If Harris somehow pulls out NV but loses the rest of the swing states, we'll wind up with an exact replica of the 2016 electoral college map in 2024: x.com/RalstonReports…

Our discussion of Polarized by Degrees with Chris Hayes included not only the electoral threats to Democrats from the changing class images of the parties but also the governing threats to Republicans from ceding the expert class: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pol…

"The Washington bias is that every problem can be solved with a new ad or a new message or a new sort of consultant strategy. And our bias as academics is we’re all floating little specks of dust in this great wind of historical change." David A. Hopkins says msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/…

Along with Matt Grossmann, I recently appeared on Detroit Public Radio's Created Equal program to discuss the diploma divide in American politics and our recent book Polarized by Degrees. The broadcast is also available as a podcast episode: wdet.org/2024/11/11/cre…

I am among the many professional colleagues quoted in @Edsall's latest The New York Times column on the future of the Democratic Party after 2024: nytimes.com/2024/11/20/opi…

Ken was a wonderful colleague and an exceptional teacher and scholar. It's a very sad time for all of us at BC and we'll miss him terribly. x.com/kewhittington/…

Matt Grossmann and David A. Hopkins discuss 'Polarized by Degrees: How the Diploma Divide and the Culture War Transformed American Politics' on MSNBC's 'Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast'. Listen here 🎧 msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/…

Today seems like a good day to recall that, over the course of 10 years of sequestration, Congress abided by those budget numbers for one year.

Polarized by Degrees made a "Ten Books We Want Under the Tree" list with some other good books on higher education & social change: jamesgmartin.center/2024/12/ten-bo…

The single best explanation of our current politics I’ve come across is in a new book: Polarized by Degrees: How the Diploma Divide and the Culture War Transformed American Politics. We talk to co-author David A. Hopkins in the latest Have You Heard on.soundcloud.com/uzUNxzwzmueBsb…

The “diploma divide” is a driver of U.S. polarization, according to Political Science Professor David A. Hopkins, co-author of a new book on the subject, who discusses it on California public radio's KQED. bit.ly/DiplomaDivide_…

"The best work of quantitative social science I have read in many years." George Hawley reviews Matt Grossmann and David A. Hopkins's "Polarized by Degrees" for Law & Liberty.

Understanding the diploma divide David A. Hopkins & I were on the The Vital Center podcast with Geoff Kabaservice in a first-of-it's-kind Niskanen Center pod crossover event! niskanencenter.org/understanding-…

When party ID outweighs #policy, what’s left to debate? “For a lot of people who are partisans, their identity as a partisan is more central to them than their position on most policy issues," says David A. Hopkins (Boston College). MSNBC, Zeeshan Aleem: msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…

Political inexperience in Congress has measurable effects on legislative outcomes. Our research finds that when districts elect political newcomers over career politicians, congressional dysfunction tends to increase. New explainer of our PNAS study: theconversation.com/amateur-hour-i…

Dems also making gains in NJ state assembly races...current 52-28 Dem majority could well be 59-21 after tonight: x.com/Nolan_Mc/statu…

Results are not complete, but all Boston city council incumbents are currently leading their races. With Wu winning a second term unopposed, this may well turn out to be a very status quo year for city politics: boston.gov/departments/el…

Five Lessons from the 2025 Election Results: open.substack.com/pub/honestgraf…

Five Lessons from the 2025 Election Results: honestgraft.substack.com/p/five-lessons…

The tradition of House members calling on Senate leaders to resign is second only to House members calling to abolish the filibuster.