Matthew P. Hitt
@matthewhitt.bsky.social
Political scientist at Colorado State University. American politics, judicial politics, political communication. My books and other stuff: www.Matthewphitt.com.
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in case you missed it when I posted the preprint on acceptance, here's the more aesthetically pleasing, actually formatted (and unfortunately timely) article for your reading pleasure! (cc: Fitz, @stecula.bsky.social, @matthewhitt.bsky.social):
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Mindset to gain? Framing effects, Need for Chaos, and the limits of ‘Burning It All Down’ | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge Core
Mindset to gain? Framing effects, Need for Chaos, and the limits of ‘Burning It All Down’
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October 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
in case you missed it when I posted the preprint on acceptance, here's the more aesthetically pleasing, actually formatted (and unfortunately timely) article for your reading pleasure! (cc: Fitz, @stecula.bsky.social, @matthewhitt.bsky.social):
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Pairs nicely with: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... Open Acess right now, to boot.
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Pairs nicely with: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... Open Acess right now, to boot.
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New (very timely!) paper with Erin Fitz, @stecula.bsky.social,
@matthewhitt.bsky.social & myself, accepted at Behavioural Public Policy entitled "Mindset to Gain? Framing Effects, Need for Chaos, and the Limits of 'Burning It All Down'"--a thread and a link:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
@matthewhitt.bsky.social & myself, accepted at Behavioural Public Policy entitled "Mindset to Gain? Framing Effects, Need for Chaos, and the Limits of 'Burning It All Down'"--a thread and a link:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
New (very timely!) paper with Erin Fitz, @stecula.bsky.social,
@matthewhitt.bsky.social & myself, accepted at Behavioural Public Policy entitled "Mindset to Gain? Framing Effects, Need for Chaos, and the Limits of 'Burning It All Down'"--a thread and a link:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
@matthewhitt.bsky.social & myself, accepted at Behavioural Public Policy entitled "Mindset to Gain? Framing Effects, Need for Chaos, and the Limits of 'Burning It All Down'"--a thread and a link:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Does the loss of local newspapers affect the political divide in America? You bet it does! How? Researchers found that when a local newspaper closed before an election, people switched to national news, meaning less exposure to local races and increased partisan voting. Source: zurl.co/kxxSU
Newspaper Closures Polarize Voting Behavior
Abstract. Changes to the media environment have increased polarized voting in America through both addition and subtraction. We argue that the decline of l
zurl.co
July 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Does the loss of local newspapers affect the political divide in America? You bet it does! How? Researchers found that when a local newspaper closed before an election, people switched to national news, meaning less exposure to local races and increased partisan voting. Source: zurl.co/kxxSU
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#OpenAccess from the new issue of the Journal of Policy History -
“The Future of the US Supreme Court: Ethics, Polarization, and Reform” - cup.org/43ZF3fK
- @jboxsteff.bsky.social, Nicholas T. Davis & @matthewhitt.bsky.social
“The Future of the US Supreme Court: Ethics, Polarization, and Reform” - cup.org/43ZF3fK
- @jboxsteff.bsky.social, Nicholas T. Davis & @matthewhitt.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
#OpenAccess from the new issue of the Journal of Policy History -
“The Future of the US Supreme Court: Ethics, Polarization, and Reform” - cup.org/43ZF3fK
- @jboxsteff.bsky.social, Nicholas T. Davis & @matthewhitt.bsky.social
“The Future of the US Supreme Court: Ethics, Polarization, and Reform” - cup.org/43ZF3fK
- @jboxsteff.bsky.social, Nicholas T. Davis & @matthewhitt.bsky.social
Appreciated the nice writeup about my work with @ntd.bsky.social by CSU's communications team. Thinking a lot about this project today as the Court debates birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment. libarts.source.colostate.edu/is-the-supre...
Is the Supreme Court losing its legitimacy? - College of Liberal Arts
New CSU research examines how the American people view the U.S. Supreme Court and what that could mean for democracy.
libarts.source.colostate.edu
May 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Appreciated the nice writeup about my work with @ntd.bsky.social by CSU's communications team. Thinking a lot about this project today as the Court debates birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment. libarts.source.colostate.edu/is-the-supre...
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This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
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Driscoll, Krehbiel, and I have been polling with @today.yougov.com about Americans' support for defying the judiciary since the start of covid. Overall story has been stasis. But, since July, a 12% increase among Democrats in support for presidents obeying courts and a 17% drop among Republicans.
May 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Driscoll, Krehbiel, and I have been polling with @today.yougov.com about Americans' support for defying the judiciary since the start of covid. Overall story has been stasis. But, since July, a 12% increase among Democrats in support for presidents obeying courts and a 17% drop among Republicans.
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Partisan sorting, fatalism, and Supreme Court legitimacy by Nicholas T. Davis and Matthew P. Hitt is now available in Early View. @matthewhitt.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/04/28/p...
April 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Partisan sorting, fatalism, and Supreme Court legitimacy by Nicholas T. Davis and Matthew P. Hitt is now available in Early View. @matthewhitt.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/04/28/p...
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This is how 60-70% of American adults think about housing markets.
April 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is how 60-70% of American adults think about housing markets.
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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Read Maris's piece, then go show your local indie bookstore some love. They're so much more than places to get books--they are places to engage with ideas and others in your community. Staffed by actual humans to help you find the books you didn't know you needed!
I needed to write about something that’s giving me hope, so I wrote about Independent Bookstore Day which is this Saturday. lithub.com/something-go...
Something Good in the World: Let’s Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day This Weekend
I was going to write something else for today’s column, something complain-y but righteous that would allow me to get some stuff off my chest and maybe even get some rage clicks. Shit is bad. But I…
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April 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Read Maris's piece, then go show your local indie bookstore some love. They're so much more than places to get books--they are places to engage with ideas and others in your community. Staffed by actual humans to help you find the books you didn't know you needed!
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its officially alive 😭
online-first: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
background: @matthewhitt.bsky.social and I struck out on an NSF in 2022, but later won a RAPID grant. the project doesnt happen w/o Reggie Sheehan at the NSF. winding journey but working w one of your best mates is a joy.
online-first: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
background: @matthewhitt.bsky.social and I struck out on an NSF in 2022, but later won a RAPID grant. the project doesnt happen w/o Reggie Sheehan at the NSF. winding journey but working w one of your best mates is a joy.
April 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
its officially alive 😭
online-first: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
background: @matthewhitt.bsky.social and I struck out on an NSF in 2022, but later won a RAPID grant. the project doesnt happen w/o Reggie Sheehan at the NSF. winding journey but working w one of your best mates is a joy.
online-first: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
background: @matthewhitt.bsky.social and I struck out on an NSF in 2022, but later won a RAPID grant. the project doesnt happen w/o Reggie Sheehan at the NSF. winding journey but working w one of your best mates is a joy.
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we have now posted the 2024 Cooperative Election Study common content dataset to the @harvarddataverse.bsky.social! data from 60,000 American adults interviewed before & after the election. thanks to @today.yougov.com & Caroline Soler for getting this data produced & posted doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...
dataverse.harvard.edu
April 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
we have now posted the 2024 Cooperative Election Study common content dataset to the @harvarddataverse.bsky.social! data from 60,000 American adults interviewed before & after the election. thanks to @today.yougov.com & Caroline Soler for getting this data produced & posted doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...
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curious to see whether SCOTUS permits Trump's abuse of constitution across lots of issues but rn it looks like trump take legitimacy. @matthewhitt.bsky.social and i are finally...finally forthcoming in AJPS talking at length abt a new era of judicial public opinion.
preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
March 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
curious to see whether SCOTUS permits Trump's abuse of constitution across lots of issues but rn it looks like trump take legitimacy. @matthewhitt.bsky.social and i are finally...finally forthcoming in AJPS talking at length abt a new era of judicial public opinion.
preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Several red state AGs including mine are suing to dismantle 504s in schools.
Please, call your reps and AGs to demand they let all children learn in public schools. The end goal is to delete all special education services. All accommodations.
Please, call your reps and AGs to demand they let all children learn in public schools. The end goal is to delete all special education services. All accommodations.
February 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Several red state AGs including mine are suing to dismantle 504s in schools.
Please, call your reps and AGs to demand they let all children learn in public schools. The end goal is to delete all special education services. All accommodations.
Please, call your reps and AGs to demand they let all children learn in public schools. The end goal is to delete all special education services. All accommodations.
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NEW ISSUE -
Journal of Law and Courts - Volume 12 - Issue 2 - cup.org/3WylRBE
With papers by @zoerobinson.bsky.social, @matthewhitt.bsky.social, @lisanhager.bsky.social, @annamccaghren.bsky.social, @mdm.bsky.social & more
Journal of Law and Courts - Volume 12 - Issue 2 - cup.org/3WylRBE
With papers by @zoerobinson.bsky.social, @matthewhitt.bsky.social, @lisanhager.bsky.social, @annamccaghren.bsky.social, @mdm.bsky.social & more
January 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
NEW ISSUE -
Journal of Law and Courts - Volume 12 - Issue 2 - cup.org/3WylRBE
With papers by @zoerobinson.bsky.social, @matthewhitt.bsky.social, @lisanhager.bsky.social, @annamccaghren.bsky.social, @mdm.bsky.social & more
Journal of Law and Courts - Volume 12 - Issue 2 - cup.org/3WylRBE
With papers by @zoerobinson.bsky.social, @matthewhitt.bsky.social, @lisanhager.bsky.social, @annamccaghren.bsky.social, @mdm.bsky.social & more
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@matthewhitt.bsky.social and I argue that this catastrophic loss of specific support - mostly among Ds - is the death knell of SCOTUS’ legitimacy.
Final pre-print vers while awaiting replication approval: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Final pre-print vers while awaiting replication approval: osf.io/preprints/ps...
December 17, 2024 at 2:22 PM
@matthewhitt.bsky.social and I argue that this catastrophic loss of specific support - mostly among Ds - is the death knell of SCOTUS’ legitimacy.
Final pre-print vers while awaiting replication approval: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Final pre-print vers while awaiting replication approval: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Provocative (and interesting and worth your consideration to my eye) new paper, indeed...
Here's a provocative new paper
"Confronting the New Gatekeepers of Experimental Political Science"
doi.org/10.33774/aps...
"Confronting the New Gatekeepers of Experimental Political Science"
doi.org/10.33774/aps...
December 4, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Provocative (and interesting and worth your consideration to my eye) new paper, indeed...
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in @matthewhitt.bsky.social and my book project "Supremely Polarizing," we argue that support for rule of law is a euphemism for pro-status-quo-authority; such beliefs cease to function as "democratic values" - republicans score high, democrats lower but law is now used to harm rather than defend...
November 21, 2024 at 2:56 PM
in @matthewhitt.bsky.social and my book project "Supremely Polarizing," we argue that support for rule of law is a euphemism for pro-status-quo-authority; such beliefs cease to function as "democratic values" - republicans score high, democrats lower but law is now used to harm rather than defend...
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Just published on APSR First View: "Interpersonal Relationships, Bipartisanship, and January 6th" by James M. Curry and Jason Roberts. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 21, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Just published on APSR First View: "Interpersonal Relationships, Bipartisanship, and January 6th" by James M. Curry and Jason Roberts. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...