Joel Sievert
jsievert.bsky.social
Joel Sievert
@jsievert.bsky.social
Political Scientist at Texas Tech. Dogs & coffee make me happy
All jokes aside, this is a great example of Daniel Hopkins' point that nationalization is driven, in part, by people being more engaged with national rather than local politics.
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I know we wrote that all politics are national, but this seems a step too far.

www.espn.com/college-foot...
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Fuel to finish editing this conference paper.

I hope.
October 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Picked the toddler up and told him we were going to get ice cream. He proceeded to chant, “Ice cream! Ice cream! Ice cream!” for the rest of the car ride.
October 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Afternoon grading break
October 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My Dad was an avid gardener. I did not inherit his talent, but I finally got blooms on his canna lilies.
October 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It’s always good to see @ryandane.bsky.social featured in The Onion
October 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Escaping the horrors of the day with some coffee and light reading
September 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I found the building where they keep the computer on campus
September 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
19th century senators had better insults than today's senators. He might as well have said, "bless your heart."
September 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
September 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Sometimes I get fun mail at work

Congrats again to Tony and Michael! Happy to have played a small part in this project.
September 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We started that at a young age! (But cartoons still won out)
September 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Well… we side dance
September 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
You were literally party of my wedding
September 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
For all the book lovers I know, go check out one of my wife's many upcoming book events. She's pretty dope.
September 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Google Scholar alerts don't alway make me chuckle, but this one sure did.

Well played with that title.
September 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A fun bonus, the paper appears in PRQ alongside an article by a friend from high school (Phil Chen, U of Denver)
September 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Happy (official) publication day to one of my favorite projects ever!

tldr: Congressional votes on early federal infrastructure policy was influenced by partisan, distributive, and racial considerations
September 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
APSA was a delight. Great to see old friends, meet new people, and see fantastic research.

But now there’s a toddler who needs to meet his new moose friend.
September 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Came to watch a presentation and it came with a book plug.

Well played, @mjnelson.bsky.social. Well played!
September 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Excited to present my project on public evaluations of credit claiming with @moriahjharman.bsky.social on our panel--Public Evaluations of Political Elites-- today at 12:30.

Lots of great papers. Should be a good one!
September 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Excuse me, this is the cutest dog.
September 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The Corrupt Bargain 2.0?
September 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Where do these go on my CV?
August 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM