Seo-young Silvia Kim
@sysilviakim.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Seoul National University. Caltech PhD, formerly at American University and Sogang. Election (admin)/money in politics/css + methods. https://sysilviakim.com/
Reposted by Seo-young Silvia Kim
Just published at PNAS (@pnas.org): “Electing amateur politicians reduces cross-party collaboration”
We show that districts electing first-time members of the U.S. House experience substantial declines in bipartisan representation in the subsequent Congress.
🧵1/4
We show that districts electing first-time members of the U.S. House experience substantial declines in bipartisan representation in the subsequent Congress.
🧵1/4
October 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Just published at PNAS (@pnas.org): “Electing amateur politicians reduces cross-party collaboration”
We show that districts electing first-time members of the U.S. House experience substantial declines in bipartisan representation in the subsequent Congress.
🧵1/4
We show that districts electing first-time members of the U.S. House experience substantial declines in bipartisan representation in the subsequent Congress.
🧵1/4
Reposted by Seo-young Silvia Kim
"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr
October 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr
U.S. political scientists, are any of your depts *not* admitting new PhD students this year (esp. for international applicants)?
I'm gathering info to help students know where to reconsider applying. Applications are not cheap and they're despairing. Appreciate any details.
I'm gathering info to help students know where to reconsider applying. Applications are not cheap and they're despairing. Appreciate any details.
October 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
U.S. political scientists, are any of your depts *not* admitting new PhD students this year (esp. for international applicants)?
I'm gathering info to help students know where to reconsider applying. Applications are not cheap and they're despairing. Appreciate any details.
I'm gathering info to help students know where to reconsider applying. Applications are not cheap and they're despairing. Appreciate any details.
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The latest issue of PA is out now. We have a great collection of papers by @yamilrvelez.bsky.social, @sysilviakim.bsky.social, @mattblackwell.bsky.social, @sophieehill.bsky.social, @dwlee.bsky.social, @melissazrogers.bsky.social, @kaipingchen.bsky.social, @samuelbaltz.bsky.social (1/2)
September 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The latest issue of PA is out now. We have a great collection of papers by @yamilrvelez.bsky.social, @sysilviakim.bsky.social, @mattblackwell.bsky.social, @sophieehill.bsky.social, @dwlee.bsky.social, @melissazrogers.bsky.social, @kaipingchen.bsky.social, @samuelbaltz.bsky.social (1/2)
서울대학교 정치외교학부에서 전임교원을 채용합니다. 미국정치 1명 및 미국 외교정책 1명입니다. 다음 링크를 참고 부탁드립니다. 감사합니다.
social.snu.ac.kr/%EA%B3%B5%EC...
social.snu.ac.kr/%EA%B3%B5%EC...
사회과학대학 2025년도 제2차 교원 초빙 공고
사회과학대학 전임교원을 다음과 같이 채용하고자 합니다. 1. 채용정보 학과(부) 채용분야 채용인원(명) 비고 정치외교학부 미국정치 1 미국 외교정책 1 경제학부 미시경제학 1 거시경제학 1 계량경제학 1 인류학과 아시아지역(한국 제외) 1 사회복지학과 사회복지 및 관련분야 1 2026. 9. 임용 예정 사회복지임상 및 실천 1 언론정보...
https://social.snu.ac.kr/공지사항/document/3727
September 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
서울대학교 정치외교학부에서 전임교원을 채용합니다. 미국정치 1명 및 미국 외교정책 1명입니다. 다음 링크를 참고 부탁드립니다. 감사합니다.
social.snu.ac.kr/%EA%B3%B5%EC...
social.snu.ac.kr/%EA%B3%B5%EC...
SWERP is back for fall 2025! Under what international contexts are citizens more likely to support peace with a foreign adversary? Jungmin Han will present about how third-party interactions shape public opinion on rapprochement.
Sep 26, 2025, 10am KST (= Sep 25 9pm ET)
Sep 26, 2025, 10am KST (= Sep 25 9pm ET)
September 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
SWERP is back for fall 2025! Under what international contexts are citizens more likely to support peace with a foreign adversary? Jungmin Han will present about how third-party interactions shape public opinion on rapprochement.
Sep 26, 2025, 10am KST (= Sep 25 9pm ET)
Sep 26, 2025, 10am KST (= Sep 25 9pm ET)
I'm not at APSA, but my master's student/coauthor, Sangmyung, is presenting! Come see how ideological "incongruence" in the U.S. has changed in the last decade.
Sat, Sep 13, 2-3:30pm local time.
Sat, Sep 13, 2-3:30pm local time.
September 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I'm not at APSA, but my master's student/coauthor, Sangmyung, is presenting! Come see how ideological "incongruence" in the U.S. has changed in the last decade.
