The Downballot @the-downballot.com The premier source of information for the thousands of elections below the presidency, from Senate to city council.
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APSA Preprints @apsa-preprints.bsky.social APSA Preprints is an open research platform that provides a home for early research outputs in political science and related fields. Free to submit, access, and download at preprints.apsanet.org. - O Stu Naifeh @oohmyhead.bsky.social
Sophia Lin Lakin @slakin.bsky.social director, @aclu.bsky.social voting rights project. #leapdaybaby. all the usual disclaimers.
Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social Good Politics/Bad Politics - Subscribe! https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/ Also I root for the Giants. The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2024.
Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social Public policy professor at the Hobby School. Enthusiastic about food, dogs, travel, and research. I write books about many failures of local democracy. Bad opinions my own.
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Nate Micatka @nmicatka.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Alabama | PhD University of Iowa | Poverty, Public Policy, and American Political Behavior.
#FirstGen
nathanmicatka.com
Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social Political scientist. Health policy prof at Pitt (Secondary appts: Poli Sci, SPIA). Cal bear, Columbia PhD. Bylines: NYT, WaPo, Guardian, MS NOW. Writing on health insurance and admin burden. Author of Coverage Denied (CUP): https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
Matt Blackwell @mattblackwell.bsky.social data, experiments, evals @Google. opinions my own.
political scientist 4 life
https://mattblackwell.org
Mike on the Mic @mlatner.bsky.social Mike Latner
Director of Research on Democratic Reform
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School
Political Science Dept @CalPoly
Engineering fair electoral systems. And tacos.
E pluribus unum 🇺🇸
stephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com political reporter in ATL covering the south + future of GOP/Dem parties + ??? for @npr.org | always thinking of bourbon, biscuits and buc-ee’s
newsletter: stphnfwlr.com
stories: https://www.npr.org/people/1219684807/stephen-fowler
Roberto F. Carlos @robertocarlos.bsky.social Political Scientist at the University of Michigan | Latinx Politics | Immigration | Political Behavior | Ex-Public School Teacher | Ex- Long Hual Trucker | Here to self-promote and see what y’all are up to | site: robertofcarlos.com
Lisa A. Bryant @poliscigrl.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, election admin/election science, public opinion/political behavior, & gender and representation.
2024-26 Andrew Carnegie Fellow.
Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social Senior Counsel, Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. Redistricting, voting rights, elections. From Texas.
Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social Assistant professor of political science at Stanford. Forthcoming book, Respectability Politics, with University of Chicago Press.
Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader.
hakeemjefferson.com
Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social If you're eligible & want to vote, making sure you can, it's meaningful, and it sticks. Pro-democracy, pro-republic. He/his. Loyola law prof, former WH, former DOJ, former Natl Voter Protection Dir, forever NJDevils fan
Heather Gerken @heathergerken.bsky.social President, @fordfoundation.org
linkedin.com/in/heathergerken
Dante Scala @graniteprof.bsky.social Political science professor, University of New Hampshire. Opinions my own. 
Lisa McElwee-White @mcelweewhite.bsky.social Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Crow Professor. Amateur flutist. Weekend trail rider.
Nicholas Warren @nlvwarren.bsky.social Voting & other rights at the ACLU-FL. Views mine.
Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com Political scientist specializing in delegate selection rules, presidential campaigns and elections. Founder of FHQ Strategies, LLC.
blog: https://www.frontloadinghq.com
newsletter: https://www.fhqplus.com/
business: https://www.fhqstrategies.com/
Tyler T Reny @tylerreny.bsky.social Asst poli sci prof @ CGU. PhD UCLA. Comp soc sci, political psychology, REP, data viz. Mainer. #rstats #firstgen tylerreny.github.io
Big Data Kane @cmwitko.bsky.social Political Science and Public Policy
E pluribus unum🇺🇸
Most recent coauthored book:
https://www.russellsage.org/publications/hijacking-agenda
Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social Dad. Doofus. Data dork. Now Florida Man.
Coffee tastes absolutely horrible.
Tobias Widmann @twidmann.bsky.social Associate Professor in PolSci @AarhusUni | PhD @EUI_EU | Political Communication | Political Behavior | Political Psych | Computational Political Science- C @cstewartiii.bsky.social @cstewartiii.bsky.social
Andrew Pantazi @apantazi.bsky.social @apantazi everywhere | Jacksonville native | former union organizer | Calvin's & Ari’s dad | @caitmcglade.bsky.social’s nerd king | Axios associate breaking news editor
Maxwell Clarke @maxwelections.bsky.social My other ride is a voting machine 🗳️
Californi-Canadian election researcher, PhD @ufelectionlab.bsky.social
Executive Director @gaeaorg.bsky.social
I follow election-related accounts, views my own.
Lia Merivaki_Ph.D. @liamerivaki.bsky.social Election science, info integrity, AI & Democracy, Public Policy. Director of Foley Institute @ Wazzu.
US Elections team @ The Carter Center.
Non-resident fellow @ Center for Democracy & Technology.
Team #voteredu 🗳️😷🇬🇷 🇺🇲
Hanna Bäck @hannaeback.bsky.social Professor of Political Science @lund-university.bsky.social
Comparative Politics at Lund University @comppollu.bsky.social We are a research group at the Department of Political Science at Lund University. Check out our word cloud for our research expertise and interests! Visit https://www.svet.lu.se/en/cprg?q=research/research-groups/comparative-politics-research-group
Tim Allinger @timallinger.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zurich | Political Science | Democratic attitudes & norms, political extremism, and causal inference | He/him
sandra fish @fishnette.bsky.social independent data journo, kinda retired; past prez
@womenjournos; fishnette@mastodon.online; RTs = Hey, look over there! she/her
Tye Rush @realtyerush.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UC Davis. Political scientist studying race, democracy, and representation. Ward of the UC System (Postdoc from UCSD, PhD from UCLA, BA from UC Riverside). Research and teaching: http://tyerush.com
Mason Reece @mpreece.bsky.social Political Science PhD @MIT | representation, local politics, methods, election administration | 🚴⛰️🍳 | https://mreece13.github.io
Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social Tufts professor of Political Science and Philosophy & Tisch College Associate Dean. Blogging since 2003 at peterlevine.ws
Ericka Haas @orericka.bsky.social A nerdy girl doing nerdy things. #electiongeek
Simone Wegmann @swegmann.bsky.social Professor of democratic political systems at @uni-kiel.de
research interests: opposition, parliaments, human rights.
www.simonewegmann.com
Mackenzie Lockhart @maclockhart.bsky.social Former Yale Postdoc, UCSD PhD. Studying elections, voters, and representation. Occasional runner, even more occasional swimmer. www.maclockhart.com
Søren Damsbo-Svendsen @soerendamsbo.bsky.social Postdoc at Uni Copenhagen | political behavior | voters and elections | public opinion | climate attitudes | extreme weather | #rstats
🪴 https://soerendamsbo.github.io 🪴
Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social Political Scientist. Professor. Author of “Political Choice in a Polarized America” @OUP. Dad. Sauna enthusiast. Crossword solver. Powerlifter. Cyclist. ✡️ ∞
Website: https://fs.wp.odu.edu/jzingher/
Views are mine alone. RT!=endorsement
Angela X. Ocampo @angelaxocampo.bsky.social Prof at UT-Austin researching and teaching on race, ethnicity and politics & Latina/o/x politics.
David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social Political scientist. Political behavior + methods. Spatial analysis.
Speaking in a personal capacity. Opinions expressed are my own.
Stefanie Reher @stefaniereher.bsky.social Political scientist at Uni of Strathclyde, Glasgow | researching political attitudes, disability, political representation
Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social Demography nerd at Pew Research Center
Global religious change, sociology
Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to three dogs and a cat.
Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social Michigan State political scientist & IPPSR Director; Hooked bookstore/cafe Co-owner; Science of Politics Podcast; New book: Polarized by Degrees
Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social Professor @Cornell studying: people power, organizing, poverty, racism, policy (health & housing)|Builder|Leader|Believer
More here: www.jamilamichener.com
Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
Florence So @floriso.bsky.social Political scientist @Gothenburg | ERC ECONENGAGE 2026-31 | Coalitions | Democratic Attitudes | Gender Bias | Parties/Elections | Pol Econ/Behavior | San Franciscan | Mom of 2 😇/😈 | She/her
Innovative research is impossible w/o inclusive academic villages
Zach Montellaro @zachmontellaro.bsky.social Editing news at @POLITICO.com. Nothing you say will upset me more than the Mets. Email me at zmontellaro(at)politico(dot)com- W William Bianco @wbianco.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Indiana University and Director of the Indiana Political Analytics Workshop. Research Director, Everything Policy
Dr. Lorna N. Bracewell @lornab.bsky.social
Political theorist, author, professor, Florida apologist. Author of Why We Lost the Sex Wars: Sexual Freedom in the #MeToo Era. Putting the homo in Homosassa since 1983. Views are mine, not my boss's.
Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social Historian - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://democracyamericana.com - Website: https://www.thomaszimmer.online/
Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social Political science professor at UPenn, studying migration and forced displacement, human trafficking, and poor governance. Co-director of the Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI-DevLab). Website: https://guygrossman.com
Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social Senior Fellow and Professor of Political Science (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Would rather be spending time outdoors with my family and friends.
Christina L. Boyd @theclboyd.bsky.social Prof @ WashULaw @ WUSTLPoliSci | Studies judicial behavior & diversity; trial courts; empirical legal studies | Views my own
Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social Co-founder, Survey 160. Loves survey and voter participation. Researcher. Democrat. YIMBY. Husband and Dad. Opinion haver and measurer. Outdoors and cooking enthusiast. He/Him
Chris Cooper @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs at Western Carolina University. American politics, state politics, North Carolina politics, southern politics, elections. Recent book: Anatomy of a Purple State (UNC Press 2024).
http://www.chriscooperwcu.com
Ethan Porter @ethanvporter.bsky.social Political scientist at GW
Stephen Pettigrew @spettigrew.bsky.social Data scientist and political scientist at UPenn. Senior Elections Analyst for NBC News Decision Desk. PhD
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social PoliSci @ BYU
I'm trying to be kinder
I miss Maine
Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, U of Wisconsin-Madison. Director, Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Inflated sense of karaoke ability. 10/10 Room Rater. 
