Gavin Ploger
@gavinploger.bsky.social
Postdoc in Communication and Media at University of Michigan. I study political communication, perceived polarization, and partisan identity. I also play a lot of video games. UMich Comm alum. He/him.
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this is hands down the most confusing graphic I have ever seen, I’ve been staring at it for like five full minutes
October 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
this is hands down the most confusing graphic I have ever seen, I’ve been staring at it for like five full minutes
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Check out our new CNN poll deep dive into who political independents are, how they engage with politics and what they think about the current political moment. The classic swing voter appears to be a thing of the past. www.cnn.com/interactive/...
What does an independent mean in politics?
New CNN poll results identify five distinct types of independents.
www.cnn.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Check out our new CNN poll deep dive into who political independents are, how they engage with politics and what they think about the current political moment. The classic swing voter appears to be a thing of the past. www.cnn.com/interactive/...
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A disappointing decision, made in a (reputedly) disappointing way.
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UMich to close CSCAR, longtime statistical consulting service
The University of Michigan disclosed it will phase out the Consulting for Statistics, Computing and Analytics Research unit.
www.michigandaily.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A disappointing decision, made in a (reputedly) disappointing way.
www.michigandaily.com/news/researc...
www.michigandaily.com/news/researc...
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Can embarrassment of one's party dampen partisanship and polarization? One would think.
In a forthcoming paper at @poqjournal.bsky.social, Taylor Carlson, @stevenwwebster.bsky.social, and I examine what we call "partisan embarrassment," including looking at the ramifications of these feelings...
In a forthcoming paper at @poqjournal.bsky.social, Taylor Carlson, @stevenwwebster.bsky.social, and I examine what we call "partisan embarrassment," including looking at the ramifications of these feelings...
August 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Can embarrassment of one's party dampen partisanship and polarization? One would think.
In a forthcoming paper at @poqjournal.bsky.social, Taylor Carlson, @stevenwwebster.bsky.social, and I examine what we call "partisan embarrassment," including looking at the ramifications of these feelings...
In a forthcoming paper at @poqjournal.bsky.social, Taylor Carlson, @stevenwwebster.bsky.social, and I examine what we call "partisan embarrassment," including looking at the ramifications of these feelings...
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Also Mia is on the job market and you should hire her, she’s an amazing scholar!
That was fun!! Such a cool panel on politics and pop culture. Thanks to everyone who attended and to the other presenters for sharing their awesome projects. And, thanks Dan for letting me be the one to share this super fun and interesting paper
Starting in a few minutes, @miacarbone.bsky.social will be presenting our paper on how partisanship is associated with different music preferences and content! #ICA25
June 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Also Mia is on the job market and you should hire her, she’s an amazing scholar!
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Hi all, I'm still collecting data for my dissertation. If anyone has any thoughts on the Vine app in the year 2025, I would be deeply happy to hear you talk for a bit!
May 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hi all, I'm still collecting data for my dissertation. If anyone has any thoughts on the Vine app in the year 2025, I would be deeply happy to hear you talk for a bit!
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Nebraska, Rutgers, Indiana, and Michigan State faculty senates have now voted in favor of creating a mutual defense compact amongst Big 10 schools.
www.chronicle.com/article/thes...
www.chronicle.com/article/thes...
These Faculty Senates Are Trying to Band Together to Stand Up to Trump
The idea of a compact among institutions is based on the idea that there’s strength in numbers, and it comes amid frustration that few presidents are speaking out against the administration’s actions ...
www.chronicle.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Nebraska, Rutgers, Indiana, and Michigan State faculty senates have now voted in favor of creating a mutual defense compact amongst Big 10 schools.
www.chronicle.com/article/thes...
www.chronicle.com/article/thes...
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We'll be hosting an REP mini conference on September 19 at Boulder. We're hoping to provide an alternative option for REP folks who can't attend APSA in person. CFP and further details TBA.
April 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We'll be hosting an REP mini conference on September 19 at Boulder. We're hoping to provide an alternative option for REP folks who can't attend APSA in person. CFP and further details TBA.
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Yet another example of the lesser-ranked schools taking the stand that the bigger schools are too scared to.
Here: even as Ann Arbor caves on DEI, Eastern Michigan does not.
The courage of the smaller schools is laudable. The refusal of the bigger schools is frustrating.
Here: even as Ann Arbor caves on DEI, Eastern Michigan does not.
The courage of the smaller schools is laudable. The refusal of the bigger schools is frustrating.
EMU has no plans to close its Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
While sadness and anger are being expressed down the road in Ann Arbor, Eastern Michigan University says its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will continue. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this...
www.wemu.org
March 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Yet another example of the lesser-ranked schools taking the stand that the bigger schools are too scared to.
Here: even as Ann Arbor caves on DEI, Eastern Michigan does not.
The courage of the smaller schools is laudable. The refusal of the bigger schools is frustrating.
Here: even as Ann Arbor caves on DEI, Eastern Michigan does not.
The courage of the smaller schools is laudable. The refusal of the bigger schools is frustrating.
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In light of the immigration crackdown on graduate students and professors with documented legal status in the United States, here is an open letter to APSA which you can sign to show support to our colleagues facing tremendous uncertainties. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter to the Leadership of the American Political Science Association Regarding Concerns Over the Vancouver Annual Conference and Immigration Risks
To the Leadership of the American Political Science Association,
As political scientists, our scholarship often interrogates the interplay between policy, politics, and their real-world impacts. It is...
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March 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In light of the immigration crackdown on graduate students and professors with documented legal status in the United States, here is an open letter to APSA which you can sign to show support to our colleagues facing tremendous uncertainties. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The more people who sign the less risky it is for all of us. We're over 900 in just about 13 hours since we first posted it. Share with your colleagues, your friends, your list servs, your professional associations, your department and campus email lists -
bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd
bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd
March 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The more people who sign the less risky it is for all of us. We're over 900 in just about 13 hours since we first posted it. Share with your colleagues, your friends, your list servs, your professional associations, your department and campus email lists -
bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd
bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd
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in case you missed it, here or on the other place, here's the Sad Dad Bands thread, from the top
Can't stop thinking about the McSweeney's Sad Dad Bands, (first published January 14, 2022.)
Back on Twitter, I started a thread of my own riffs on Sad Dad Bands on January 17, 2022. Here is that thread, recreated.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
Back on Twitter, I started a thread of my own riffs on Sad Dad Bands on January 17, 2022. Here is that thread, recreated.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
What Your Favorite Sad Dad Band Says About You
The War on Drugs
You make your own paella and take super long naps on Saturday. Like over two hours, consistently. You prefer the smallest possible...
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March 7, 2025 at 5:25 AM
in case you missed it, here or on the other place, here's the Sad Dad Bands thread, from the top
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For faculty who are wondering about the steps of putting together a teach-in on what is currently happening, I threw together a quick guide based on some of what we did at Michigan - Feel free to pass it around and open to any suggestions - docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Planning a faculty teach-in on current events
How to plan a current events teach-in Drafted Feb 21, 2025 Josh Pasek - Generated with AI assistance Key tasks/questions Determine what your teach-in will look like Identify people who can be part of ...
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February 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
For faculty who are wondering about the steps of putting together a teach-in on what is currently happening, I threw together a quick guide based on some of what we did at Michigan - Feel free to pass it around and open to any suggestions - docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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deviation from pre-registration: i cried too much with the more complicated model bc it wasn’t working and idk why
February 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
deviation from pre-registration: i cried too much with the more complicated model bc it wasn’t working and idk why
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Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
February 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
It's a "post pictures of my cat on social media" kind of day
January 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It's a "post pictures of my cat on social media" kind of day
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New timeline, same problems, same solution
December 13, 2024 at 2:22 PM
New timeline, same problems, same solution
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From Patrick Fealey, very much worth your time.
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:57 AM
From Patrick Fealey, very much worth your time.
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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Impressive - and fast - analysis of the US elections: (social) media, voters and the campaign. 88 crisp analyses. Great lineup. Open access.
Democracy commsky polisky @polcomm.bsky.social
www.electionanalysis.ws/us/
Democracy commsky polisky @polcomm.bsky.social
www.electionanalysis.ws/us/
www.electionanalysis.ws
November 16, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Impressive - and fast - analysis of the US elections: (social) media, voters and the campaign. 88 crisp analyses. Great lineup. Open access.
Democracy commsky polisky @polcomm.bsky.social
www.electionanalysis.ws/us/
Democracy commsky polisky @polcomm.bsky.social
www.electionanalysis.ws/us/
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This is one of the few outlets I autopay each month. Just do it and forget about it. This is some of the most important work being done on elections in the U.S.
At Bolts, we have a special lens: we cover the local offices that govern voting rights, courts, & criminal justice.
Under Trump, this work will be so crucial.
Far-right sheriffs that ICE will tap.
Elections offices under pressure.
Reform DAs facing retaliation.
Why we need your support. ⤵️ ⤵️ ⤵️
Under Trump, this work will be so crucial.
Far-right sheriffs that ICE will tap.
Elections offices under pressure.
Reform DAs facing retaliation.
Why we need your support. ⤵️ ⤵️ ⤵️
November 12, 2024 at 7:48 PM
This is one of the few outlets I autopay each month. Just do it and forget about it. This is some of the most important work being done on elections in the U.S.
I can get on board with this
November 5, 2024 at 5:23 PM
I can get on board with this
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Vanderbilt Political Science is hiring! Assistant Professor in American Political Behavior.
The group is fabulous and they're open to considering psychologists with relevant research. The psych & polisci buildings are neighbors and we chat often. #PsychSciSky #polisky
apply.interfolio.com/152973
The group is fabulous and they're open to considering psychologists with relevant research. The psych & polisci buildings are neighbors and we chat often. #PsychSciSky #polisky
apply.interfolio.com/152973
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September 9, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Vanderbilt Political Science is hiring! Assistant Professor in American Political Behavior.
The group is fabulous and they're open to considering psychologists with relevant research. The psych & polisci buildings are neighbors and we chat often. #PsychSciSky #polisky
apply.interfolio.com/152973
The group is fabulous and they're open to considering psychologists with relevant research. The psych & polisci buildings are neighbors and we chat often. #PsychSciSky #polisky
apply.interfolio.com/152973
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The American Political Science Association has some explaining to do. #APSA2024
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What is the Claremont Institute doing back at APSA?
Institutional cowardice is not a good way to run a professional association.
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September 7, 2024 at 6:27 PM
The American Political Science Association has some explaining to do. #APSA2024
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Oh hey so it turns out that #APSA2024 quietly decided to invite the Claremont Institute back to the conference.
Cool. Coolcoolcool. Yeah the discipline of Political Science should absolutely be supporting these Project2025 motherfuckers. That's nice.
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Cool. Coolcoolcool. Yeah the discipline of Political Science should absolutely be supporting these Project2025 motherfuckers. That's nice.
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APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2024
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September 6, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Oh hey so it turns out that #APSA2024 quietly decided to invite the Claremont Institute back to the conference.
Cool. Coolcoolcool. Yeah the discipline of Political Science should absolutely be supporting these Project2025 motherfuckers. That's nice.
admin.allacademic.com/one/apsa/aps...
Cool. Coolcoolcool. Yeah the discipline of Political Science should absolutely be supporting these Project2025 motherfuckers. That's nice.
admin.allacademic.com/one/apsa/aps...