Jack Santucci
@jacksantucci.bsky.social
Political scientist
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New working paper w Mary Adams Plooster (a fantastic IU grad student) and @nickbichay.bsky.social. We draw on two survey experiments to investigate the effect of partisan anger on partisan dehumanization. We also examine heterogeneous f.x. by trait dogmatism.
www.stevenwwebster.com/research/ang...
www.stevenwwebster.com/research/ang...
January 3, 2026 at 10:49 PM
New working paper w Mary Adams Plooster (a fantastic IU grad student) and @nickbichay.bsky.social. We draw on two survey experiments to investigate the effect of partisan anger on partisan dehumanization. We also examine heterogeneous f.x. by trait dogmatism.
www.stevenwwebster.com/research/ang...
www.stevenwwebster.com/research/ang...
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Does anyone have recommendations for good texts for undergrads or masters students that compare/contrast the basic institutional setup of state and local governments? (e.g., council/manager systems in local governments)
December 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Does anyone have recommendations for good texts for undergrads or masters students that compare/contrast the basic institutional setup of state and local governments? (e.g., council/manager systems in local governments)
Good thread. My story is similar. No digging, no this: doi.org/10.1093/oso/...
That led me to still more material I never originally considered, and ultimately to a book that began in the New Deal and ended where I once thought the book would begin, in the 1960s.
I made countless discoveries along the war and found something new to say.
All because I did the work myself.
I made countless discoveries along the war and found something new to say.
All because I did the work myself.
December 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Good thread. My story is similar. No digging, no this: doi.org/10.1093/oso/...
Might start a T-shirt business
December 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Might start a T-shirt business
TIL that lawyers are being disbarred for this. It’s called a “case-cite hallucination.”
Another example of this! bsky.app/profile/benp...
And so checked out Google Scholar. Now on my profile it doesn't appear, but somwhow on Nelli's it does and ... and ... omg, IT'S BEEN CITED 42 TIMES almost exlusively in papers about AI in education from this year alone... scholar.google.com.vn/citations?vi...
December 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
TIL that lawyers are being disbarred for this. It’s called a “case-cite hallucination.”
Check out these zoomers
December 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Check out these zoomers
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Survey experiments have become a popular methodology among social scientists. Has it been effective?
In POQ, Rauf et al. study the efficacy of 100 survey experiments. Their results show that a majority of hypotheses were not supported.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
In POQ, Rauf et al. study the efficacy of 100 survey experiments. Their results show that a majority of hypotheses were not supported.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Survey experiments have become a popular methodology among social scientists. Has it been effective?
In POQ, Rauf et al. study the efficacy of 100 survey experiments. Their results show that a majority of hypotheses were not supported.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
In POQ, Rauf et al. study the efficacy of 100 survey experiments. Their results show that a majority of hypotheses were not supported.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
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My forthcoming book—
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
The King's Slaves
A provocative account of how empire and absolutism institutionalized slavery in America
press.princeton.edu
December 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My forthcoming book—
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
The instability of best practice with this research approach makes me skittish about using it to publish casual claims.
December 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The instability of best practice with this research approach makes me skittish about using it to publish casual claims.
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De NRC interviewde Arend Lijphart de belangrijkste Nederlandse politicoloog www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Politicoloog Arend Lijphart: ‘De VS waren nooit echt democratisch’
Politicologie: Arend Lijphart (89) is de belangrijkste Nederlandse politicoloog aller tijden. Hij werd bekend door zijn werk over de verzuiling, maar vanuit zijn huis in San Francisco volgt hij nu voo...
www.nrc.nl
December 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
De NRC interviewde Arend Lijphart de belangrijkste Nederlandse politicoloog www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
At a time of year when the business email is nonstop, there are two things to keep in mind…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ5c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Pn...
Eyes on the prize!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ5c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Pn...
Eyes on the prize!
December 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
At a time of year when the business email is nonstop, there are two things to keep in mind…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ5c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Pn...
Eyes on the prize!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ5c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Pn...
