Julia Payson
@jpayson.bsky.social
UCLA Political Scientist. Representation & public policy in state/ local/ urban politics. City enthusiast. https://www.juliapayson.com/
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Julia Payson
@jpayson.bsky.social
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Did incumbent politicians benefit from the influx of federal spending during the pandemic? We use an IV strategy to show that incumbents performed better in places that received more aid due to their overrepresentation in Congress. @stanveuger.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Big thanks to @mattgrossmann.bsky.social for the invitation to discuss my new book!
How the Money Chase Governs our Elections
Early $ still governs who runs, who lasts, & who rises in Congress, even though it's often spent just to raise more
@daniellethomsen.bsky.social on The Money Signal on the #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript:
www.niskanencenter.org/how-the-mone...
Early $ still governs who runs, who lasts, & who rises in Congress, even though it's often spent just to raise more
@daniellethomsen.bsky.social on The Money Signal on the #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript:
www.niskanencenter.org/how-the-mone...
How the money chase governs our elections - Niskanen Center
Danielle Thomsen finds that candidates are raising money earlier and in larger amounts than ever.
www.niskanencenter.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Big thanks to @mattgrossmann.bsky.social for the invitation to discuss my new book!
Did incumbent politicians benefit from the influx of federal spending during the pandemic? We use an IV strategy to show that incumbents performed better in places that received more aid due to their overrepresentation in Congress. @stanveuger.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Did incumbent politicians benefit from the influx of federal spending during the pandemic? We use an IV strategy to show that incumbents performed better in places that received more aid due to their overrepresentation in Congress. @stanveuger.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Hey #PoliSci folks and @apsa.bsky.social attendees! As placement director, I'm excited to let you know about some of our excellent UCLA job candidates on the market this year. Please take a look and share widley. #psjminfo
September 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Hey #PoliSci folks and @apsa.bsky.social attendees! As placement director, I'm excited to let you know about some of our excellent UCLA job candidates on the market this year. Please take a look and share widley. #psjminfo
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MIT Political Science is hiring this fall, with junior lines in both American Politics (members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...) and IR. Please share widely!
American Political Science Association > Sign In
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July 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
MIT Political Science is hiring this fall, with junior lines in both American Politics (members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...) and IR. Please share widely!
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Thrilled to share my new publication @epsrjournal.bsky.social!
When we think of lobbying, we often picture big businesses or NGOs. But regional governments lobby, too!
But what makes govts-as-lobbyists successful?
I study intergovt lobbying success based on a multi-year data collection effort
When we think of lobbying, we often picture big businesses or NGOs. But regional governments lobby, too!
But what makes govts-as-lobbyists successful?
I study intergovt lobbying success based on a multi-year data collection effort
June 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Thrilled to share my new publication @epsrjournal.bsky.social!
When we think of lobbying, we often picture big businesses or NGOs. But regional governments lobby, too!
But what makes govts-as-lobbyists successful?
I study intergovt lobbying success based on a multi-year data collection effort
When we think of lobbying, we often picture big businesses or NGOs. But regional governments lobby, too!
But what makes govts-as-lobbyists successful?
I study intergovt lobbying success based on a multi-year data collection effort
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Congrats to the authors @andreucasas.bsky.social, @oms279.bsky.social, @jpayson.bsky.social, @jatucker.bsky.social, Richard Bonneau, & Jonathan Nagler. The paper, which is accepted for publication at @thejop.bsky.social, is available here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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www.journals.uchicago.edu
April 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Congrats to the authors @andreucasas.bsky.social, @oms279.bsky.social, @jpayson.bsky.social, @jatucker.bsky.social, Richard Bonneau, & Jonathan Nagler. The paper, which is accepted for publication at @thejop.bsky.social, is available here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
State Politics and Policy Quarterly is celebrating 25 years! Check out the call for proposals for this special issue dedicated to the impact of state politics research in political science and how the field has evolved over the past decades. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Call for Proposals - 25th Anniversary of SPPQ
Call for Proposals - 25th Anniversary of SPPQ
www.cambridge.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
State Politics and Policy Quarterly is celebrating 25 years! Check out the call for proposals for this special issue dedicated to the impact of state politics research in political science and how the field has evolved over the past decades. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🚨News flash🚨
In a late-breaking development, UCLA political science has successfully cut a deal with Cesar Vargas Nuñez, who will be joining our roster in ‘26.
This guy has it all: sharp intellect, highly productive, and an all around great human being. Big win for our department & university.
In a late-breaking development, UCLA political science has successfully cut a deal with Cesar Vargas Nuñez, who will be joining our roster in ‘26.
This guy has it all: sharp intellect, highly productive, and an all around great human being. Big win for our department & university.
March 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🚨News flash🚨
In a late-breaking development, UCLA political science has successfully cut a deal with Cesar Vargas Nuñez, who will be joining our roster in ‘26.
This guy has it all: sharp intellect, highly productive, and an all around great human being. Big win for our department & university.
In a late-breaking development, UCLA political science has successfully cut a deal with Cesar Vargas Nuñez, who will be joining our roster in ‘26.
This guy has it all: sharp intellect, highly productive, and an all around great human being. Big win for our department & university.
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The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
January 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
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Are Democratic leaders making cities more dangerous than Republicans? Trump + others have repeatedly made claims like this. New paper in Science Advances w/ @chriswarshaw.bsky.social, Dan Jones & Matt Harvey shows that, in short, the answer is no.
January 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Are Democratic leaders making cities more dangerous than Republicans? Trump + others have repeatedly made claims like this. New paper in Science Advances w/ @chriswarshaw.bsky.social, Dan Jones & Matt Harvey shows that, in short, the answer is no.
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
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To celebrate the publication of our HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS and our awesome contributors, I’m kicking off a pre-holiday challenge: every day, I’ll share a short intro to one of its chapters.
This is also an opportunity to connect with new colleagues, so please feel free to 📌!
This is also an opportunity to connect with new colleagues, so please feel free to 📌!
Happy book publication day—thrilled that our HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS is now officially published!
It features 31 chapters authored by 50+ leading authorities. We hope that it will contribute to the (re-)emergent study of institutions, a founding pillar of polisky econsky
It features 31 chapters authored by 50+ leading authorities. We hope that it will contribute to the (re-)emergent study of institutions, a founding pillar of polisky econsky
November 18, 2024 at 2:22 PM
To celebrate the publication of our HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS and our awesome contributors, I’m kicking off a pre-holiday challenge: every day, I’ll share a short intro to one of its chapters.
This is also an opportunity to connect with new colleagues, so please feel free to 📌!
This is also an opportunity to connect with new colleagues, so please feel free to 📌!
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Wrote a thing about mandates and presidential power.
theconversation.com/presidents-o...
theconversation.com/presidents-o...
Presidents often claim mandates − especially when they want to expand their power or are on the defensive
Donald Trump claims the 2024 election gave him a mandate. Scholars who study the presidency are skeptical about the entire concept of a mandate. That hasn’t stopped many presidents from claiming one.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Wrote a thing about mandates and presidential power.
theconversation.com/presidents-o...
theconversation.com/presidents-o...
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Some time ago and spurred on by an email from @mullinmeg.bsky.social, I recreated a bunch of local government maps that the Census Bureau once created but no longer does. They live on my website. I hope they're helpful to someone (I regularly steal them for presentations).
Map Gallery | Christopher B. Goodman
Christopher B Goodman is an associate professor at Northern Illinois University, researching special districts & preemption and teaching public finance.
www.cgoodman.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Some time ago and spurred on by an email from @mullinmeg.bsky.social, I recreated a bunch of local government maps that the Census Bureau once created but no longer does. They live on my website. I hope they're helpful to someone (I regularly steal them for presentations).
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@nottone.bsky.social and I have made a starter pack of Junior Quant Americanists!
If you want to understand American politics and policy through research by cutting-edge (mostly ABD/postdoc) researchers, then this is the list for you.
Let us know who we are missing!
go.bsky.app/KKmVtH6
If you want to understand American politics and policy through research by cutting-edge (mostly ABD/postdoc) researchers, then this is the list for you.
Let us know who we are missing!
go.bsky.app/KKmVtH6
November 13, 2024 at 4:25 PM
@nottone.bsky.social and I have made a starter pack of Junior Quant Americanists!
If you want to understand American politics and policy through research by cutting-edge (mostly ABD/postdoc) researchers, then this is the list for you.
Let us know who we are missing!
go.bsky.app/KKmVtH6
If you want to understand American politics and policy through research by cutting-edge (mostly ABD/postdoc) researchers, then this is the list for you.
Let us know who we are missing!
go.bsky.app/KKmVtH6
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How did different racial/ethnic groups move over the course of the campaign?
Here is data from our two-wave NORC panel showing that Harris increased support over Biden among Black, Hispanic & white citizens between late winter & fall 2024.
Here is data from our two-wave NORC panel showing that Harris increased support over Biden among Black, Hispanic & white citizens between late winter & fall 2024.
November 18, 2024 at 7:45 PM
How did different racial/ethnic groups move over the course of the campaign?
Here is data from our two-wave NORC panel showing that Harris increased support over Biden among Black, Hispanic & white citizens between late winter & fall 2024.
Here is data from our two-wave NORC panel showing that Harris increased support over Biden among Black, Hispanic & white citizens between late winter & fall 2024.
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@elizabethelder.bsky.social will present her paper, "Responsiveness to Corruption: Evidence from U.S. Local Governments," with discussant comments by @jpayson.bsky.social (please contact her for a copy)
November 25, 2023 at 4:08 PM
@elizabethelder.bsky.social will present her paper, "Responsiveness to Corruption: Evidence from U.S. Local Governments," with discussant comments by @jpayson.bsky.social (please contact her for a copy)
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This collaborative mapping project is amazing data viz -- my favorite part is how they how the "data" (the polygons drawn by each respondent) and the "summary" (what most ppl call a neighborhood) together.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
October 31, 2023 at 6:43 PM
This collaborative mapping project is amazing data viz -- my favorite part is how they how the "data" (the polygons drawn by each respondent) and the "summary" (what most ppl call a neighborhood) together.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Now out in QJPS: we find locally set minimum wages are responsive to public preferences but overshoot them and are too high in many places. But, minimum wages in states with preemption are too low. For details of our city-level minimum wage estimates, check out www.nowpublishers.com/article/Deta...
October 17, 2023 at 9:34 PM
Now out in QJPS: we find locally set minimum wages are responsive to public preferences but overshoot them and are too high in many places. But, minimum wages in states with preemption are too low. For details of our city-level minimum wage estimates, check out www.nowpublishers.com/article/Deta...
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Excited that this project (JMP!) is now FirstView @APSR!
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
I show that segregation encourages the privatization of urban services. Conversely, integrated cities produce intergroup externalities that align the middle class w/ the poor in coalitions for public goods 🧵
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
I show that segregation encourages the privatization of urban services. Conversely, integrated cities produce intergroup externalities that align the middle class w/ the poor in coalitions for public goods 🧵
October 16, 2023 at 4:14 PM
Excited that this project (JMP!) is now FirstView @APSR!
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
I show that segregation encourages the privatization of urban services. Conversely, integrated cities produce intergroup externalities that align the middle class w/ the poor in coalitions for public goods 🧵
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
I show that segregation encourages the privatization of urban services. Conversely, integrated cities produce intergroup externalities that align the middle class w/ the poor in coalitions for public goods 🧵
Does decentralizing policymaking lead to a closer match between minimum wages and local preferences? Gabor Simonovits and I find evidence of "leap frogging" -- check out the October issue of QJPS:
www.nowpublishers.com/article/Deta...
www.nowpublishers.com/article/Deta...
now publishers - Locally Controlled Minimum Wages Leapfrog Public Preferences
Publishers of Foundations and Trends, making research accessible
www.nowpublishers.com
October 7, 2023 at 3:24 PM
Does decentralizing policymaking lead to a closer match between minimum wages and local preferences? Gabor Simonovits and I find evidence of "leap frogging" -- check out the October issue of QJPS:
www.nowpublishers.com/article/Deta...
www.nowpublishers.com/article/Deta...
@profmusgrave.bsky.social -- can you please add me to the Polisky list? Thanks!
October 6, 2023 at 7:49 PM
@profmusgrave.bsky.social -- can you please add me to the Polisky list? Thanks!
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Join us today for our first session of the academic year! Polisky
We're excited to share the papers for our session on interest groups next Wednesday, 9/27, at 3PM ET (sponsored by @igajournal.bsky.social and featuring presentations by @amydmeli.bsky.social and Mellissa Meisels)
If you haven't registered, you can do so here: ucr.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
If you haven't registered, you can do so here: ucr.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS 1: Interest Groups. After registering, you will rec...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS 1: Interest Groups. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
ucr.zoom.us
September 27, 2023 at 3:48 PM
Join us today for our first session of the academic year! Polisky