Barry Burden
@bcburden.bsky.social
Professor of political science at UW-Madison. Director of Elections Research Center. First gen college grad. Native Ohioan.
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Terrific new research on US political parties being shared at the 2025 State of the Parties conference
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Terrific new research on US political parties being shared at the 2025 State of the Parties conference
Mamdani getting more votes just on the Working Families line than Sliwa is getting in total
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Mamdani getting more votes just on the Working Families line than Sliwa is getting in total
Fall leaf 11 (maybe my favorite)
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Fall leaf 11 (maybe my favorite)
Fall leaf 6 (rainy day edition)
October 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Fall leaf 6 (rainy day edition)
With its new PM, Japan pushes the share of EU and OECD countries that have had a woman leader over 80%. The US remains an outlier.
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/a...
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/a...
October 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
With its new PM, Japan pushes the share of EU and OECD countries that have had a woman leader over 80%. The US remains an outlier.
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/a...
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/a...
Fall leaf 5 (swamp oak)
October 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Fall leaf 5 (swamp oak)
Fall leaf 3 (poison ivy)
October 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Fall leaf 3 (poison ivy)
Fall leaf 1 (and timeline cleanse)
October 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Fall leaf 1 (and timeline cleanse)
Only 3 states are represented by senators of opposing parties -- the lowest number of split delegations in the 100+ years that senators have been directly elected.
Only way it goes lower next year is if Susan Collins loses and Dems hold all of their seats.
Only way it goes lower next year is if Susan Collins loses and Dems hold all of their seats.
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Only 3 states are represented by senators of opposing parties -- the lowest number of split delegations in the 100+ years that senators have been directly elected.
Only way it goes lower next year is if Susan Collins loses and Dems hold all of their seats.
Only way it goes lower next year is if Susan Collins loses and Dems hold all of their seats.
The 2024 @electionstudies.bsky.social has the share of "pure independents" in the US at its lowest level since 1952 (7%)
October 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The 2024 @electionstudies.bsky.social has the share of "pure independents" in the US at its lowest level since 1952 (7%)
Charlie Kirk had an unmistakable & lasting effect in galvanizing young conservatives, but he's actually fairly unpopular among young people
September 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Charlie Kirk had an unmistakable & lasting effect in galvanizing young conservatives, but he's actually fairly unpopular among young people
New @misofact.bsky.social bit from me: party activists both sides of the aisle believe extremism hurts Democrats but helps Republicans misofact.substack.com/p/democrats-...
August 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New @misofact.bsky.social bit from me: party activists both sides of the aisle believe extremism hurts Democrats but helps Republicans misofact.substack.com/p/democrats-...
New open access @lsqjournal.bsky.social article from me & Veronica Judson shows that legislative districts with larger populations experience more partisan gerrymandering onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New open access @lsqjournal.bsky.social article from me & Veronica Judson shows that legislative districts with larger populations experience more partisan gerrymandering onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Zero public chatter about who might run for Wisconsin AG in 2026 if Kaul runs for gov www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
August 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Zero public chatter about who might run for Wisconsin AG in 2026 if Kaul runs for gov www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...