What is the desire to open up primaries really about?

Very important report on local election official turnover. bipartisanpolicy.org/report/electio…

We asked U.S. public K-12 teachers about some of the challenges students at their school are facing. Three problems topped the list:

Poverty (53%)
Chronic absenteeism (49%)
Anxiety and depression (48%)

Dive into our full report: pewrsr.ch/3xpvk4N

My new book is out! It's called Alt-Labor and the New Politics of Workers' Rights, published by Russell Sage Foundation.
russellsage.org/publications/a…

'Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for Social Sciences'

From Yuki Atsusaka and Seo-young Silvia Kim

A great example of a methods paper that combines statistical theory and empirical data to develop best practices for design.

SocArXiv version: doi.org/10.31219/osf.i…

Importantly, the subject of the veto was an apportionment bill that Washington felt didn't meet constitutional requirements.
The idea that presidents would veto bills based on policy disagreements with Congress was a much later invention.

differences in opinion among the rich and poor tend to be larger within the Democratic Party than the population as a whole
michaelauslen.com/research/class…

A very well done critique of White Rural Rage that deserves a read:

Making the Case for More Politicians: A Survey Experiment to Investigate Public Attitudes to an Expanded Welsh Parliament | Parliamentary Affairs | Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/pa/article/77/…

Delivered all the way to Rome, it’s the first hardcover copy of my book, The Court v The Voters.

It comes to you on May 14!

amazon.com/Court-v-Voters…

Thrilled our article (w/Sonia Alonso) is published in Revista Española de Ciencia Política. *Open* 🔓access, in English.
**Cracking the door open: Governing alliances between mainstream and radical right parties in Spain’s regions** 👉 👉recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/recp…

New substack:
Why RFK Jr. will be a chaos factor this election year
He’s an anti-system candidate in an anti-system moment. Plus: What does his campaign tell us about the future of American politics? And will he take more votes from Biden or Trump?
leedrutman.substack.com/p/why-rfk-jr-w…

New post on ‘horseshoe theory’ (if you will) 3Streams medium.com/3streams/was-t…

Good read