Jack Santucci
@jacksantucci.bsky.social
Political scientist. Electoral systems, state/local, public opinion.
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It’s a good book! Read: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It’s a good book! Read: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Interesting. jacobin.com/2025/11/lunn...
The Lunn/Lippmann episode also was critical to subsequent thinking on municipal political institutions (or so I’ve argued).
The Lunn/Lippmann episode also was critical to subsequent thinking on municipal political institutions (or so I’ve argued).
The Socialist Mayor of Schenectady
Long before Zohran Mamdani, Schenectady, New York, elected a socialist mayor who tried to make good on radical promises inside city hall. His short experiment still speaks to the challenges — and poss...
jacobin.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Interesting. jacobin.com/2025/11/lunn...
The Lunn/Lippmann episode also was critical to subsequent thinking on municipal political institutions (or so I’ve argued).
The Lunn/Lippmann episode also was critical to subsequent thinking on municipal political institutions (or so I’ve argued).
The closure of the local Outback Steakhouse is a major blow.
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The closure of the local Outback Steakhouse is a major blow.
With PR in the discourse again, we’re likely to hear things about incompatibility with presidentialism and a tendency to produce fragmentation.
These views tend to come from a certain corner of American Politics. I reflected on that dynamic last month: open.substack.com/pub/jacksant...
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These views tend to come from a certain corner of American Politics. I reflected on that dynamic last month: open.substack.com/pub/jacksant...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
With PR in the discourse again, we’re likely to hear things about incompatibility with presidentialism and a tendency to produce fragmentation.
These views tend to come from a certain corner of American Politics. I reflected on that dynamic last month: open.substack.com/pub/jacksant...
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These views tend to come from a certain corner of American Politics. I reflected on that dynamic last month: open.substack.com/pub/jacksant...
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This paper treats the institutions as its dependent variable. Such work can correct a tendency to put faith in institutional “fixes” for deeper problems.
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This paper treats the institutions as its dependent variable. Such work can correct a tendency to put faith in institutional “fixes” for deeper problems.
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Just in time for Election Day, here’s our Cambridge Element on who pays for local elections. Free to download for the next two weeks!
Money, Partisanship and Power in Local Politics
Cambridge Core - American Government, Politics and Policy - Money, Partisanship and Power in Local Politics
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Just in time for Election Day, here’s our Cambridge Element on who pays for local elections. Free to download for the next two weeks!
I am really proud of this essay that came out in March: manhattan.institute/article/refo....
electoral reform is very popular in the US. there is a broad devotion to the idea of fairness. PR can get us there and is one popular option, but not the only one
Wow! That's a lot higher support level than I expected. And that 32%"don't know" means there's a high ceiling
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I am really proud of this essay that came out in March: manhattan.institute/article/refo....
This is a fun read. open.substack.com/pub/centerfo...
Elon v. Hannah: You Make The Call
The text messages started mid-morning on Election Day.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This is a fun read. open.substack.com/pub/centerfo...
Bananas. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Bananas. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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Just posted on @3streamsblog.bsky.social from @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social on the Mamdani win in New York cc @cmwitko.bsky.social @billresh.bsky.social @dcinbox.bsky.social @sam-workman.bsky.social medium.com/3streams/zoh...
Zohran Mamdani and the Other “Boy Mayor”
What today’s mayor-elect can learn from the ghosts of New York City government
medium.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Just posted on @3streamsblog.bsky.social from @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social on the Mamdani win in New York cc @cmwitko.bsky.social @billresh.bsky.social @dcinbox.bsky.social @sam-workman.bsky.social medium.com/3streams/zoh...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
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Out now! I look at the size of municipal and local assemblies in EU/OECD countries and find that in addition to an effect of municipality population, more autonomous local councils are larger www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Patterns of regional and local council size
There is a growing literature that examines how subnational assembly size affects policy outcomes like turnout and women's representation, but also in…
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November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Out now! I look at the size of municipal and local assemblies in EU/OECD countries and find that in addition to an effect of municipality population, more autonomous local councils are larger www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🗳️ Si Zohran Mamdani remporte la mairie de New York cette nuit, ça ne sera pas le premier succès de la mouvance socialiste dans la ville. Au début du XXème siècle, New York était en effet un bastion du socialisme américain 👇
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🗳️ Si Zohran Mamdani remporte la mairie de New York cette nuit, ça ne sera pas le premier succès de la mouvance socialiste dans la ville. Au début du XXème siècle, New York était en effet un bastion du socialisme américain 👇
Ten Storylines to Follow in Gotham’s Elections: www.city-journal.org/article/new-...
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Ten Storylines to Follow in Gotham’s Elections: www.city-journal.org/article/new-...
It’s rare to see the labor factor acknowledged in popular press. www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/for-...
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s rare to see the labor factor acknowledged in popular press. www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/for-...
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New Cambridge Element 'Money, Partisanship and Power in Local Politics' by Robert G. Boatright, Lane G Cuthbert, @eichen.bsky.social, Raymond J. La Raja & Meredith Rolfe is now free to read for 2 weeks -
https://cup.org/48ZT4wZ
#cambridgeelements #politics
https://cup.org/48ZT4wZ
#cambridgeelements #politics
November 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New Cambridge Element 'Money, Partisanship and Power in Local Politics' by Robert G. Boatright, Lane G Cuthbert, @eichen.bsky.social, Raymond J. La Raja & Meredith Rolfe is now free to read for 2 weeks -
https://cup.org/48ZT4wZ
#cambridgeelements #politics
https://cup.org/48ZT4wZ
#cambridgeelements #politics
“If we’re to remain a free society, those committed to the American experiment are going to need to start expressing our civic national ideals as effectively and compellingly as the ethnonationalists articulate theirs.”
There’ still a shared American story, I write in @nytimes.com, and the data shows it isn’t Vance’s ethnonationalist one. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | There’s Still a Shared American Story, and JD Vance’s Blood-and-Soil Vision Isn’t It
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“If we’re to remain a free society, those committed to the American experiment are going to need to start expressing our civic national ideals as effectively and compellingly as the ethnonationalists articulate theirs.”
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NYC voters are turning out in large numbers during the early voting window, which is just over halfway complete
Daily haul is mirroring trajectory during 2022 midterms
You see larger volume on weekend (days 1-2), downtick on Monday (day 3), and uptick during extended voting hours (days 4-5)
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Daily haul is mirroring trajectory during 2022 midterms
You see larger volume on weekend (days 1-2), downtick on Monday (day 3), and uptick during extended voting hours (days 4-5)
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October 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
NYC voters are turning out in large numbers during the early voting window, which is just over halfway complete
Daily haul is mirroring trajectory during 2022 midterms
You see larger volume on weekend (days 1-2), downtick on Monday (day 3), and uptick during extended voting hours (days 4-5)
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Daily haul is mirroring trajectory during 2022 midterms
You see larger volume on weekend (days 1-2), downtick on Monday (day 3), and uptick during extended voting hours (days 4-5)
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Presidentialization
I jump into the moderation debate. I agree with @adambonica.bsky.social and @gelliottmorris.com on the methodology, but I want to draw attention to a bigger issue. The collapse of candidate effects generally.
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
October 30, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Presidentialization
