As expected, the public opinion thermostat is kicking in—Trump is once again making Americans more pro-immigration. And to be honest, I don’t think it has much to do with Democratic messaging

To the extent there was an oligarchy, a cross-party consensus of the rich that controlled policy against the views of the wider public, it was most pronounced in favoring free trade, immigration, & foreign aid & thus is now being undermined: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Instead, Mississippi did something very boring and very smart: they changed the curriculum. They retrained teachers. That's it: pbs.org/newshour/educa…

The NYT/WaPo hatred thing is because they're in so much of a bubble that they can't conceive of there being good-faith disagreement. So they lash out at people/organizations that otherwise might seem credible more than e.g. right-wing media. natesilver.net/p/not-everythi…

Moderate Dem Voters: Start caring about the economy and crime more. Democratic Party: Best I can do is toss in a few F bombs to try to appeal to the young male voting demographic we lost by blanket labeling them as racists and misogynists the past two decades.

the prompt "you are an expert peer reviewer. critique this paper." will give you a review that is easily top-tier in quality and comprehensiveness across all the frontier models (just tested in o3, 2.5 Pro, and Opus 4)

From Nate Silver, this is Democrats' problem in a nutshell.

Last week, Gallup polled only 36% of Democrats are “extremely or very proud” to be American. In the greatest country in the world, that’s just wrong. I’m unapologetically grateful for our nation and the American Way of Life—today, and always. Happy Birthday, America. 🇺🇸

When I was a high school senior, you basically needed a pulse to get in to the University of Tennessee. (And many other SEC schools.) This year the UT admit rate was 38% with over 60,000 applications. SEC schools are on fire. Everyone from all over the country wants to attend.

Do Americans agree on what “woke” means? A new study suggests yes—up to a point. The term tends to signal different things depending on political identity, especially around race, gender, and alignment with the Democratic Party. dlvr.it/TMdjBR

Hey y'all, it's that time of the year again -- thank God! Here's the link to the poli sci CFB pick 'em league (football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/college/). Upon request, I've removed picking the spread, now we will just pick winners. Group number: 9571 Password: pols

Come play college pick em with Spencer and me and others 🏈

Harris voters are the only group of people even remotely likely to say it's OK to cut off contact with friends or family for political views. Not saying they're wrong — again, it's a question of identity. But we are "weird" to most of America.

In Michigan’s defense, a touchdown and two field goals wins most games in the B1G.

The SEC is currently 8-2 vs. Power Conference teams in non-conference play.

Happy to share that my article, "The Political Transformation of Corporate America, 2001-2022," has been published in the American Political Science Review (American Political Science Review)!

Our new article in Publius shows that state party positioning, not just national polarization, shapes partisan sorting and issue alignment. Read here: academic.oup.com/publius/advanc… w/ Do-Hoon Kim & kirby goidel