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Hans Noel
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@GUGovt @Georgetown https://t.co/CgaNEPDqDB Also at the other place. Also that other other place. And the other one, too. Yeah, also there.
Jan 5, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The consensus take is that the #ChaosCaucus has no agenda. I don't think that's exactly true. Based on their speeches, what they want is to minimize the leaderships agenda setting power. 1/ The problem, long understood, is that the running of a legislature requires someone to set the agenda. Coalition management suggests this should be the governing coalition -- the majority party. 2/
Oct 23, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
RIP Anthony Downs.

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Many political scientists don't appreciate how rich "An Economic Theory of Democracy" is. The basic unidimensional spatial model amounts to about 1% of the book. In the chapters before it is introduced, Downs outlines a more general electoral model. 1/ He then presents the standard spatial model for about three pages before questioning its assumptions. The remainder of the book is about political information and how the space is understood by voters. 2/
May 3, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The opposition to DC Statehood — and especially the calls for retrocession to Maryland — seem to undermine any rationale for the idea of sovereign states in the first place. 🧵1/ Federalism implies allegiance to your state AND to the country. This is the basis for "equal" Senate representation. If your interests as a citizen are tied to your state, then maybe you shouldn’t be undervalued just because there are fewer of you.
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vox.com/2018/10/13/179…
Apr 28, 2021 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
The thing about James Carville’s faculty lounge comment is he’s not trying to provide a fair analysis of politics. He is doing politics. And to the extent that he’s praising Biden for also doing politics, he’s right! (although I don’t think even Carville gets it.) 🧵1/ The fact that Carville used “faculty lounge” as a synecdoche* for the nuanced conceptualization** academics traffic in is a red herring. Carville argues that Biden succeeds because he doesn’t talk like that. True, as far as that goes. 2/

(*see what I did there?)
(**again!)
Feb 22, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
I think this thoughtful op-ed from @NickTroiano has a lot of smart stuff. But it’s very unsatisfying. I think this passage gets to the crux of the problem with so much of the way we think about party reform. 1/

thehill.com/opinion/campai… Electoral politics is not “an industry” like any other. And it makes little sense to talk about parties in terms of “market share.” A simple analogy helps to show why:

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Mar 3, 2020 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD:
Everyone asking “is the Party Deciding?” OT1H, it sure looks like party leaders are coordinating to help Biden. OTOH, weren’t they supposed to do that in the invisible primary? And anyway, shouldn’t we wait till people vote?

We’re not Mayor Pete! This isn’t Iowa! 1/10 Meanwhile, however, I think it’s safe to say that the book is relevant. Here’s my view… 2/10
Feb 28, 2019 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Kudos to @KevinMKruse for including political scientists in his rundown of experts disputing @DineshDSouza’s silly claim that there has not been a realignment on racial issues in American political parties. 1/x Important b/c D’Souza not only mangles the history. He has a fals view of what a political party is. Parties, especially in the U.S., are coalitions -- meaning they bring together people who disagree, but who choose to set aside those disagreements. 2/x
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