Thank you to whatever political junkies complied this Wikipedia page of historical elections that resulted in ties. Too few of them to do an academic study, but some great stories behind them! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c…

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Students at elite schools get this info from their advisors. As a foreigner at a state school, and a first gen college student, I never received this guidance. Think of these advice posts as trying to level the playing field. Please spread them around or add your advice here.

Excited to join Tanya L. Domi Dahlia Scheindlin Reuf Bajrović @KurtBassuener @HarunKarcic on Dec 1, 12pm EST for a virtual discussion on "The Balkans and the Middle East: Contrasts and Parallels." Register here to join harriman.columbia.edu/event/the-balk…

#FirstView from Perspectives on Politics - Social Disruption, Gun Buying, and Anti-System Beliefs - ow.ly/lGnu50LW3W9 - Matthew J. Lacombe, Matthew D. Simonson Jon Green & James N. Druckman #PoP20

In a newly released Perspectives on Politics article, Matt Lacombe, Jon Green, Jamie Druckman, and I find that people who bought guns during the pandemic tended to be more politically extreme than prior gun owners and were motivated more by fear than by hobbies. Details below:

Check out our new, vaguely hopeful, article on partisanship and vaccines - we found, to our surprise, that the same messages promoting vaccines can appeal to both liberals and conservatives!

Three cheers for my AWESOME colleague on the Covid States Project, a soon-to-be professor of political science!

My former lab is a great place to work and a great postdoc opportunity - happy to discuss if you're interested!

In 2020, Matthew D. Simonson was a Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Emerging Scholar. His project was titled "Kill a Stranger, Save a Neighbor: Civilian and Combatant Networks Under Fire." He since became a researcher at Penn. Read more about the Emerging Scholar Awards here: ow.ly/AyoP50MjiJr

If you know anyone interested in networks & politics, please encourage them to sign up for our brand-new monthly colloquium! Presenters, discussants, and audience members welcome! Sarah Shugars 🇺🇦 [email protected] Katherine Ognyanova (@ognyanova.bsky.social) Dotan Haim Cesi Cruz Kristen M. Renberg, PhD, JD Alexandra Siegel @nils_weidmann

Politics & Networks people - Deadline tomorrow! We'd love to have you present, discuss(ant), or watch!

Such a happy reunion with Olympia Summer Academy friends Prof Anastasia Sh Santiago Sosa sansosa.bsky.social Matthew D. Simonson and so many successes to celebrate #ISA2023

I'm tempted to caption this first picture "centering the patriarchy" since you all deliberately put me front and center for comedic effect. As the second photo indicates, I'm not the *only* "boy" who studies victimhood :) Thanks for a great workshop Jelica Golubović - Fišter & Jessie Barton Hronesova!!!

Come to our first Political Networks Online Colloquium!!!

More networks! Please join us to learn about policy diffusion from Scott and Tracee in next week's PNOC (Political Networks Online Colloquim)

Come to next week's PNOC!

From our new issue - Using General Messages to Persuade on a Politicized Scientific Issue - cup.org/44tYefZ - Jon Green, J.N.Druckman, M.A.Baum, 🇺🇦 [email protected], Katherine Ognyanova (@ognyanova.bsky.social), Matthew D. Simonson, Jennifer Lin, Mauricio Santillana & Roy Perlis

In #FirstView by Matthew D. Simonson, Matt Lacombe, Jon Green, and James N. Druckman (University of Rochester): "Guns and Democracy: Anti-System Attitudes, Protest, and Support for Violence Among Pandemic Gun-Buyers" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

My first publication as lead author! Have a look!