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Robert Durbin
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PhD Student, Northern Illinois University, Political Science | Political Parties | Congress | Campaigns & Elections
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Brennan is just wrong here. Lazy journalism based on assumptions, old data, and misinformation. Shows you how much damage certain high-profile pundits can do to the information environment.

It’s very easy to just look at all the data, like we do:

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/all-the-po...
June 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Do you complain that the Democratic Party ignores rural Americans and think it costs them politically? Have I got the paper for you- Clinton Wilbanks & @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Texas in the Rear-View Mirror? How the Democratic Party Ignores Rural America and Underperforms in Elections - Political Behavior
Political observers have asserted that Democrats have stopped campaigning for rural votes. Despite this refrain, little quantitative evidence has assessed its veracity. We also do not understand the b...
link.springer.com
May 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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April 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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I'm not normally one to enjoy Op Eds. But Ezra Klein's commentary on how misguided the democratic party's strategy of playing dead in the face of the Trump Presidency is 100% spot on. Resistance politics works and people will choose a conman over a dead fish any day

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/o...
Opinion | There Is a Liberal Answer to the Trump-Musk Wrecking Ball (Gift Article)
Right-wing populism thrives on scarcity. The answer is abundance. But a politics of abundance will work only if Democrats confront where their approach has failed.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you've ever wondered how to present your data visually, here's how not to:
February 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM