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Barry Burden
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Professor of political science at UW-Madison. Director of Elections Research Center. First gen college grad. Native Ohioan.

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Barry C. Burden is an American political scientist. He is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he is also the Lyons Family Chair in Electoral Politics and director of the Elections Research Center. Before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2006, he taught at Louisiana State University and Harvard University. .. more

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 9h
And Patriots will not the be first team to score zero points in a Superbowl

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 9h
I assume some players are registered to vote in other states that have party registration

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 9h
Looks like Packers have no Republicans — but it’s a “sample” missing some data and Wisconsin does not have party registration
votehub.com VoteHub @votehub.com · 2d
🚨 Happy Super Bowl weekend!

We analyzed NFL players’ party affiliation, producing the first-ever breakdown by team. 🏈

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 19h
Not likely to be much electoral benefit even if the average refund does turn out to be $1k bigger this year. Trump might be tempted to resuscitate his unfulfilled promise of $2k stimulus checks www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
‘The sugar high will be short lived’: Trump’s big bet on tax refunds might not pay off
While Trump and his top advisers have been banking on the increased refunds as a pocketbook proof point to voters, skeptics caution the money could be quickly swallowed up by stubbornly-high prices el...
www.politico.com

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VoteHub @votehub.com · 2d
🚨 Happy Super Bowl weekend!

We analyzed NFL players’ party affiliation, producing the first-ever breakdown by team. 🏈

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 2d
This week in the USA:

*Revealed UAE royal fam gave Trump crypto firm $500M
*Trump says party should take over elections & nationalize voting
* Fed workers at whim of pres pushed from 4K to 50K
* Revealed Trump stopping infrastructure project until airport & station named for him

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 4d
Join @electionscenter.bsky.social & @uwlawdemocracy.bsky.social on March 6 for an all-star analysis of the 2026 mid-decade redistricting battles

Featuring @mcpli.bsky.social @sarasadhwani.bsky.social @profnickstephan.bsky.social @robyablon.bsky.social

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 4d
Trump says some states can’t be trusted to run their own elections. The 3 states with the worst election administration performance in 2020 & 2022 were bright red AR & MS elections.mit.edu#/data/rank

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 6d
The Wisconsin Exchange: Pluralism in Practice program at UW-Madison is offering a cool 2-year postdoc opportunity. Feel free to reach out if you are a political scientist who might apply. Deadline is March 30 for fall start. wisconsinexchange.wisc.edu/grant-and-fe...
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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 9d
Not enough characters available on this platform to capture it all!

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 9d
This week in the USA:

* Fed agents killed an unarmed man on a city street
* AG Bondi blackmailed MN demanding sensitive voter data to stop ICE violence
* FBI raided election office in GA to get materials from 2020 election Trump tried to overturn
* Epstein files not released

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 13d
"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK? It's, like, incredible."

Donald Trump 10 years ago this week

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 14d
It’s always a good time to support high quality local media — more so now to ensure the truth on the ground is being reported.

Consider the Star Tribune (www.startribune.com/subscribe) and @mprnews.org (support.mpr.org/news-web)
Star Tribune
Your source for Minnesota news today. Read articles, view photos or watch videos about news in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, St. Cloud, Rochester, and beyond.
www.startribune.com

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 14d
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/u...
For Trump, the Truth in Minneapolis Is What He Says It Is
www.nytimes.com

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 14d
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/b...
Definition of BRANDISH
to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly; to exhibit in an ostentatious or aggressive manner… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 16d
This week in the USA:

* Trump is first prez not to acknowledge MLK holiday
* Revealed Trump made at least $1.4B in 2025
* Speaker of the House endorses impeaching judges
* Fed regulators threaten free speech of TV talk shows
* US announces departure from WHO w unpaid bill

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 16d
Why are we Americans paying attention to the European weather model instead of drawing our own predictions on the map with a Sharpie?

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 23d
This week in the USA:

* DHS Sec posts Nazi phrase
* ICE shoots driver point blank
* Fed Chair reveals Trump blackmail
* FBI raids reporter’s home
* Trump bullies Nobel Peace Prize winner to get award
* Trump says power only limited by “own morality”
* Epstein files not released

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 27d
4 Supreme Court cases about to be decided could shape the 2026 & 2028 elections @thehill.com thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Jan 10
Maybe Trump and Vance don’t realize that we can all see the video

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Jan 6
I believe this shrinks the House majority margin to just 5 seats: 218-213

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Politico @politico.com · Jan 6
GOP lawmaker Doug LaMalfa dies at 65
GOP lawmaker Doug LaMalfa dies at 65
The Republican represented a rural northern California district.
dlvr.it

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Jan 6
The administration is trying to erase this history. NPR has fortunately archived it apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/

Reposted by David R. Miller, David Darmofal

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Jan 6
Trump pardoned the people who smeared feces on the walls, stole equipment, threatened lawmakers, and tried to overturn an election for him.

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Jan 5
I was asking for easy things: basic factual information, assembling some well known images, etc. I get tired of pointing out to the interface that it is incorrect.

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Jan 4
Glad some of you are having good experiences with AI tools because they have failed at every minor task I sent their way this week

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Jan 3
US taxpayers are going to pay to “run” another country?
pbsnews.org PBS News @pbsnews.org · Jan 3
President Trump declared during a news conference Saturday that the United States is "going to run" Venezuela after the U.S. carried out an early morning military operation in Caracas, capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flying them out of the country.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · Jan 3
President Trump declared during a news conference Saturday that the United States is "going to run" Venezuela after the U.S. carried out an early morning military operation in Caracas, capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flying them out of the country.

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 31
Late December days are at their shortest and my email inbox is at its lowest

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 19
This is your notice that the Elections Research Center @uwmadison.bsky.social has joined @bsky.app elections.wisc.edu
electionscenter.bsky.social Elections Research Center @electionscenter.bsky.social · Dec 19
How do we teach students to disagree productively? A new UW–Madison feature spotlights ERC affiliate Amber Wichowsky’s course, Advancing Public Policy in a Divided America and how students can learn to practice disagreement productively.

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