Brad Jones
@bradjones.bsky.social
Author of Colorado's Political Landscape (https://www.co-political-landscape.org).
Senior Research Director, YouGov; Formerly Meta; Even more formerly Pew Research Center
Senior Research Director, YouGov; Formerly Meta; Even more formerly Pew Research Center
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Another important report from Pew out today on Americans' views of ICE actions.
An enormous majority of the public says it is acceptable for citizens to record video of immigration officers (nearly 3/4 of the public; almost all Dems, and nearly six-in-ten Reps).
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
An enormous majority of the public says it is acceptable for citizens to record video of immigration officers (nearly 3/4 of the public; almost all Dems, and nearly six-in-ten Reps).
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Another important report from Pew out today on Americans' views of ICE actions.
An enormous majority of the public says it is acceptable for citizens to record video of immigration officers (nearly 3/4 of the public; almost all Dems, and nearly six-in-ten Reps).
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
An enormous majority of the public says it is acceptable for citizens to record video of immigration officers (nearly 3/4 of the public; almost all Dems, and nearly six-in-ten Reps).
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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Cory Doctorow does not mince words about the collective delusion our titans of tech seem to be under.
pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...
pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...
January 30, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Cory Doctorow does not mince words about the collective delusion our titans of tech seem to be under.
pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...
pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...
Cory Doctorow does not mince words about the collective delusion our titans of tech seem to be under.
pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...
pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...
January 30, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Cory Doctorow does not mince words about the collective delusion our titans of tech seem to be under.
pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...
pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...
Another important report from Pew out today on Americans' views of ICE actions.
An enormous majority of the public says it is acceptable for citizens to record video of immigration officers (nearly 3/4 of the public; almost all Dems, and nearly six-in-ten Reps).
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
An enormous majority of the public says it is acceptable for citizens to record video of immigration officers (nearly 3/4 of the public; almost all Dems, and nearly six-in-ten Reps).
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Another important report from Pew out today on Americans' views of ICE actions.
An enormous majority of the public says it is acceptable for citizens to record video of immigration officers (nearly 3/4 of the public; almost all Dems, and nearly six-in-ten Reps).
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
An enormous majority of the public says it is acceptable for citizens to record video of immigration officers (nearly 3/4 of the public; almost all Dems, and nearly six-in-ten Reps).
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
Pretty amazing how Trump's support among *Republicans* has slipped so much in the latest Pew poll. 2/3s say he has the mental fitness for the job. Only 42% now say he is acting ethically in office (!).
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
January 29, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Pretty amazing how Trump's support among *Republicans* has slipped so much in the latest Pew poll. 2/3s say he has the mental fitness for the job. Only 42% now say he is acting ethically in office (!).
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Chasing "new" ideas and counterintuitive findings is the foundation for things like the replication crisis in the social sciences. These kinds of incentives pull researchers in unproductive directions.
As I use ANES data for my book project, I'm struck by the fact that the top polisci journals used to publish a "what happened w/ US voters" article after every election based on that data. Now that kind of work appears in books like those by Sides & Vavreck, b/c the journals only want "new" ideas.
January 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Chasing "new" ideas and counterintuitive findings is the foundation for things like the replication crisis in the social sciences. These kinds of incentives pull researchers in unproductive directions.
Can any #copolitics folks help me understand why Advance Colorado is lighting their money on fire?
The millions spent to get this thing on the ballot can only backfire in Colorado.
www.cpr.org/podcast-epis...
The millions spent to get this thing on the ballot can only backfire in Colorado.
www.cpr.org/podcast-epis...
Jan. 27, 2026: ICE cooperation on the ballot, manure-based carbon capture, music from the Savage Blush | Colorado Public Radio
Coloradans will vote on whether police must call ICE if they suspect someone arrested of a violent crime is in the country illegally.
www.cpr.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Can any #copolitics folks help me understand why Advance Colorado is lighting their money on fire?
The millions spent to get this thing on the ballot can only backfire in Colorado.
www.cpr.org/podcast-epis...
The millions spent to get this thing on the ballot can only backfire in Colorado.
www.cpr.org/podcast-epis...
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my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
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New post up on political polarization:
colorados-political-landscape.ghost.io/political-po...
By my reckoning, Colorado has bucked the national trend over the last 40 years or so, and the gap between politicians from the state (at the national level anyhow) has decreased 1/
#copolitics
colorados-political-landscape.ghost.io/political-po...
By my reckoning, Colorado has bucked the national trend over the last 40 years or so, and the gap between politicians from the state (at the national level anyhow) has decreased 1/
#copolitics
Political polarization in Colorado
There has been a great deal of digital ink spilled over the past few decades about political polarization. Often these pieces take the form of a detached observer wringing their hands over the state o...
colorados-political-landscape.ghost.io
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
New post up on political polarization:
colorados-political-landscape.ghost.io/political-po...
By my reckoning, Colorado has bucked the national trend over the last 40 years or so, and the gap between politicians from the state (at the national level anyhow) has decreased 1/
#copolitics
colorados-political-landscape.ghost.io/political-po...
By my reckoning, Colorado has bucked the national trend over the last 40 years or so, and the gap between politicians from the state (at the national level anyhow) has decreased 1/
#copolitics
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The post goes into more details about how political scientists think about polarization in the presence of political change, and some high-level thoughts from me about the utility of this approach.
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Colorado's Political Landscape
Data-driven exploration of the drivers of Colorado politics
colorados-political-landscape.ghost.io
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
The post goes into more details about how political scientists think about polarization in the presence of political change, and some high-level thoughts from me about the utility of this approach.
Sign up to be notified when new posts go up: colorados-political-landscape.ghost.io
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New post up on political polarization:
colorados-political-landscape.ghost.io/political-po...
By my reckoning, Colorado has bucked the national trend over the last 40 years or so, and the gap between politicians from the state (at the national level anyhow) has decreased 1/
#copolitics
colorados-political-landscape.ghost.io/political-po...
By my reckoning, Colorado has bucked the national trend over the last 40 years or so, and the gap between politicians from the state (at the national level anyhow) has decreased 1/
#copolitics
Political polarization in Colorado
There has been a great deal of digital ink spilled over the past few decades about political polarization. Often these pieces take the form of a detached observer wringing their hands over the state o...
colorados-political-landscape.ghost.io
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
New post up on political polarization:
colorados-political-landscape.ghost.io/political-po...
By my reckoning, Colorado has bucked the national trend over the last 40 years or so, and the gap between politicians from the state (at the national level anyhow) has decreased 1/
#copolitics
colorados-political-landscape.ghost.io/political-po...
By my reckoning, Colorado has bucked the national trend over the last 40 years or so, and the gap between politicians from the state (at the national level anyhow) has decreased 1/
#copolitics
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I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.
January 25, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.
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The latest from YouGov (n ~ 3.4k). An outright majority say ICE's tactics are too forceful.
ICE approval: -19
Approval of protests against ICE: +8
"Abolish ICE:" +5
today.yougov.com/topics/overv...
ICE approval: -19
Approval of protests against ICE: +8
"Abolish ICE:" +5
today.yougov.com/topics/overv...
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
The latest from YouGov (n ~ 3.4k). An outright majority say ICE's tactics are too forceful.
ICE approval: -19
Approval of protests against ICE: +8
"Abolish ICE:" +5
today.yougov.com/topics/overv...
ICE approval: -19
Approval of protests against ICE: +8
"Abolish ICE:" +5
today.yougov.com/topics/overv...
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Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.
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Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law
January 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law
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A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
January 23, 2026 at 11:19 PM
A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
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genuinely stunning image
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
genuinely stunning image
Any Americanists out there have experience with ideal point estimates and alternate explanations for the emerging 'U' shaped relationships between district partisanship and ideology estimates in the DIME data?
I've been working up a new post for my website (www.co-political-landscape.org ... like and subscribe, etc)
The animation below shows the ideological positions of MCs going back to 1980. It is super interesting to me how the shape changes over time
(DIME data from @adambonica.bsky.social)
1/
The animation below shows the ideological positions of MCs going back to 1980. It is super interesting to me how the shape changes over time
(DIME data from @adambonica.bsky.social)
1/
January 23, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Any Americanists out there have experience with ideal point estimates and alternate explanations for the emerging 'U' shaped relationships between district partisanship and ideology estimates in the DIME data?
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I've been working up a new post for my website (www.co-political-landscape.org ... like and subscribe, etc)
The animation below shows the ideological positions of MCs going back to 1980. It is super interesting to me how the shape changes over time
(DIME data from @adambonica.bsky.social)
1/
The animation below shows the ideological positions of MCs going back to 1980. It is super interesting to me how the shape changes over time
(DIME data from @adambonica.bsky.social)
1/
January 22, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I've been working up a new post for my website (www.co-political-landscape.org ... like and subscribe, etc)
The animation below shows the ideological positions of MCs going back to 1980. It is super interesting to me how the shape changes over time
(DIME data from @adambonica.bsky.social)
1/
The animation below shows the ideological positions of MCs going back to 1980. It is super interesting to me how the shape changes over time
(DIME data from @adambonica.bsky.social)
1/
"I want a god
as my accomplice
...
a god
knocked
unconscious
by the billy club
of a policeman
at a demonstration
...
a god
who longs
from jail
for a change
in the order
of things"
Prayer/Oracion by Francisco X. Alarcón (tr. Francisco Aragón)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53880/...
as my accomplice
...
a god
knocked
unconscious
by the billy club
of a policeman
at a demonstration
...
a god
who longs
from jail
for a change
in the order
of things"
Prayer/Oracion by Francisco X. Alarcón (tr. Francisco Aragón)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53880/...
January 22, 2026 at 7:13 PM
"I want a god
as my accomplice
...
a god
knocked
unconscious
by the billy club
of a policeman
at a demonstration
...
a god
who longs
from jail
for a change
in the order
of things"
Prayer/Oracion by Francisco X. Alarcón (tr. Francisco Aragón)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53880/...
as my accomplice
...
a god
knocked
unconscious
by the billy club
of a policeman
at a demonstration
...
a god
who longs
from jail
for a change
in the order
of things"
Prayer/Oracion by Francisco X. Alarcón (tr. Francisco Aragón)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53880/...
Reposted by Brad Jones
I do not understand why Dems (or someone) are not broadcasting wall to wall montages of ICE thugs abusing our neighbors, abducting children, terrorizing US citizens, invading homes w no warrant, or murdering mothers. This should be a massive exercise in ISSUE SALIENCE driven by Dem elites.
January 22, 2026 at 3:28 AM
I do not understand why Dems (or someone) are not broadcasting wall to wall montages of ICE thugs abusing our neighbors, abducting children, terrorizing US citizens, invading homes w no warrant, or murdering mothers. This should be a massive exercise in ISSUE SALIENCE driven by Dem elites.