An urban/rural divide in Oregon is one example of a trend across America, Cornell Government professor Suzanne Mettler says on *NewsHour: 'It's only beginning of the 1990s that we see rural people in all parts of the country line up in one political party.'
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Does a rural-urban political divide exist among people of color? Trevor E. Brown, Gisela Pedroza Jauregui, Suzanne Mettler, and I looked at 30+ questions on political behavior and policy preferences and find little to no evidence of one. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Got to share some of what Trevor Brown & I have learned about the rural-urban political divide w/ Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour, starting at 3:30, here: pbs.org/newshour/show/…

This Tuesday, 4/9, ADW Professors-at-Large at Cornell Theda Skocpol presents “Rising Threats to U.S. Democracy – Roots and Responses” at 4pm, Goldwin Smith Hall. Open to all.

Skocpol is considered one of the most prolific, widely respected & highly influential scholars in social sciences.

#twithaca

Theda Skocpol, Harvard scholar and A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell, will present the public lecture “Rising Threats to U.S. Democracy – Roots and Responses” on April 9 at 4 p.m. in Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Co-sponsored by Cornell Government
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Friday night I spoke to Bill Ritter Eyewitness News about the murder of Alexey Navalny. The segment starts around 10:15 at the link below (ignore the headline), the interview starts around 11:20 & lasts about 5 minutes.

abc7ny.com/14434825/

Delighted to hear, Cowboy Christine !

When and how did the rural-urban political divide emerge and grow? Perspectives on Politics article w/ Trevor Brown shows sequential processes of polarization
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Sequential Polarization: The Development of the Rural-Urban Political Divide, 1976–2020 - cup.org/48BFA7j

- Trevor E. Brown & Suzanne Mettler

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Having taught it this term, I feel compelled to note that the Robert Lieberman Suzanne Mettler & Kenneth Roberts-edited DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE is remarkably good. Shockingly devoid of filler or phoned-in pieces--a hard thing to pull off in an edited volume! amazon.com/Democratic-Res…

Remember when health reform was top media story, target of GOP attacks + hurt Dems?

No more. Obamacare locked in, public support growing + no GOP attacks

Reason: GOP repeal votes awoke Americans to tangible benefits
Suzanne Mettler Ling Zhu
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I'd love to give y'all some examples of what I heard at doors in rural Missouri to help you understand what folks out here say when confronted with a progressive message. I will say that we knocked over 5k doors and made as many calls. Also, we had near zero data to go on...

When Government Works Well: Bravo to Pamela Herd 🐀 & Don Moynihan. Important read!
nytimes.com/2022/10/23/opi…

Remember when health reform faced repeal?

Not anymore. Coverage + support up incl Rs

Why? Explanation in new Am Political Science Review article I just published with my terrific collaborators Suzanne Mettler & Ling Zhu Suzanne Mettler Ling Zhu

bit.ly/3IEc2dx

How to strengthen democracy? Join us tomorrow, 4/20, pm ET for ideas from folks who have thought long and hard about it: Larry Jacobs Lee Drutman ⚙️🏛 Hahrie Han 한 하 리 jelani cobb Register here: americandemocracycollaborative.org

Thomas Edsall refers extensively to the January 2022 volume of The ANNALS edited by Robert Lieberman, Suzanne Mettler, Tom Pepinsky in today's The New York Times column: nytimes.com/2022/04/13/opi…

Latest edition of our journal, The ANNALS, 'Democratic Vulnerabilities,' edited by Suzanne Mettler, Robert Lieberman, and Tom Pepinsky is now available: aapss.org/the-annals/

Join us to discuss democracy this Thurs, 2/10, 12:30 ET! Register here: cornell.zoom.us/webinar/regist… w/@ProfCAnderson Lilliana Mason EJ Dionne & Frances Lee The AAPSS Einaudi Center

Got that Robert Lieberman Suzanne Mettler Roberts edited volume with a bunch of nice chapters from people like Sebas(tian) & Matt A. Barreto 🇵🇪 ⚽️, Pierson & Schickler, Lilliana Mason & Nathan Kalmoe, Philip Rocco, Alex Hertel-Fernandez, David Bateman, Michele F. Margolis just to name a few

Three cheers for the fantastic Don Moynihan!!!