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Adam Cayton
@acayton.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of West Florida
A survey experiment testing the effects of environmentalist and national security frames yielded null results for all partisan groups.
October 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The GOP is not united on climate change, with some subtle dissent from the party line in newsletters. GOP dissenters tend to represent districts with military bases threatened by natural disasters.
October 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We find that when Democrats discuss the issue they always take a "pro climate" position, but whether they discuss it depends on public opinion.
October 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I also teach this and have the same experience but it’s a fun challenge. How about “The Constitution gives the chamber majority the power to write the rules and they use it to get what they want.”
April 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
As a reader I would prefer to see a balanced sample, but note the findings with an unbalanced sample and explain the selection problem that might have produced the differences.
February 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is a great paper. Combined with this paper of mine from a few years ago an interesting story emerges (I study tools and the ideological space rather than repeals and do not measure public opinion). Linked below in case you’re interested

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Policy Substance of Legislative Ideology
Ideological differences in Congress are often presented as disagreement over what the government should do, but no study has systematically measured the policy instruments in bills. This article uses...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM