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miacosta.bsky.social
Political scientist, professor @ Dartmouth Govt & Quant Social Science.
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New @polbehavior.bsky.social paper with @miacosta.bsky.social. We show that voters with more negative views of the other party (negative partisans) are more likely to care about candidate electability & even willing to give up representation for better chance to win link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 110 days ago • 2 comments

🚨 Now up on @APSA_Preprints, my paper w/ the great @miacosta.bsky.social on how to deal with inattentiveness in conjoint experiments. Details below! 👇 preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/...

submitted 145 days ago • 2 comments

Republicans who stand up to Trump are regularly terrorized by their fellow partisans. It’s a commonly known consequence, but we don’t hear much about it.

submitted 163 days ago • 14 comments

Why do we lack parity in gender representation in Congress? One reason is "party-driven descriptive representation." Nearly half of D candidates are women compared to 1 in 6 for R's.

submitted 163 days ago • 0 comments

My first post on BlueSky. Hi! My book, HOW POLITICIANS POLARIZE, officially has a cover and I wanted to share. Coming soon in 2025 with University of Chicago Press --> press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

submitted 171 days ago • 1 comment

Going to #APSA2024? Come check out this great panel Sunday, featuring new work by @miacosta.bsky.social & myself. In it, we offer a simple way to capture respondent inattentiveness in conjoint experiments & w/o risking post-treatment bias (CC @brendannyhan.bsky.social). Hope to see u there! polisky

submitted 186 days ago • 0 comments

Job alert: A little late to the game, but we're searching for a tenure-track assistant prof in comparative politics. We're particularly interested in scholars who study East Asia, Southeast Asia, and/or South Asia. Details: apply.interfolio.com/151639

submitted 214 days ago • 1 comment

We're hiring two data scientists in the Social Science Data and Computing Lab here at Dartmouth. New staff would work with faculty and students. MA preferred, though BA/BS + relevant skills also considered. Some remote (1-2 days a week) possible. Please share widely!

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