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When Information About Candidates Persuades Voters

New @NiskanenCenter #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with @j_kalla & @cantstopkevin

Voters still change their partisan vote choice in response to information & do take signals of candidate quality

niskanencenter.org/when-informati…
@NiskanenCenter @j_kalla @cantstopkevin Testing 100s of messages on 1000s of voters in the 2020 presidential election, voters can be persuaded, especially with specific information about Biden:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…
Even Republicans change their vote choice, suggesting that campaign information can shift votes:
@NiskanenCenter @j_kalla @cantstopkevin & more high quality candidates, like those endorsed by newspapers, are still winning at high rates & getting more votes; it's just been obscured by mostly uncompetitive elections:
preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/ar…
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How Values & Racism Matter for American Immigration Views

New @niskanencenter #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with Mark Ramirez & Matthew Wright
niskanencenter.org/values-and-rac…
The new episode reviews Ignored Racism, a book by Mark Ramirez & @daveamp using a new Latino attitudes scale mirroring racial resentment to predict vote choice & policy views:
niskanencenter.org/values-and-rac…

My thread here:
We also discuss “Immigration & the American Ethos” by Matthew Wright & Morris Levy, which argues that values & norms drive immigration attitudes, with the effects of prejudice minimized by counter-stereotypical information
niskanencenter.org/values-and-rac…

Thread here:
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Racial Protest, Violence, & Backlash

New #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with @owasow & Elizabeth Coggins:
niskanencenter.org/racial-protest…

60s protests & riots affected media coverage & election results & racialized the meaning of liberalism, with effects that still linger today
State violence against protesters in the 60s increased concern about civil rights & helped Dems, but protester-initiated violence increased concern about law & order & helped Reps:
cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Learn more on this week's #ScienceOfPolitics:
niskanencenter.org/racial-protest…
Liberalism became associated with racial protest & riots in the late 60s, both in media coverage & in public sentiment. Liberal policy views returned, but symbolic liberalism did not:
kelizabethcoggins.com/s/cogginsStims…

Learn more on this week's #ScienceOfPolitics:
niskanencenter.org/racial-protest…
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The Roots of the Parties' Racial Switch

New #ScienceOfPolitics on prehistory of Black Democrats & White Southern Republicans:
niskanencenter.org/the-roots-of-t…

@keneshiagrant on the Great Migration & the Democratic Party
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@Boris_Heersink on White takeovers of Southern Republican parties
@keneshiagrant finds that migration north changed the Democratic Party as Black voters became pivotal in Democratic cities like New York, Chicago, & Detroit:
amazon.com/dp/B082VJKS6V/…

Our new conversation on the roots of the parties' racial switch:
niskanencenter.org/the-roots-of-t…
@Boris_Heersink & @jaj7d find that lily white takeovers of Southern Republican parties (trading patronage for convention influence) enabled early Rep gains in the South:
amazon.com/Republican-Par…

Our new conversation on roots of the parties' racial switch:
niskanencenter.org/the-roots-of-t…
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Why are Black conservatives still Democrats?
Social pressure & group interest

@IsmailWhitePhD @chryllaird & @TashaPhilpot join me to talk about their books Steadfast Democrats & Conservative but Not Republican

New #ScienceOfPolitics podcast & transcript
niskanencenter.org/why-are-black-…
It was great to talk to @IsmailWhitePhD & @chryllaird about the great new book “Steadfast Democrats” on social pressure in Black voting for the #ScienceOfPolitics podcast:
niskanencenter.org/why-are-black-…

Book:
amazon.com/Steadfast-Demo…

My earlier summary thread:
https://t.co/AwSJjRysnG
I also interviewed @TashaPhilpot about her great book, “Conservative But Not Republican” about Black conservatism for the #ScienceOfPolitics podcast this week:
niskanencenter.org/why-are-black-…

Both books show our theories of polarization are mostly about Whites

https://t.co/72gXCRdWs7
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.@eitanhersh and @RachelBitecofer agree: If Bloomberg actually wanted to make a difference, he’d drop out of the race and maybe take some important lessons to heart next time he tried running for office.
wamu.org/story/20/03/02…
Here's @eitanhersh's analysis of what Bloomberg needs too understand before he even thinks about running again. #Bloomberg #SuperTuesday #supertuesday2020 #Primary2020 niskanencenter.org/what-rich-cent…
Here's another great conversation, featuring @eitanhersh and Yuval Levin, on how to make America's institutions stronger, rather than just throwing money or online commentary at our problems. From @MattGrossmann's #ScienceOfPolitics podcast. soundcloud.com/user-735940457…
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Great article by @DKThomp: It’s all about that base.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
This is consistent with recent studies on the 2016 election. @johnmsides notes that Trump started building his base way before 2016. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…
And Marc Trussler finds that state election victories didn’t seem to cause bigger-than-normal shifts in polls in 2016. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.108…
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THREAD: The rise of political tribalism might be overstated, according to political scientist @MattGrossmann. niskanencenter.org/blog/political…
Since the 2016 election, there HAS been a real rise in negative partisanship...and party bias may even have economic consequences. BUT there are a few caveats: soundcloud.com/user-735940457…
1.When answering questions about opposing parties, citizens tend to think more about political leaders than their fellow citizens. And many citizens dislike BOTH parties’ leaders.
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