Eyes on the prize!
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From October 2025 -
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - cup.org/47ifc4B
"we show that educational divides are diminished in the presence of countervailing networks"
- @davidattewell6.bsky.social & @dpzollinger.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - cup.org/47ifc4B
"we show that educational divides are diminished in the presence of countervailing networks"
- @davidattewell6.bsky.social & @dpzollinger.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
December 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
From October 2025 -
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - cup.org/47ifc4B
"we show that educational divides are diminished in the presence of countervailing networks"
- @davidattewell6.bsky.social & @dpzollinger.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - cup.org/47ifc4B
"we show that educational divides are diminished in the presence of countervailing networks"
- @davidattewell6.bsky.social & @dpzollinger.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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Some closing thoughts for my students this semester on LLMs and learning #rstats datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-12...
December 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Some closing thoughts for my students this semester on LLMs and learning #rstats datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-12...
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Kevin Kosar contributes an introduction as AEI republishes Edward Banfield's seminal The Unheavenly City: The Nature and the Future of Our Urban Crisis (1970, revised 1974).
Cancel Culture Goes Back At Least 50 Years
Edward C. Banfield questioned liberal claims about cities’ problems. Leftists and elites drove him from his academic perch.
theamericanenterprise.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Kevin Kosar contributes an introduction as AEI republishes Edward Banfield's seminal The Unheavenly City: The Nature and the Future of Our Urban Crisis (1970, revised 1974).
Middle age is eating lots of lentils and thinking about the meaning of justice.
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Middle age is eating lots of lentils and thinking about the meaning of justice.
Any thoughts on this? I’m trying to get students out of the habit of writing essays by dedicating one paragraph each to a predetermined set of course readings.
What I’m asking them for used to go by “originality” in a typical rubric.
What I’m asking them for used to go by “originality” in a typical rubric.
How do you teach the difference between list-of-reasons writing and an argument that unfolds?
December 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Any thoughts on this? I’m trying to get students out of the habit of writing essays by dedicating one paragraph each to a predetermined set of course readings.
What I’m asking them for used to go by “originality” in a typical rubric.
What I’m asking them for used to go by “originality” in a typical rubric.
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A word of wisdom from @cdsamii.bsky.social re credibility revolution and survey experiments: your conjoint or list experiment is not a policy intervention with real causal effects -- it's a measurement tool.
A lot of smart folks are still confused about it for some reason!
cyrussamii.com?p=4168
A lot of smart folks are still confused about it for some reason!
cyrussamii.com?p=4168
December 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A word of wisdom from @cdsamii.bsky.social re credibility revolution and survey experiments: your conjoint or list experiment is not a policy intervention with real causal effects -- it's a measurement tool.
A lot of smart folks are still confused about it for some reason!
cyrussamii.com?p=4168
A lot of smart folks are still confused about it for some reason!
cyrussamii.com?p=4168
I had students in an asynchronous CDI course listen to this broadcast after reading up on how electoral systems change. The discussion question was: do you believe the reasons that the speaker is giving?
Just listened to this radio debate about the repeal of Proportional Representation in New York. Very interesting that the debate eventually illuminates that the core issue is that communists have gotten 2-3% of the vote and thus have representation on the city council.
www.wnyc.org/story/shall-...
www.wnyc.org/story/shall-...
Shall We Abolish Proportional Representation? | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate. Debate between George Hallett, Jr., of the Citizens' Union and the National Muni...
www.wnyc.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I had students in an asynchronous CDI course listen to this broadcast after reading up on how electoral systems change. The discussion question was: do you believe the reasons that the speaker is giving?
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NYC's mayoral election results were just certified
Final results:
50.8% Mamdani
41.3% Cuomo
7.0% Sliwa
Mamdani margin over Cuomo: 9.46 percentage points
Total votes: 2,194,204 (excluding 24,443 unrecorded)
Source: vote.nyc/page/electio...
