Joel Sievert
jsievert.bsky.social
Joel Sievert
@jsievert.bsky.social
Political Scientist at Texas Tech. Dogs & coffee make me happy
Love how first mayoral candidate to top 1 million votes in over 50 years equates to a modest victory
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Congrats!
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
If they haven’t booed me off stage yet you’ll probably be fine
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Why campaign on filibuster reform?

@kevinkbanda.bsky.social and I found that voters used these appeals to make inferences about a candidate's support for the party agenda

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
How Filibuster Rhetoric Informs Perceptions of Politicians
How does rhetoric about the filibuster inform people's views of political figures? We argue that support or opposition to eliminating the filibuster conveys information to citizens that they can use ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
How dare they come for my childhood!
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
He’s the first mayoral candidate to get over a million votes since the 1960s. Seems pretty relevant to this argument.
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The 2016-2020 panel were very helpful for our projects on nationalized politics. Excited to hear there’s a 2024 wave as well!
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM