We are excited to share our next virtual event - 'A Real Discussion About Election Integrity.' The May 31 panel discussion, co-hosted with @electionscenter, includes experts @BCBurden @kimwyman12 Trey Grayson Nate Persily Tammy Patrick Election Center (Natl Assoc of Election Officials) Bipartisan Policy Center bit.ly/49TEBiQ

Interesting shifts in political preferences take place among Black and Hispanics recently -- but no sign of 'realignment' in party ID over a more extended period American National Election Studies (ANES)

Mike Gallagher’s seat not considered vacant by the House Clerk clerk.house.gov/Members#Vacanc…

SCOTUS resolving presidential immunity is one million times as important for democracy as the Trump trial underway this week nytimes.com/2024/04/22/opi…

Way too much attention on Columbia, which doesn’t represent higher ed

The arrests look to be ridiculous. I recall a tent camp at Harvard protesting wages lasting weeks w/out arrests.

Scared by the spotlight, university leaders only made things worse

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New article w Pam Herd & Don Moynihan:

We confirm that taller people are (slightly) more Republican, but it's not because they have higher incomes. Personality differences between the tall and short are more likely culprits.

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The opposite happened to the GOP: winning on abortion at SCOTUS is costing them electoral support

Being rebuffed by the Supreme Court might have been a strategic blessing to Biden because he now gets a new round of coverage with each announcement of more student debt relief cnbc.com/amp/2024/04/12…

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[insert joke about DINOs and RINOs jumping into this race]

I found no effect of the same sex marriage ballot measures in 2004 - but abortion rights in 2024 may be different b/c it’s a long-standing concern not a newly conjured one degruyter.com/document/doi/1… nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

Did you create a handy personal schedule of events on the #MPSA2024 web site? It unfortunately doesn’t carry over to the app. On the app you can’t even recreate it using the (useless) “My Schedule” feature.

My comments about the Wisconsin primary on Here & Now wbur.org/hereandnow/202…

#BadgersVote

Voter 254 in my ward. Strong turnout despite the rain/sleet mix and little of interest on the ballot. #WIprimary

Kudos to the NPR staff person who selected Springsteen’s “Hungry Heart” as the outro for the piece on diners in New Jersey npr.org/2024/04/01/124…

Grown-up coloring page

What happened to the FSBOs that were everywhere the last time I bought a house? amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/03/15…