Jessica Trounstine
@trounstine.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. Author of Segregation by Design and Political Monopolies in American Cities. 2022 Carnegie Fellow.
Very helpful, thank you!!
June 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Very helpful, thank you!!
Oh I haven't read about this. I will!
June 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Oh I haven't read about this. I will!
Thanks, Henry! vouchers are a good example for me. The AFFH too - but I was having trouble coming up with actual, on the ground policies that implement AFFH
June 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thanks, Henry! vouchers are a good example for me. The AFFH too - but I was having trouble coming up with actual, on the ground policies that implement AFFH
YES! Thank you!!
June 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
YES! Thank you!!
Super interesting thread, Alex. I think another way to think about this puzzle is to ask when/where boundaries (like freeways or SF zoning or even topography) allow privileged people to sort into like-neighbor neighborhoods, solving coordination problems. I have a new paper to send you!
June 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Super interesting thread, Alex. I think another way to think about this puzzle is to ask when/where boundaries (like freeways or SF zoning or even topography) allow privileged people to sort into like-neighbor neighborhoods, solving coordination problems. I have a new paper to send you!
Congratulations!
January 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Congratulations!
Are you moving??
January 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Are you moving??
That's accurate! Adam and Nate now teach that congressional simulation together at UC Merced
December 4, 2024 at 8:21 PM
That's accurate! Adam and Nate now teach that congressional simulation together at UC Merced
Thanks! I'm looking forward to writing it. This result is actually about 10 percentage points higher than the last time I asked this question. So, not surprising but still horrifying.
November 13, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Thanks! I'm looking forward to writing it. This result is actually about 10 percentage points higher than the last time I asked this question. So, not surprising but still horrifying.
ethnicity, or color. Which law would you be more willing to support?
November 13, 2024 at 8:10 PM
ethnicity, or color. Which law would you be more willing to support?
It reads: imagine there is a proposal for a new housing law. One law says that a homeowner can decide for him/herself to sell his house to, even if he prefers not to sell to African Americans or Latinos. The second law says that a homeowner cannot refuse to sell to someone because of their race
November 13, 2024 at 8:09 PM
It reads: imagine there is a proposal for a new housing law. One law says that a homeowner can decide for him/herself to sell his house to, even if he prefers not to sell to African Americans or Latinos. The second law says that a homeowner cannot refuse to sell to someone because of their race
That's an optimistic take. The question asks whether or not homeowners should be able to discriminate when selling their house. 56%seems so low to me.
November 13, 2024 at 8:03 PM
That's an optimistic take. The question asks whether or not homeowners should be able to discriminate when selling their house. 56%seems so low to me.
Yeah really terrible
November 13, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Yeah really terrible
Right- most of the action in partisan city elections happens in the primaries. But only about 1/3 of big city elections are partisan.
October 28, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Right- most of the action in partisan city elections happens in the primaries. But only about 1/3 of big city elections are partisan.
Republicans and Democrats live in different places. There is debate over whether this is sorting or treatment, but the correlation between density and ideology/partisanship is powerful
October 25, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Republicans and Democrats live in different places. There is debate over whether this is sorting or treatment, but the correlation between density and ideology/partisanship is powerful
Just like in city politics!
October 22, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Just like in city politics!
School shooters (and the parents who purchase guns for their kids) are certainly disproportionately white. That's exactly why I worry that the law would be unfairly applied. Imprisoning parents of color whose kids got mixed up in a bad scene, rather than the people who purposefully enable murder
September 6, 2024 at 1:38 PM
School shooters (and the parents who purchase guns for their kids) are certainly disproportionately white. That's exactly why I worry that the law would be unfairly applied. Imprisoning parents of color whose kids got mixed up in a bad scene, rather than the people who purposefully enable murder
I feel like laws like this would undoubtedly be used to imprison parents of color at higher rates than white parents....
September 6, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I feel like laws like this would undoubtedly be used to imprison parents of color at higher rates than white parents....