Sat, Sep 13, 2-3:30pm local time.
Sat, Sep 13, 2-3:30pm local time.
This was a really fun paper to write (but a pain to collect data!) It took me embarrasingly long to wrap up and submit, so I'm thrilled it's now in the books.
August 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This was a really fun paper to write (but a pain to collect data!) It took me embarrasingly long to wrap up and submit, so I'm thrilled it's now in the books.
Reposted by Seo-young Silvia Kim
Ideologically extreme candidates don't solicit more small dollar donations. New at @respol.bsky.social from @sysilviakim.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Ideologically extreme candidates don't solicit more small dollar donations. New at @respol.bsky.social from @sysilviakim.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Currently in FirstView: In “Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for the Social Sciences,” Yuki Atsusaka and @sysilviakim.bsky.social examine the statistical consequences of measurement error and introduce a framework for improving ranking data analysis.
July 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Currently in FirstView: In “Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for the Social Sciences,” Yuki Atsusaka and @sysilviakim.bsky.social examine the statistical consequences of measurement error and introduce a framework for improving ranking data analysis.
Reposted by Seo-young Silvia Kim
📢 Thrilled to share our new article introducing CampaignView—a comprehensive open-source dataset of congressional candidate campaign bios and policy platforms (2018–2022). Paper + data here: campaignview.org & doi.org/10.7910/DVN/... 🧵1/4
July 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📢 Thrilled to share our new article introducing CampaignView—a comprehensive open-source dataset of congressional candidate campaign bios and policy platforms (2018–2022). Paper + data here: campaignview.org & doi.org/10.7910/DVN/... 🧵1/4
SWERP returns with 2025's third presentation. Dr. Kyosuke Kikuta asks: what is the effect of solar eclipses on violence? Find out how armed groups rationally can use darkness for their tactical purposes.
5/2 10am KST = 5/1 Thu 9pm EST. See you soon!
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5/2 10am KST = 5/1 Thu 9pm EST. See you soon!
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April 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
SWERP returns with 2025's third presentation. Dr. Kyosuke Kikuta asks: what is the effect of solar eclipses on violence? Find out how armed groups rationally can use darkness for their tactical purposes.
5/2 10am KST = 5/1 Thu 9pm EST. See you soon!
swerp.weebly.com
5/2 10am KST = 5/1 Thu 9pm EST. See you soon!
swerp.weebly.com
Wasn't there a paper recently about how partisans are willing to tolerate cost to themselves and copartisans as long as outpartisans were going to suffer more? Anybody remember which paper this was?
March 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Wasn't there a paper recently about how partisans are willing to tolerate cost to themselves and copartisans as long as outpartisans were going to suffer more? Anybody remember which paper this was?
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Targeting people for their political views is not going to stop with immigrants.
Gift link: wapo.st/43Ssl2Q
Gift link: wapo.st/43Ssl2Q
Opinion | They’re coming for immigrants first
And the Trump administration is signaling that no one else might be safe, either.
wapo.st
March 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Targeting people for their political views is not going to stop with immigrants.
Gift link: wapo.st/43Ssl2Q
Gift link: wapo.st/43Ssl2Q
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🚨 New paper (with Kasey Rhee & Nico Studen). We use a new within-precinct design to isolate how ideology affects vote choice holding turnout fixed, analyzing 3.4M precinct observations across state & fed elections (2016-2022).
tldr: Ideological moderation affects vote shares, but not by much. 🧵⬇️
tldr: Ideological moderation affects vote shares, but not by much. 🧵⬇️
The Electoral Consequences of Ideological Persuasion: Evidence from a Within-Precinct Analysis of U.S. Elections
Most research on the electoral penalty of candidate ideology relies on betweendistrict or longitudinal comparisons, which are confounded by turnout and ballot c
papers.ssrn.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🚨 New paper (with Kasey Rhee & Nico Studen). We use a new within-precinct design to isolate how ideology affects vote choice holding turnout fixed, analyzing 3.4M precinct observations across state & fed elections (2016-2022).
tldr: Ideological moderation affects vote shares, but not by much. 🧵⬇️
tldr: Ideological moderation affects vote shares, but not by much. 🧵⬇️
Reposted by Seo-young Silvia Kim
When Donald Trump threatens student protests, consider why: throughout modern history, student movements have repeatedly been the catalyst that toppled dictatorships. Authoritarian leaders fear campus activism precisely because it works. Below is a list of 36 student-led pro-democracy movements.🧵
March 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
When Donald Trump threatens student protests, consider why: throughout modern history, student movements have repeatedly been the catalyst that toppled dictatorships. Authoritarian leaders fear campus activism precisely because it works. Below is a list of 36 student-led pro-democracy movements.🧵
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Citizens can write persuasive messages to those on the other side, especially if they can bridge identity divides through perspective-taking & personal narratives. But unsuccessful senders perceive themselves to be as persuasive as
successful ones
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
successful ones
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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March 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Citizens can write persuasive messages to those on the other side, especially if they can bridge identity divides through perspective-taking & personal narratives. But unsuccessful senders perceive themselves to be as persuasive as
successful ones
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
successful ones
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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"The Need for Equivalence Testing in Economics"
from Jack Fitzgerald (@jackfitzgerald.bsky.social)
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/met...