Michael G. Miller @michaelgmiller.bsky.social Political Scientist, Barnard College. Elections, Voting Rights, and Political Behavior. Blue collar scholar. #SkolVikings 🇺🇦
G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome
pollster: https://wavepolling.com
book: wwnorton.com/books/Strength-in-Numbers
polls/forecasts: @fiftyplusone.news
formerly 538 & The Economist
Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social Notre Dame du Lac Assistant Professor of Political Science + Computational Social Science @ The University of Notre Dame
https://rachelporter.org/
Michael Bitzer @bowtiepolitics.bsky.social Professor of Politics & History; Director, @ncpolitics.bsky.social. Manager, Old North State Politics blog (@oldnorthstpolitics.bsky.social). Interested in NC politics, Southern US politics, & US Politics.
Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social Retired political scientist in NH & Boston who still scholars. Also making believe I'm a historian, farmer, cook, baker. I do love democracy, knowing stuff, looking at art, listening to music. Current research: history of higher education in the U.S.
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science @ UMass Lowell.
“If you fail at something long enough, you become a legend.”
They call me “Bow tie Karen” in these skeets
All statements are personal opinions, not reflective of university positions.
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social mobilizedbyinjustice.com
Political Scientist UT Austin
Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social Recent candidate for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. SamForNJ.org.
Neurosciencer, democracy reform studier, plotter of data by hand as first step. At Princeton too. Long-form essays at samwang.substack.com.
Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social Political Scientist and Dept. Head @ Penn State. Courts, judicial legitimacy, state politics.
Debbie Schildkraut @debbiejsr.bsky.social Professor, Tufts Political Science, American Politics, public opinion, pol psych. Just trying not to get lost.
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. 
Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social Political Scientist and social media addict
Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com Transparency, regulation, business & interest group politics, and metascience. Manage @apsa.bsky.social DDRIG. The people know it's casino capitalism 🎰
Kyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science working at the nexus of a lot of things (but currently fascinated by the dreaded bitcoin/crypto politics) & NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative at Colorado State University; #firstgen; R(whatever)≠E
Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Seoul National University. Caltech PhD, formerly at American University and Sogang. Election (admin)/money in politics/css + methods. https://sysilviakim.com/
Alex Coppock @aecoppock.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University
alexandercoppock.com
Persuasion in Parallel: https://alexandercoppock.com/coppock_2022.html
Research Design: Declaration, Diagnosis, and Redesign: book.declaredesign.org
Katelyn Stauffer @kstauffer.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Political Science at the University of Georgia | Indiana PhD | Gettysburg '13 | Research on gender and representation in the U.S.
Rob Mickey @robmickey.bsky.social Political Science @umich. book: https://bit.ly/3YQWgEi. US Reconstruction & nation building w/ David Waldner; policing w/ @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social + @dziblatt.bsky.social; race & democratic attitudes w/ V. Hutchings & @jardina.bsky.social.
Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social A pluviophile, melomaniac, gardener, karaoke fiend, & academic. Atlantan by labor; New Yorker by birth.
Shannon Jenkins @slnoonanj.bsky.social Ass. Provost for Faculty Affairs and Undergraduate Education, Prof. of Political Science at UMass Dartmouth; State legislatures & state politics are my jam. "Serious demonic danger to society"
Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
William Myers @themyersproject.bsky.social Political Scientist talking judicial politics, political behavior, and federalism. Book Review Co-Editor at Publius. Otherwise football, Legos, and board games. Show me pictures of food.
Sarah Binder @sarahbinder.bsky.social Political scientist by day (and night). GWU and Brookings. Co-editor, https://goodauthority.org/
sarahbinder.weebly.com 
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social Political Scientist at the University of Wyoming
Congress, elections, baking, and dogs
Former think-tanker and Hill staffer
ryandwilliamson.blogspot.com
Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social Award-winning political scientist writing on the historical origins of gun culture and it relationship to political violence. Loves cheese and her kid. In that order.
New book: Race, Rights, and Rifles.
A Public Voices Fellow.
Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social Dean of Arts & Sciences at Menlo College. Political Scientist. She/Her
John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social Associate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and Education @UVA.
I share social science.
Nate Birkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social Curmudgeon. Probably needs coffee
Polarization Research Lab @prl.bsky.social We produce research and public resources on democratic attitudes and political behavior. Founded and directed by Sean Westwood (Dartmouth) and Yphtach Lelkes (Penn). www.polarizationresearchlab.org and americaspoliticalpulse.com
Dan Hopkins @dhopkins1776.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania. Prof: http://goo.gl/qAOlH9 538: http://goo.gl/1iwZJs 
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social Eaton Professor of Government & Director, Center for European Studies @Harvard/ leads research group at WZB Berlin/author of 'Tyranny of the Minority', 'How Democracies Die', & 'Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy.'