Christopher Devine
@profdevine.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton. Author, "I'm Here to Ask for Your Vote" & "Do Running Mates Matter?" www.christopherjdevine.com
101 years ago: "American-Born Pope As Future Possibility"
May 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
101 years ago: "American-Born Pope As Future Possibility"
100 years ago, the President of the United States treated his cold by having the Army lock him in an air-tight room filled with chlorine gas.
It went so well that the First Lady joined him the next day (just to hang out, she wasn't sick).
History is interesting.
It went so well that the First Lady joined him the next day (just to hang out, she wasn't sick).
History is interesting.
April 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
100 years ago, the President of the United States treated his cold by having the Army lock him in an air-tight room filled with chlorine gas.
It went so well that the First Lady joined him the next day (just to hang out, she wasn't sick).
History is interesting.
It went so well that the First Lady joined him the next day (just to hang out, she wasn't sick).
History is interesting.
How did people feel about Congress 100 years ago? About the same.
March 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
How did people feel about Congress 100 years ago? About the same.
I think I finally understand the Teapot Dome scandal.
a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america '
ALT: a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america '
media.tenor.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I think I finally understand the Teapot Dome scandal.
My university is being re-classified as R1. How about that? Pretty cool.
carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/...
carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/...
February 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My university is being re-classified as R1. How about that? Pretty cool.
carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/...
carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/...
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A good piece at Fox News about impoundment (in which I'm quoted). We need more like this in outlets that are read by Republicans. www.foxnews.com/politics/con...
'Constitutional crisis': The Impoundment Control Act takes center stage after Russell Vought's confirmation
Here's a look at what's up for debate regarding government spending — and what changes could emerge during the Trump administration.
www.foxnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A good piece at Fox News about impoundment (in which I'm quoted). We need more like this in outlets that are read by Republicans. www.foxnews.com/politics/con...
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"[H]e shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."
February 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"[H]e shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."
Gonna take a victory lap because I said all along that DeWine would pick Husted for Senate—ditto for Vance and Walz as VP.
What’s that, you say—did I also get the 2024 election right? I’m sorry, you’re breaking up.
www.wosu.org/2025-01-17/d...
What’s that, you say—did I also get the 2024 election right? I’m sorry, you’re breaking up.
www.wosu.org/2025-01-17/d...
DeWine to appoint Ohio Lt. Gov. Husted to succeed VP-elect Vance in the US Senate
More than a week after JD Vance resigned his U.S. Senate seat before his inauguration as vice president, Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to appoint his lieutenant governor Jon Husted to replace Vance.
www.wosu.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Gonna take a victory lap because I said all along that DeWine would pick Husted for Senate—ditto for Vance and Walz as VP.
What’s that, you say—did I also get the 2024 election right? I’m sorry, you’re breaking up.
www.wosu.org/2025-01-17/d...
What’s that, you say—did I also get the 2024 election right? I’m sorry, you’re breaking up.
www.wosu.org/2025-01-17/d...
Pretty excited about this one.
January 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Pretty excited about this one.
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-administrative responsibilities
-grading
-8 am class times
-not being able to find the classroom
-ChatGPT
-18-month article review processes
-8 am conference slots
-budget freezes/ cuts
- PhD students' job prospects
-did I mention administrative responsibilities
-seriously though, grading
-grading
-8 am class times
-not being able to find the classroom
-ChatGPT
-18-month article review processes
-8 am conference slots
-budget freezes/ cuts
- PhD students' job prospects
-did I mention administrative responsibilities
-seriously though, grading
January 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
-administrative responsibilities
-grading
-8 am class times
-not being able to find the classroom
-ChatGPT
-18-month article review processes
-8 am conference slots
-budget freezes/ cuts
- PhD students' job prospects
-did I mention administrative responsibilities
-seriously though, grading
-grading
-8 am class times
-not being able to find the classroom
-ChatGPT
-18-month article review processes
-8 am conference slots
-budget freezes/ cuts
- PhD students' job prospects
-did I mention administrative responsibilities
-seriously though, grading
Starting a 6-week paternity leave today. Grateful to my university (and Harrison, too!) for making this possible.
January 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Starting a 6-week paternity leave today. Grateful to my university (and Harrison, too!) for making this possible.
Terrific interview w/ @heathbrown.bsky.social on the Trump transition. If you’re looking for a quick but informative update on the process (and various attendant controversies), check this out.
www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-...
www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-...
Trump drops pretense of concern about e-mail security; prioritizes fear of 'deep state' persecution
Despite making an issue of the security of Hillary Clinton's e-mails when he ran against her in 2016, Donald Trump is raising national security concerns because of his own disregard for proper protoco...
www.msnbc.com
December 21, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Terrific interview w/ @heathbrown.bsky.social on the Trump transition. If you’re looking for a quick but informative update on the process (and various attendant controversies), check this out.
www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-...
www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-...
“Perhaps it’s the winning party that really faces the toughest question post-election: How do you build public support during an era of relatively slow growth, low trust in government and low satisfaction with the state of the country?”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u...
Postmortems Are Bad at Predictions: Democrats May Just Need a ‘Change’ Election
An opening will probably emerge for Democrats in four years, but it may not be what the party and pundits expect today.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 6:27 PM
“Perhaps it’s the winning party that really faces the toughest question post-election: How do you build public support during an era of relatively slow growth, low trust in government and low satisfaction with the state of the country?”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u...
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TFW you watch Jeopardy! and all three contestants miss a response because it's about obscure Vice Presidents and you know there are like 8 other people on the planet who feel the way you do @juliaazari.bsky.social @profdevine.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idrt...
Presidential Candidates | Final Jeopardy! | JEOPARDY!
YouTube video by Jeopardy!
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:50 PM
TFW you watch Jeopardy! and all three contestants miss a response because it's about obscure Vice Presidents and you know there are like 8 other people on the planet who feel the way you do @juliaazari.bsky.social @profdevine.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idrt...
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Happy to share my new paper online now @thejop.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Punchline: state legislators whose districts are in out-of-state media markets are more likely to author and cosponsor policy innovations already adopted in the neighboring state.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Punchline: state legislators whose districts are in out-of-state media markets are more likely to author and cosponsor policy innovations already adopted in the neighboring state.
Exposure to Neighbor Adoptions, Agenda Setting Behavior, and Policy Diffusion | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
December 13, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Happy to share my new paper online now @thejop.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Punchline: state legislators whose districts are in out-of-state media markets are more likely to author and cosponsor policy innovations already adopted in the neighboring state.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Punchline: state legislators whose districts are in out-of-state media markets are more likely to author and cosponsor policy innovations already adopted in the neighboring state.
I see one Hall of Fame career here.
December 9, 2024 at 3:31 AM
I see one Hall of Fame career here.
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For my new followers, I hope you'll also subscribe and read @goodauth.bsky.social -- a site about politics and political science that I help to run. The focus is research-informed analysis, not bland punditry or dubious hot takes.
Here's an example...
Here's an example...
December 5, 2024 at 2:53 PM
For my new followers, I hope you'll also subscribe and read @goodauth.bsky.social -- a site about politics and political science that I help to run. The focus is research-informed analysis, not bland punditry or dubious hot takes.
Here's an example...
Here's an example...
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A Q&A that I did on my work with @leehannahwsu.bsky.social that appears in our @nyupress.bsky.social book Green Rush.
Cannabis Policy in Pennsylvania youtu.be/STmtMFiLGXY?... via @YouTube
Buy Green Rush here: nyupress.org/978147982793...
Cannabis Policy in Pennsylvania youtu.be/STmtMFiLGXY?... via @YouTube
Buy Green Rush here: nyupress.org/978147982793...
Cannabis Policy in Pennsylvania
YouTube video by Penn State Harrisburg
youtu.be
December 5, 2024 at 4:29 PM
A Q&A that I did on my work with @leehannahwsu.bsky.social that appears in our @nyupress.bsky.social book Green Rush.
Cannabis Policy in Pennsylvania youtu.be/STmtMFiLGXY?... via @YouTube
Buy Green Rush here: nyupress.org/978147982793...
Cannabis Policy in Pennsylvania youtu.be/STmtMFiLGXY?... via @YouTube
Buy Green Rush here: nyupress.org/978147982793...
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Check out @djmallinson.bsky.social and I discussing Green Rush on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with @gorenlj.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/category/pol...
November 29, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Check out @djmallinson.bsky.social and I discussing Green Rush on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with @gorenlj.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/category/pol...
Feeling like “Kamala Harris didn’t go on Joe Rogan” is the new “Hillary Clinton didn’t go to Wisconsin.”
(Which is to say: yes, there’s something there, but let’s not overstate things.)
(Which is to say: yes, there’s something there, but let’s not overstate things.)
November 27, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Feeling like “Kamala Harris didn’t go on Joe Rogan” is the new “Hillary Clinton didn’t go to Wisconsin.”
(Which is to say: yes, there’s something there, but let’s not overstate things.)
(Which is to say: yes, there’s something there, but let’s not overstate things.)
I’m on NPR this morning! Talking Trump VPs w/ @titonka.bsky.social (based on my book w/ Kyle Kopko, “Do Running Mates Matter?”).
www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1...
www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1...
Donald Trump supporters differ over who should be his running mate
As former President Trump becomes the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the question of who he'll choose for a running mate is top of mind for supporters.
www.npr.org
March 7, 2024 at 12:01 PM
I’m on NPR this morning! Talking Trump VPs w/ @titonka.bsky.social (based on my book w/ Kyle Kopko, “Do Running Mates Matter?”).
www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1...
www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1...
Can't take credit for this headline, but I love it. My op-ed in today's Houston Chronicle.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
Veepstakes, schmeepstakes. Focus on who can govern. (Opinion)
And take the feverish coverage of presidential candidates' choice of vice presidents with a grain of salt.
www.houstonchronicle.com
February 24, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Can't take credit for this headline, but I love it. My op-ed in today's Houston Chronicle.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
My article in The Conversation today on the 2024 veepstakes:
“The problem w/ veepstakes media coverage… is that it overstates the VP candidate’s influence on voters & understates the importance of electing a well qualified vice president.”
theconversation.com/who-will-be-...
“The problem w/ veepstakes media coverage… is that it overstates the VP candidate’s influence on voters & understates the importance of electing a well qualified vice president.”
theconversation.com/who-will-be-...
Who will be picked for vice president? Let’s discuss who’s qualified for the job
Media coverage of vice presidential candidates tends to focus on who can help win the election rather than who is qualified to help govern once in office.
theconversation.com
February 15, 2024 at 3:14 AM
My article in The Conversation today on the 2024 veepstakes:
“The problem w/ veepstakes media coverage… is that it overstates the VP candidate’s influence on voters & understates the importance of electing a well qualified vice president.”
theconversation.com/who-will-be-...
“The problem w/ veepstakes media coverage… is that it overstates the VP candidate’s influence on voters & understates the importance of electing a well qualified vice president.”
theconversation.com/who-will-be-...