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Professor of Political Science.
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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 7h
Do any meta-analyses or other reflection pieces exist that catalog the sorts of mechanisms specifically, and outcomes generally, studied as consequences of providing white Americans information on their declining population share?

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Scott Clifford, Joost van Spanje , and 1 more

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Roderik Rekker @roderikrekker.bsky.social · 3d
(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨

In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.

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Scott Clifford @scottclifford.bsky.social · 7d
I still hear reviewer 2 saying "yes but in this case..."

Reposted by Scott Clifford, Kate Starbird

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William J. Brady @williambrady.bsky.social · 8d
✨New preprint! Why do people express outrage online? In 4 studies we develop a taxonomy of online outrage motives, test what motives people report, what they infer for in- vs. out-partisans, and how motive inferences shape downstream intergroup consequences. Led by @felix-chenwei.bsky.social 🧵👇

Reposted by Scott Clifford, Johanna Rickne

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Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · 14d
New WP on political violence in democracies with the fantastic @dianebolet.bsky.social and @bjarneck.bsky.social. Sadly very topical, but with some positive results

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Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 19d
Very few Americans support actual political violence.

Many more support intimidation.

Almost no one thinks it’s appropriate to kill your political opponents, but many more would dox them.

Read the latest: goodauthority.org/news/very-fe...
Very few Americans support actual political violence. Many more support intimidation.
Almost no one thinks it’s appropriate to kill your political opponents, but many more would dox them.
goodauthority.org

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Matt Graham @mattgraham.bsky.social · 23d
After a huge post-election flip in economic perceptions, I thought Democrats and Republicans might be lying to pollsters to send a partisan message — but I was wrong!

New in the Journal of Experimental Political Science (open access): doi.org/10.1017/XPS....

Reposted by Scott Clifford

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Oct 14
#OpenAccess from August 2025 -

Cleaning up Politics: Anti-Corruption Appeals in Electoral Campaigns - cup.org/4msGB8X

"Surprisingly, a clean disciplinary record does not substantively enhance a candidate’s anticorruption appeal..."

- Sofia Vera
BJPolS abstract discussing the impact of anti-corruption policies in electoral politics with a focus on recent elections around the globe.

Reposted by Scott Clifford

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · Sep 18
A cautiously optimistic result on AI and disinformation.

A week before 2024 UK elections 13% of all voters used AI to ask about political topics. A randomized trial found this may be good: using AI led to similar gains in true knowledge as doing web research, regardless of model & prompt used.

Reposted by Jacob Montgomery, Scott Clifford, Eric Hehman , and 1 more

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xavier roberts-gaal @xrg.bsky.social · Sep 15
We often hear from reviewers: "what about demand effects?" So we developed a method to eliminate them. Something weird happened during testing: We couldn’t detect demand effects in the first place! (1/8)
Summary of design and results from our three studies. (A: Design) Each study used a similar experimental design, measuring both positive and negative demand in an online experiment, with three commonly-used task types (dictator game, vignette, intervention). Our experiments had ns ≈ 250 per cell. (B: Results) Observed demand effects were statistically indistinguishable from zero. The plot shows means and 95% confidence intervals for standardized mean differences derived from frequentist analyses of each experiment and an inverse variance-weighted fixed-effect estimator pooling all experiments (solid bars). Prior measurements of experimenter demand from a previous dictator game experiment (de Quidt et al., 2018; standardized mean difference from regression coefficient) and a meta-analysis primarily including small-sample, in-person studies (Coles et al., 2025; Hedge’s g statistic) are also shown for comparison (striped bars). The main text includes Bayesian analyses that quantify our uncertainty.

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Alexander Wuttke, Scott Clifford , and 2 more

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · Sep 15
📣 MORAL APPEALS IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION 📣
New version of @twidmann.bsky.social and my working paper answering:
* Have moral appeals increased over time?
* Is the tendency to moralize ideologically patterned?
* Are some topics consistently more moralized than others?
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Reposted by Michael J. Nelson, Efrén O. Pérez, Scott Clifford , and 4 more

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Nick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · Sep 14
colleagues in political science. the formal update to the Garand and Giles journal ranking survey is now live. many of you will receive an email momentarily inviting you to participate. in the event you do NOT receive an invitation, please see this website to self-enroll. thanks! sharing = caring!
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The Evaluation of Publication in Political Research study is open to serious producers and consumers of political research, including faculty in institutions of higher education, doctoral students,…
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Reposted by Efrén O. Pérez, Jacob Montgomery, Scott Clifford

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Journal of Experimental Political Science @jepsjournal.bsky.social · Sep 12
Now Out on First View: "Can (Thin) Populism be Manipulated without Manipulating Host Ideology? Evidence from a Conjoint Validation Approach"
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Can (Thin) Populism be Manipulated without Manipulating Host Ideology? Evidence from a Conjoint Validation Approach | Journal of Experimental Political Science | Cambridge Core
Can (Thin) Populism be Manipulated without Manipulating Host Ideology? Evidence from a Conjoint Validation Approach
www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Mario Gollwitzer, Efrén O. Pérez, Scott Clifford , and 1 more

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Fabian Guy Neuner @fabianneuner.bsky.social · Sep 11
New preregistered report @jepsjournal.bsky.social

"Thin" populism treatments manipulate perceptions of people-centrism + anti-elitism

But: some treatments (e.g., "American people") affect perceptions of host ideology, complicating causal analyses of impact of populist rhetoric

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Abstract for paper: Scholars increasingly conceptualize populism by whether politicians use people-centric and anti-elite appeals that pit a homogeneous people against a corrupt elite. These appeals reflect “thin” ideology because they offer no programmatic content and thus politicians must pair these appeals with more substantive positions, termed their “host” (or thick) ideology, which often consists of nativism on the right (e.g., espousing anti-immigrant positions) and socialism on the left (e.g., prioritizing redistribution). An emerging literature has thus sought to estimate whether populists garner support due to their thin ideology or their substantive host ideology. To date, no research has validated whether populism treatments (1) truly operationalize populist thin ideology, and (2) do so without manipulating host ideology. Results from three conjoint validation experiments fielded in both the United States and the United Kingdom show that thin ideology treatments successfully manipulate the underlying concepts but caution that some operationalizations also affect perceptions of host ideology. Shows that thin populism treatments shift perceptions of people-centrism and anti-elitism as expected Shows that thin populism treatments can also affect perceptions of host ideology. In particular, using treatments such as "American people" affects perceptions of a candidate's position on immigration Shows suggestive evidence that people are less likely to use populist thin ideology appeals as heuristics for inferring host ideology when partisan information is included

Reposted by Jon Green, Efrén O. Pérez, Scott Clifford , and 1 more

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Sep 10
New JEPS: Debunking NIMBY Myths Increases Support for Affordable Housing, Especially Near Respondents' Homes www.cambridge.org/core/service...

-correcting stereotypes/misperceptions re: affordable housing increases support for building it
-Effects often *larger* for housing near people's homes

Reposted by Scott Clifford

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Carlisle Rainey 👨‍💻📊📚 @carlislerainey.bsky.social · Sep 4
𝘈 𝘖𝘯𝘦-𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 Statistical Power

www.carlislerainey.com/blog/2025-08...
A One-Page Primer on: Statistical Power – Carlisle Rainey
Statistical power is the chance to reject the null when it’s false. Why it matters, how to compute it, and why both researchers and readers should care. This is a one-page primer with rules of thumb a...
www.carlislerainey.com

Reposted by Efrén O. Pérez, Scott Clifford, Mirya R. Holman

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · Sep 1
I expect this to be an important book. Congrats, @tanikar.bsky.social.

academic.oup.com/book/60875
The Social Roots of Asian American Partisanship: From Political Learning to Partisan Leanings
Abstract. The Social Roots of Asian American Partisanship explains one of the most transformative but puzzling trends in contemporary American politics: st
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Public Opinion Quarterly - POQ @poqjournal.bsky.social · Sep 1
As the U.S. celebrates Labor Day, what do voters think about the working poor?

In POQ, Benjamin Newman shows that most blame structural problems for poverty among workers – but that race and personal experience shape views too.

Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Sep 1
#OpenAccess from @jepsjournal.bsky.social -

Do Immigrants’ Partisan Preferences Influence Americans’ Support for Immigration? - cup.org/4p2Xskp

- @danielmcdowell.bsky.social & David A. Steinberg

#FirstView
Logo of the Journal of Experimental Political Science (JEPS) featuring the acronym "JEPS" in large, white letters on a dark blue background, with the hashtag "#OpenAccess" in small letters.

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Ethan Porter @ethanvporter.bsky.social · Aug 29
Some people find politics interesting. Others do not. In a new paper, I show that appealing to MEANING increases political interest. In 6 experiments, connecting what people find meaningful in their lives to politics increases political interest. Link: osf.io/preprints/so...

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Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social · Aug 29
Peterson & Jeong find that local media strengthens issue accountability. By reducing uncertainty about legislators’ policy positions, news makes voters more likely to evaluate politicians on issues, not just party lines. #MediaAndPolitics
Read more:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Making Issues Matter: Local Media and Policy-Based Evaluations of Politicians - Political Behavior
Does the media enhance issue accountability? Many argue it does by covering where politicians stand on policy. However, evidence of this process is limited and fails to address two alternatives. First...
link.springer.com

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Tanay Katiyar @adigitaltanay.bsky.social · Aug 29
On Prolific, "we estimate that about 34% of online study participants use LLMs to answer open-ended questions atleast some of the time..."

Seems like a very timely paper for behavioural scientists using online samples: osf.io/preprints/so... ;

We really need more papers on this issue

Reposted by Scott Clifford, Ariel White

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APSA Experimental Research Section @experimentsapsa.bsky.social · Aug 26
There's a new issue of the section newsletter out! This one's on sample considerations in experiments: professional survey-takers, LLM usage, rural contexts, and more!

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screenshot of the top of the first page of the fall 2025 experiments section newsletter

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, David Lazer, David Brady , and 25 more

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Aug 21
New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357

Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · Aug 21
Anyone have favorite options for printing SEM output in R like semTable that work for v4.5.1? My Googling has turned up little.

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[C][M][F] @chrispps.bsky.social · Aug 21
new in early view at Political Psychology -->

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Chris Hanretty, Scott Clifford

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Marvin Stecker @marvins.bsky.social · Aug 19
New publication, out in Political Analysis:

There is an increasing array of tools to measure facets of morality in political language. But while they ostensibly measure the same concept, do they actually?

I and @fhopp.bsky.social set out to see what happens.
Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core
Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos
www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Efrén O. Pérez, Mirya R. Holman

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Scott Clifford @scottclifford.bsky.social · Aug 18
Also, you don't need to live in Texas to attend! You just need to be willing to travel here!

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Carlisle Rainey 👨‍💻📊📚 @carlislerainey.bsky.social · Aug 18
New Post: "For Your Syllabus: Statistical Power"

Add content on statistical power to your social science courses.

Not just to methods courses.

For substantive courses, Bloom's MDE (i.e., 80% power to detect 2.5*SE) is easy to teach and really helpful!

www.carlislerainey.com/blog/2025-08...
For Your Syllabus: Statistical Power – Carlisle Rainey
Five papers you can assign when teaching about statistical power: power analysis, minimum detectable effects, sample size planning, and design diagnosis.
www.carlislerainey.com

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Scott Clifford @scottclifford.bsky.social · Aug 14
TAMU will be hosting the Texas American Behavior Conference on Nov. 7-8 this year. Apply by Aug. 31 using the link below. Let me know if you have any questions!
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