 2024 Time Series Pre-Election data is now available for download: electionstudies.org/data-center/...

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I really liked this idea of using a histogram as a legend in a choropleth map (since land isn't unemployed; people are), so I made a little guide to doing it with #rstats, {ggplot2}, and {patchwork} www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...

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now online! academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...

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We measured this cleavage in 2017/18 and were able to publish the results in 2022.

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Interesting piece on an effort to restore STV to the city that had been America’s main “demonstration case.” Contains info on conventions regarding assignment of mayoralty, etc. www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/a-se... I found that party competition post-WWII led to abrogation of agreement.

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I do think it's deplorable that education standards will be what's carried around in the "head of AI". AI will teach our children to celebrate progressive thinking from the past but block the opportunity for children to progress any further in their thinking. bsky.app/profile/drno...

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This is tough because the end result seems too exacting. For ex, you might get a paper titled “First Paper” yet whose substance is very strong. Rubric imposes rigidity whereas checklist/guidelines approach leaves room for grace on minor issues.

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Interesting if polemical article, with simulated primary giving Cuomo 58% of continuing ballots in 6th tabulation round. www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...

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Thread

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Seems like a good time to read this beautiful paper! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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As the weekend approaches, here’s a fun thing to do: go for a walk using an analog compass.

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Rubric experts, a question for you. I’m considering moving away from my “guidelines for papers” document in favor of a tabular rubric. The idea here is that students are used to working with such rubrics, e.g., from HS. Anyone care to share theirs and/or opinions?

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www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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These cross-endorsements and their absence constitute an increasingly important DV. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

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