April 4, 2023. Yes, April, not February.

Study out today by Alan N Yan and @RIBernhard randomly assigns gendered names to campaign volunteers. Finds outbound texts from “female-named volunteers receive more offensive, silencing, and withdrawal responses than male or ambiguously named volunteers.” cup.org/3on2Cgn

Had a great day visiting BYU political science. I felt bad for being continually distracted by their department's amazing mountain views. Thank you Ethan Busby & Mike Barber for the invite and great feedback!

The real ethics code is the friends we made along the way. Alexandra Petri washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

The giggling, cheering, rapturous audience was the most disturbing part of last night. A sobering lesson in demagoguery and its intended effects.

Yes, constitutionalism is not merely for lawyers! I would add that political scientists have important and valuable perspectives on constitutionalism and constitutional history, too. Jeremy C. Pope Keith E. Whittington Jack Rakove

Sister Holland was one of the kindest and most caring people on this earth. Her loss will be felt deeply by our family and so many more. Our prayers are with her wonderful family at this difficult time.

So, apparently Twitter is rebranding as Xerox?

What does it mean when we decide we don't have obligations to each other? BYU political science professors Chris Karpowitz and Kelly Patterson spent several years studying this and wrote a paper on it. Join us today at 11:00 for the interview.

New article PNASNews with Joshua Gubler , Lisa Argyle , Chris Bail (chris_bail_duke 🧵) , David Wingate , Taylor Sorensen , Vin Howe, and Chris Rytting on how AI tools can improve democratic discourse. It's open access at this link: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2… We explore how an AI chat assistant can act...

Really pleased that this work with Tali Mendelberg, @elizabethmelder, and David Ribar is now online Journal of Politics @[email protected]: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

#OpenAccess from American Political Science Review - Selecting for Masculinity: Women’s Under-Representation in the Republican Party - cup.org/421VTZ5 - @profkarpo, @quinmonson, JESSICA R. PREECE & ALEJANDRA ALDRIDGE (all BYU) #FirstView

🥳🥹 Almost nine (!!) years after the first pilot, this paper with Chris Karpowitz, Stephen D. O'Connell & Jessica Preece is accepted JPE! It's been one of my favorite and most impactful projects, so including a short 🧵 below. Full paper here: tinyurl.com/bzhzmvj3

Chris Karpowitz, @quinmonson, Jessica Preece, & Alejandra Gimenez Aldridge argue that existing explanations of the partisan gender gap undervalue voters’ contributions by focusing on voter responses to candidate sex rather than candidate gender. #APSRFirstView. ow.ly/3oOP50QP7Ja

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW! Race, Voice, and Authority in Discussion Groups buff.ly/3C0DdjG By @elizabethmelder, Chris Karpowitz & Tali Mendelberg

New rivalry just dropped.