🦃 Seth Masket 🦃
@smotus.bsky.social
"A very accessible, very interesting, non-bombastic political scientist." -Jonah Goldberg
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What are you kidding? The first episode of "Death by Lightning" is the 1880 Republican Convention? How does this not have a porn warning?
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
What are you kidding? The first episode of "Death by Lightning" is the 1880 Republican Convention? How does this not have a porn warning?
I've got a rare treat for y'all this Tuesday: I'll be interviewing 9News Denver's Kyle Clark on a Substack Live session! (@kylec.bsky.social) I hope you can you join in. It'll be 11/11 at noon MST. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I've got a rare treat for y'all this Tuesday: I'll be interviewing 9News Denver's Kyle Clark on a Substack Live session! (@kylec.bsky.social) I hope you can you join in. It'll be 11/11 at noon MST. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Bartels did a study 20+ years ago looking at how much a member of Congress' record coincided with their constituents' views, broken down by income. MCs are a lot more responsive to their wealthier constituents. Think about whom SNAP and flight delays affect. www.russellsage.org/sites/defaul...
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Bartels did a study 20+ years ago looking at how much a member of Congress' record coincided with their constituents' views, broken down by income. MCs are a lot more responsive to their wealthier constituents. Think about whom SNAP and flight delays affect. www.russellsage.org/sites/defaul...
He explicitly encouraged the Capitol riot
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
He explicitly encouraged the Capitol riot
“Flouting convention”
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“Flouting convention”
My son ten years ago using what was about to become the main way Americans got their news
November 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
My son ten years ago using what was about to become the main way Americans got their news
Marxist/Leninist Mamdani: buses should be cheaper
Capitalist icon Trump: YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR CHAINS
Capitalist icon Trump: YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR CHAINS
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Marxist/Leninist Mamdani: buses should be cheaper
Capitalist icon Trump: YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR CHAINS
Capitalist icon Trump: YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR CHAINS
Chatting with @9news.bsky.social's Antonia Vélez about how shutdowns start and how they end.
insight.tveyes.com/public/media...
insight.tveyes.com/public/media...
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Chatting with @9news.bsky.social's Antonia Vélez about how shutdowns start and how they end.
insight.tveyes.com/public/media...
insight.tveyes.com/public/media...
Bram Stoker's Dracula: Incredibly talented English actor portrays Dutch character while less talented Americans play English characters
Gangs of New York: Incredibly talented English actor portrays American character while less talented Americans play Irish characters
Gangs of New York: Incredibly talented English actor portrays American character while less talented Americans play Irish characters
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Bram Stoker's Dracula: Incredibly talented English actor portrays Dutch character while less talented Americans play English characters
Gangs of New York: Incredibly talented English actor portrays American character while less talented Americans play Irish characters
Gangs of New York: Incredibly talented English actor portrays American character while less talented Americans play Irish characters
I've paywalled the second half of the post because I've been losing at the track, but if you look at the regression coefficients for economic perceptions predicting vote for the incumbent, the relationship is getting stronger among independents.
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I've paywalled the second half of the post because I've been losing at the track, but if you look at the regression coefficients for economic perceptions predicting vote for the incumbent, the relationship is getting stronger among independents.
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Sandwiches have always been critical to American democracy
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Sandwiches have always been critical to American democracy
It’s a good day for sandwiches
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It’s a good day for sandwiches
United understands branding in a crisis
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
United understands branding in a crisis
I think the important lesson is that young men are unreliable
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I think the important lesson is that young men are unreliable
I have a piece up today in @democracyproject.bsky.social's "100 Ideas" series about populism on the right and left, and it seems particularly relevant now. I hope you'll check it out.
democracyproject.org/posts/the-ri...
democracyproject.org/posts/the-ri...
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I have a piece up today in @democracyproject.bsky.social's "100 Ideas" series about populism on the right and left, and it seems particularly relevant now. I hope you'll check it out.
democracyproject.org/posts/the-ri...
democracyproject.org/posts/the-ri...
NBC cuts away from very non-conciliatory Cuomo concession speech
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
NBC cuts away from very non-conciliatory Cuomo concession speech
RIP to an APSR author and one of Gerald Ford's better chiefs of staff
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
RIP to an APSR author and one of Gerald Ford's better chiefs of staff
My son Eli at NYC marathon. Mile 8 in Ft. Greene.
November 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My son Eli at NYC marathon. Mile 8 in Ft. Greene.
Isn’t it ionic.
Yeah I really do think.
Yeah I really do think.
November 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Isn’t it ionic.
Yeah I really do think.
Yeah I really do think.
Weirdly Mamdani is not spending the final days of the campaign inveighing against the dual loyalties of Italian Americans and Roman Catholics
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Weirdly Mamdani is not spending the final days of the campaign inveighing against the dual loyalties of Italian Americans and Roman Catholics