Sam Workman
@sam-workman.bsky.social
Professor & Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Public Affairs at West Virginia University 🍸cocktails 📜 policy 📊 data
📍Morgantown, West Virginia, Appalachia
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📍Morgantown, West Virginia, Appalachia
🌎 https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-workman
🌎 https://samuelworkman.owlstown.net
15 year note for somerhing whose value decreases by a 3rd the second it leaves the lot...
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
15 year note for somerhing whose value decreases by a 3rd the second it leaves the lot...
2:1 is old school. I like them a ton. Like dry too, but sometimes I want more than a glass of gin.
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
2:1 is old school. I like them a ton. Like dry too, but sometimes I want more than a glass of gin.
Just foolish to center the fight on something they now say was unattainable. Definitionally makes it hard not to see it as anything but a "loss."
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Just foolish to center the fight on something they now say was unattainable. Definitionally makes it hard not to see it as anything but a "loss."
The issue, though, is that the previous administration had no theory of implementation beyond "give states and localities lots of money." It wasn't a useful party-building approach and hence created the space for sabotage.
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The issue, though, is that the previous administration had no theory of implementation beyond "give states and localities lots of money." It wasn't a useful party-building approach and hence created the space for sabotage.
WV has a big problem with off-cycle elections at the local level. Probably worth some ink about the features of local elections that dampen turnout and participation.
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
WV has a big problem with off-cycle elections at the local level. Probably worth some ink about the features of local elections that dampen turnout and participation.
Not sure which way they were planning to vote, but the races touched a nerve.
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Not sure which way they were planning to vote, but the races touched a nerve.
Bunch of calls to SoS to vote in NY and VA elections. Those are clearly touching a nerve.
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Bunch of calls to SoS to vote in NY and VA elections. Those are clearly touching a nerve.
The real bagaboo is not in the way, but the place - geospatially. It is/will be heralded as a solution for the lower classes leveling up. But, at the places you could list with no trouble, deep engagement will continue. It will deepen that long standing divide.
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The real bagaboo is not in the way, but the place - geospatially. It is/will be heralded as a solution for the lower classes leveling up. But, at the places you could list with no trouble, deep engagement will continue. It will deepen that long standing divide.