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Ryan D. Williamson
@ryandane.bsky.social
Political Scientist at the University of Wyoming
Congress, elections, baking, and dogs
Former think-tanker and Hill staffer

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This one is pretty cool too.
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Thank you!
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The table of contents for anyone interested:
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
That’s was I said. I’m sure my freshmen would be devastated if I didn’t talk as much in intro.
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
In general!
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
She also told me I should talk less. Currently unsure if that’s supposed to help or if she simply hates the sound of my voice.
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Wow, no. I’ll have to ask her about it next time.
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My condolences
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Sometimes I forgot Mets fans actually exist. What a bummer to be reminded.
November 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
While this offers a short term political solution, it also potentially carries long term institutional harms.

Deliberately manipulating congressional boundaries to engineer partisan outcomes decreases satisfaction and representation.
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The last three cycles saw the Democratic candidate earn between 750k and 800k votes. Mamdani has won over 1 million votes already. So it also seems like hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers looked at the Democratic Party’s standard bearer and said, “yes please, absolutely.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sure but how often is the Democratic nominee facing off against the former Democratic governor with a multi-million dollar war chest and *still* getting more than 50 percent of the vote?
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM