Paul Manson
@paulonabike.bsky.social
Research Asst Prof with the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. Study elections admin, gender in public service, and environmental policy and administration. Find me playing soccer and doing what my handle suggests. 907 to 503.
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Working out this weekend? Spring break? Driving trip? Listen to the Election Science Office Hours podcast on Spotify and Apple! I've got @pgronke.bsky.social and @paulonabike.bsky.social on, talking about everything they've learned about local election officials.
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Episode 14: Paul Gronke & Paul Manson. What do we know about local election officials?
The Election Science Office Hours Podcast · Episode
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March 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Working out this weekend? Spring break? Driving trip? Listen to the Election Science Office Hours podcast on Spotify and Apple! I've got @pgronke.bsky.social and @paulonabike.bsky.social on, talking about everything they've learned about local election officials.
open.spotify.com/episode/1vwB...
open.spotify.com/episode/1vwB...
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Okay, #bsky folks. Election Science Office Hours is back. Had a wide-ranging conversation with @pgronke.bsky.social and @paulonabike.bsky.social from @electionsvoting.bsky.social. We talked about some of their intriguing results from their remarkable LEO survey. Watch!
youtu.be/wl3mSDlJ6LU?...
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Election Science Office Hours with Paul Gronke and Paul Manson, Researchers from EVIC
YouTube video by Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy
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March 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Okay, #bsky folks. Election Science Office Hours is back. Had a wide-ranging conversation with @pgronke.bsky.social and @paulonabike.bsky.social from @electionsvoting.bsky.social. We talked about some of their intriguing results from their remarkable LEO survey. Watch!
youtu.be/wl3mSDlJ6LU?...
youtu.be/wl3mSDlJ6LU?...
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This guy is literally trying to access your banking information via the IRS.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
February 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This guy is literally trying to access your banking information via the IRS.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
The NFL is removing 'End Racism' from its Super Bowl end zone
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
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Our friends at @electionsvoting.bsky.social have officially launched the results of the 2024 Local Election Official Survey! Check it out for an unparalleled look at how election officials are doing, organizational challenges they face, and voter experiences:
2024 EVIC LEO Survey Report – Elections & Voting Information Center
Reed College |3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97202
buff.ly
February 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Our friends at @electionsvoting.bsky.social have officially launched the results of the 2024 Local Election Official Survey! Check it out for an unparalleled look at how election officials are doing, organizational challenges they face, and voter experiences:
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2024 Local Election Official Survey results are available today. The link to the report is below.
● Job satisfaction is at 77% down from 91% in 2020.
● 41% are eligible to retire.
● 14% of LEOs have considered leaving their roles due to safety concerns.
evic.reed.edu/2024-evic-le...
● Job satisfaction is at 77% down from 91% in 2020.
● 41% are eligible to retire.
● 14% of LEOs have considered leaving their roles due to safety concerns.
evic.reed.edu/2024-evic-le...
February 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
2024 Local Election Official Survey results are available today. The link to the report is below.
● Job satisfaction is at 77% down from 91% in 2020.
● 41% are eligible to retire.
● 14% of LEOs have considered leaving their roles due to safety concerns.
evic.reed.edu/2024-evic-le...
● Job satisfaction is at 77% down from 91% in 2020.
● 41% are eligible to retire.
● 14% of LEOs have considered leaving their roles due to safety concerns.
evic.reed.edu/2024-evic-le...
Today the @electionsvoting.bsky.social team has released our 2024 Findings from the Local Election Official Survey. The report details the profesisonal, organizational, and personal challenges officials faced in 2024.
evic.reed.edu/2024-evic-le...
evic.reed.edu/2024-evic-le...
February 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today the @electionsvoting.bsky.social team has released our 2024 Findings from the Local Election Official Survey. The report details the profesisonal, organizational, and personal challenges officials faced in 2024.
evic.reed.edu/2024-evic-le...
evic.reed.edu/2024-evic-le...
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CalFire site shows all the L.A. fires are 97% or more contained right now. I'm in awe of the hard work it took to get to this and hoping it keeps going in the right direction weather-wise and in every way. www.fire.ca.gov
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection | CAL FIRE
www.fire.ca.gov
January 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
CalFire site shows all the L.A. fires are 97% or more contained right now. I'm in awe of the hard work it took to get to this and hoping it keeps going in the right direction weather-wise and in every way. www.fire.ca.gov
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Famed concern of the American people: underwriting length.
Public media is a threat to power because we don't operate inside the corporate levers and don't have billionaire owners who can kill coverage they don't like. Simple as that.
Public media is a threat to power because we don't operate inside the corporate levers and don't have billionaire owners who can kill coverage they don't like. Simple as that.
F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into NPR and PBS Stations
Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, recently expressed concern about NPR’s and PBS’s sponsorships.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Famed concern of the American people: underwriting length.
Public media is a threat to power because we don't operate inside the corporate levers and don't have billionaire owners who can kill coverage they don't like. Simple as that.
Public media is a threat to power because we don't operate inside the corporate levers and don't have billionaire owners who can kill coverage they don't like. Simple as that.
A NYTimes editor is fist pumping for this solid dad joke they printed.
January 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A NYTimes editor is fist pumping for this solid dad joke they printed.
My team at @electionsvoting.bsky.social will be releasing findings from our 2024 Local Election Official Survey next week. In advance some key findings are shared today in this Votebeat story. Despite a rapid and clear recent election, many stresses remain.
www.votebeat.org/2025/01/30/e...
www.votebeat.org/2025/01/30/e...
The nation’s election administrators remain on edge, survey finds
“Please, become a doctor. Become a lawyer. Be a mathematician,” says Colorado’s election director. “Don’t do this. … That is the way I view this job.”
www.votebeat.org
January 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My team at @electionsvoting.bsky.social will be releasing findings from our 2024 Local Election Official Survey next week. In advance some key findings are shared today in this Votebeat story. Despite a rapid and clear recent election, many stresses remain.
www.votebeat.org/2025/01/30/e...
www.votebeat.org/2025/01/30/e...
Audit data presentation at #SPSA2025 by @mitelectionlab.bsky.social team led by Sam Baltz and team. Amazing data collection challenges to explore impacts of audit.
January 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Audit data presentation at #SPSA2025 by @mitelectionlab.bsky.social team led by Sam Baltz and team. Amazing data collection challenges to explore impacts of audit.
For my election nerd friends. A live pod cast taping at the #SPSA2025 conference in Puerto Rico. @pgronke.bsky.social with Eric Fey, Brianna Lennon, and Jackie Wu.
January 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For my election nerd friends. A live pod cast taping at the #SPSA2025 conference in Puerto Rico. @pgronke.bsky.social with Eric Fey, Brianna Lennon, and Jackie Wu.
Excited to join the SPSA meeting and share our research on elections. Bummed @alaskaair.bsky.social thinks Puerto Rico is not part of the US. Our colonial history has made a lasting impact on the island. But it is America.
January 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Excited to join the SPSA meeting and share our research on elections. Bummed @alaskaair.bsky.social thinks Puerto Rico is not part of the US. Our colonial history has made a lasting impact on the island. But it is America.
Took some time to wander with family and try and unplug.
December 27, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Took some time to wander with family and try and unplug.
Amazing reporting — wild to see how this unfolds in the story.
Last month, I fell down an absolutely bizarre rabbit hole trying to figure out who was ripping off articles from Oregon journalists.
What I found was identity theft, plagiarism and an absolutely terrifying future for local journalism led by AI scammers.
My latest:
What I found was identity theft, plagiarism and an absolutely terrifying future for local journalism led by AI scammers.
My latest:
AI slop is already invading Oregon’s local journalism
The Ashland Daily Tidings — established as a newspaper in 1876 — ceased operations in 2023, but if you were a local reader, you may not have known because of an elaborate scam using artificial intelli...
www.opb.org
December 9, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Amazing reporting — wild to see how this unfolds in the story.
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Another election photo from the archive; this is also from the LA County "Got Dots?" voter information campaign in 2004.
December 7, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Another election photo from the archive; this is also from the LA County "Got Dots?" voter information campaign in 2004.
The HBO Yacht Rock documentary is outstanding. Great series of stories about the era, the music business, mixing cultural forces, and connections to hip hop.
youtu.be/a55pyQsI3GQ?...
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Music Box: Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary | Official Trailer | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
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December 7, 2024 at 4:44 PM
The HBO Yacht Rock documentary is outstanding. Great series of stories about the era, the music business, mixing cultural forces, and connections to hip hop.
youtu.be/a55pyQsI3GQ?...
youtu.be/a55pyQsI3GQ?...
New edited volume with @pgronke.bsky.social, @christiangrose.bsky.social, David Kimball, Mara Suttman-Lea, Thessalia Merivaki, and Bridgett King on election administration! Excited to contribute to this collaboration built on the Local Election Official Survey. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Local Election Administrators in the United States
This book focuses on 8,000+ local elections administrators in counties and townships who largely manage the key administrative processes of elections
link.springer.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:52 PM
New edited volume with @pgronke.bsky.social, @christiangrose.bsky.social, David Kimball, Mara Suttman-Lea, Thessalia Merivaki, and Bridgett King on election administration! Excited to contribute to this collaboration built on the Local Election Official Survey. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Here's what we know. #Tsunami Warning in effect, first one in Contig. US in IEM's text database that goes back to the 1980s.
Time Travel map issued by Tsunami.gov
Warning on Calif. & Oregon Coasts
One buoy is reporting an "event"
Time Travel map issued by Tsunami.gov
Warning on Calif. & Oregon Coasts
One buoy is reporting an "event"
December 5, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Here's what we know. #Tsunami Warning in effect, first one in Contig. US in IEM's text database that goes back to the 1980s.
Time Travel map issued by Tsunami.gov
Warning on Calif. & Oregon Coasts
One buoy is reporting an "event"
Time Travel map issued by Tsunami.gov
Warning on Calif. & Oregon Coasts
One buoy is reporting an "event"
gtsummary is amazing.
PERFECT TABLES IN #R ! 💪 {gtsummary}
10 min video for more value: youtu.be/hyP3Hx_1kTM
#rstats #statistics #dataanalysis #stats #datascience #r4ds #tidymodels
10 min video for more value: youtu.be/hyP3Hx_1kTM
#rstats #statistics #dataanalysis #stats #datascience #r4ds #tidymodels
December 5, 2024 at 7:19 PM
gtsummary is amazing.
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Release day for the 2019-2023 5-year American Community Survey data is one week away!
On release day, you'll be able to use the tidycensus #rstats package to get your hands on it right away.
Want to learn how? My book Analyzing US Census Data is a great way to start:
walker-data.com/cens...
On release day, you'll be able to use the tidycensus #rstats package to get your hands on it right away.
Want to learn how? My book Analyzing US Census Data is a great way to start:
walker-data.com/cens...
Preface | Analyzing US Census Data
This book is an overview of how practitioners can acquire, wrangle, visualize, and model US Census data with the R programming language.
walker-data.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Release day for the 2019-2023 5-year American Community Survey data is one week away!
On release day, you'll be able to use the tidycensus #rstats package to get your hands on it right away.
Want to learn how? My book Analyzing US Census Data is a great way to start:
walker-data.com/cens...
On release day, you'll be able to use the tidycensus #rstats package to get your hands on it right away.
Want to learn how? My book Analyzing US Census Data is a great way to start:
walker-data.com/cens...
I am just starting to explore our initial results from the @electionsvoting.bsky.social Local Election Official Survey. Job satisfaction remains high, though one question we ask if election admins would recommend their children go into election admin - that number has fallen from 41% in 2023.
December 5, 2024 at 4:24 PM
I am just starting to explore our initial results from the @electionsvoting.bsky.social Local Election Official Survey. Job satisfaction remains high, though one question we ask if election admins would recommend their children go into election admin - that number has fallen from 41% in 2023.
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Kicking off the BPC 2024 Election Summit with @paulonabike.bsky.social
Great event and excited to see the repurposed Newseum.
Great event and excited to see the repurposed Newseum.
December 4, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Kicking off the BPC 2024 Election Summit with @paulonabike.bsky.social
Great event and excited to see the repurposed Newseum.
Great event and excited to see the repurposed Newseum.