We know that "not significant" does not imply evidence for "no effect," but I still see papers make this leap.
Good to see more work making this point forcefully!
from Jack Fitzgerald (@jackfitzgerald.bsky.social)
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/met...
We know that "not significant" does not imply evidence for "no effect," but I still see papers make this leap.
Good to see more work making this point forcefully!
March 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"The Need for Equivalence Testing in Economics"
from Jack Fitzgerald (@jackfitzgerald.bsky.social)
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/met...
We know that "not significant" does not imply evidence for "no effect," but I still see papers make this leap.
Good to see more work making this point forcefully!
from Jack Fitzgerald (@jackfitzgerald.bsky.social)
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/met...
We know that "not significant" does not imply evidence for "no effect," but I still see papers make this leap.
Good to see more work making this point forcefully!
Two new pubs this year!
Journal of Politics w/ Zhao Li: Keep Winning with WinRed? Online Fundraising Platform as the Party's Public Good
doi.org/10.1086/735435
Political Analysis with Yuki Atsusaka: Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for the Social Sciences
doi.org/10.1017/pan....
Journal of Politics w/ Zhao Li: Keep Winning with WinRed? Online Fundraising Platform as the Party's Public Good
doi.org/10.1086/735435
Political Analysis with Yuki Atsusaka: Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for the Social Sciences
doi.org/10.1017/pan....
Keep Winning with WinRed? Online Fundraising Platform as the Party's Public Good | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
March 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Two new pubs this year!
Journal of Politics w/ Zhao Li: Keep Winning with WinRed? Online Fundraising Platform as the Party's Public Good
doi.org/10.1086/735435
Political Analysis with Yuki Atsusaka: Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for the Social Sciences
doi.org/10.1017/pan....
Journal of Politics w/ Zhao Li: Keep Winning with WinRed? Online Fundraising Platform as the Party's Public Good
doi.org/10.1086/735435
Political Analysis with Yuki Atsusaka: Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for the Social Sciences
doi.org/10.1017/pan....
Reposted by Seo-young Silvia Kim
Straight up to the top of the queue 🔥
March 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Straight up to the top of the queue 🔥
What is the purpose of the excessively emotional delivery of North Korean TV news? SWERP will host Jongyoon Baik on Mar 7, 10am KST (Mar 6, 8pm EST). Put it on your calendars and DM me if you want to be put on the mailing list!
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February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
What is the purpose of the excessively emotional delivery of North Korean TV news? SWERP will host Jongyoon Baik on Mar 7, 10am KST (Mar 6, 8pm EST). Put it on your calendars and DM me if you want to be put on the mailing list!
swerp.weebly.com
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I've written an opinion column on the JoongAng on the parallels between January 6 and the 2025 Seoul Western District Court riot.
www.joongang.co.kr/article/2531...
www.joongang.co.kr/article/2531...
February 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I've written an opinion column on the JoongAng on the parallels between January 6 and the 2025 Seoul Western District Court riot.
www.joongang.co.kr/article/2531...
www.joongang.co.kr/article/2531...
Reposted by Seo-young Silvia Kim
What are some poli sci pubs/working papers on Jan 6? I've read Craig and Albertson (2024) PSRM, Curry and Roberts (2024) APSR, and am trying to get my hands on Gary Jacobson's Cambridge Elements. What else have I missed?
February 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What are some poli sci pubs/working papers on Jan 6? I've read Craig and Albertson (2024) PSRM, Curry and Roberts (2024) APSR, and am trying to get my hands on Gary Jacobson's Cambridge Elements. What else have I missed?
Under what conditions can friend-shoring--relocating economic activities to nations with aligned political interests--be effective? SWERP is resuming 2025 workshops with Haillie Na-Kyung Lee presenting on the topic, Feb 7, 2024, 10am KST (8pm EST). Join us online as usual!
January 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Under what conditions can friend-shoring--relocating economic activities to nations with aligned political interests--be effective? SWERP is resuming 2025 workshops with Haillie Na-Kyung Lee presenting on the topic, Feb 7, 2024, 10am KST (8pm EST). Join us online as usual!