(Note: image below doesn't include write-in candidates)
Final results:
50.8% Mamdani
41.3% Cuomo
7.0% Sliwa
Mamdani margin over Cuomo: 9.46 percentage points
Total votes: 2,194,204 (excluding 24,443 unrecorded)
Source: vote.nyc/page/electio...
(Note: image below doesn't include write-in candidates)
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
NYC's mayoral election results were just certified
Final results:
50.8% Mamdani
41.3% Cuomo
7.0% Sliwa
Mamdani margin over Cuomo: 9.46 percentage points
Total votes: 2,194,204 (excluding 24,443 unrecorded)
Source: vote.nyc/page/electio...
(Note: image below doesn't include write-in candidates)
Final results:
50.8% Mamdani
41.3% Cuomo
7.0% Sliwa
Mamdani margin over Cuomo: 9.46 percentage points
Total votes: 2,194,204 (excluding 24,443 unrecorded)
Source: vote.nyc/page/electio...
(Note: image below doesn't include write-in candidates)
Once an academic has decided they don’t like THIS party system, no amount of theory or evidence will persuade them that parties writ large are integral to the democratic process.
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Once an academic has decided they don’t like THIS party system, no amount of theory or evidence will persuade them that parties writ large are integral to the democratic process.
How do you teach the difference between list-of-reasons writing and an argument that unfolds?
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
How do you teach the difference between list-of-reasons writing and an argument that unfolds?
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LoPaPol is back! 💥
Come join us in Darmstadt for the 3️⃣ edition of the Local Party Politics workshop!
⏰ 24-25 March 2026
🚧 Organizers: @christinajuen.bsky.social Björn Egner @pluggedchris.bsky.social & myself with the help of LoPaPol legends @simonotjes.bsky.social & @rafreuse.bsky.social
Come join us in Darmstadt for the 3️⃣ edition of the Local Party Politics workshop!
⏰ 24-25 March 2026
🚧 Organizers: @christinajuen.bsky.social Björn Egner @pluggedchris.bsky.social & myself with the help of LoPaPol legends @simonotjes.bsky.social & @rafreuse.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
LoPaPol is back! 💥
Come join us in Darmstadt for the 3️⃣ edition of the Local Party Politics workshop!
⏰ 24-25 March 2026
🚧 Organizers: @christinajuen.bsky.social Björn Egner @pluggedchris.bsky.social & myself with the help of LoPaPol legends @simonotjes.bsky.social & @rafreuse.bsky.social
Come join us in Darmstadt for the 3️⃣ edition of the Local Party Politics workshop!
⏰ 24-25 March 2026
🚧 Organizers: @christinajuen.bsky.social Björn Egner @pluggedchris.bsky.social & myself with the help of LoPaPol legends @simonotjes.bsky.social & @rafreuse.bsky.social
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I wrote about some of the research on this here - but as Jack points out, it's important to note that context matters and electoral institutions are not determinative.
www.newamerica.org/political-re...
www.newamerica.org/political-re...
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I wrote about some of the research on this here - but as Jack points out, it's important to note that context matters and electoral institutions are not determinative.
www.newamerica.org/political-re...
www.newamerica.org/political-re...
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Today's podcast is with Sarah Cameron about the 2025 Australian Election Study. We discuss generational and gender splits, Peter Dutton's (lack of) popularity, changing attitudes to the USA and voter dealignment.
www.tallyroom.com.au/63669 #auspol
www.tallyroom.com.au/63669 #auspol
Podcast #158 – The 2025 Australian Election Study
Ben was joined by Sarah Cameron from Griffith University, to discuss the results of the 2025 Australian Election Study, including Peter Dutton’s unpopularity, foreign policy, voter dealignmen…
www.tallyroom.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Today's podcast is with Sarah Cameron about the 2025 Australian Election Study. We discuss generational and gender splits, Peter Dutton's (lack of) popularity, changing attitudes to the USA and voter dealignment.
www.tallyroom.com.au/63669 #auspol
www.tallyroom.com.au/63669 #auspol