Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
Mac Deford @macdeford.bsky.social Husband. Dad. Coast Guard veteran. Former local gov’t attorney. Democrat running for U.S. Congress to tackle affordability, uphold the Constitution, and fight corruption.
🔗 https://defordforcongress.com
John V. Kane @uptonorwell.bsky.social Political Scientist. Professor at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs. Experiments, data analysis, guitar, drums, fan of comedy. Make guides for @statacorp.bsky.social users. Two boys and exhausted all the time. More at www.johnvkane.com
@jmholdman.bsky.social @jmholdman.bsky.social Workforce and Higher Ed Reporter for SCDailyGazette
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Pamela Metz @pamelametz.bsky.social Founding Associate Director, Harvard Inequality & Social Policy (1998-2021). Director of Chapter Development @scholars.org (2022-2025).
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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org Connecting you with America’s top scholars to improve policy and strengthen democracy. Scholars' views are their own. Learn more at https://scholars.org/. 
Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social An interdisciplinary journal associated with the EPOVB section of @APSA.bsky.social. Edited by Chris Karpowitz & Jessica Preece, @BYU
https://www.springer.com/journal/11109
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Lachlan McIntosh @lachlanmcintosh.bsky.social https://www.mcintoshconsultingllc.com
ABC News 4 - WCIV @abcnews4.com ABC News 4, the leader in news, sports and information for Charleston, SC and the Lowcountry.
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Thomas Berry @thomasberry.bsky.social Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute. Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review.
https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry
Dr. Jordan Ragusa @jordan-ragusa.bsky.social College of Charleston political science prof | Congress, elections, national & SC politics | Co-author of two books: “Congress in Reverse” & “First in the South” | Views my own
Research & Politics @respol.bsky.social Quality, Speed, Openness: Research & Politics is a peer-reviewed, open access journal, which focusses on research in political science and related fields.
https://journals.sagepub.com/home/RAP
The Election Law Program @electionlawprogram.bsky.social Created in 2005 as a joint venture of the National Center for State Courts and the Law School at the College of William & Mary, the Election Law Program (ELP) seeks to provide practical assistance to judges called upon to resolve difficult election law dis
North Charleston @northcharleston.bsky.social 1st City on BlueSky.
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Matt Fuller @mepfuller.bsky.social Director of Congress at MSNOW. Past Lives: NOTUS | The Daily Beast | HuffPost | Roll Call | CQ | King Nebuchadnezzar II
R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social Band from Athens, GA, 1980-2011, made music, lasts forever.
The Bitter Southerner @bittersouth.bsky.social Indie media co, 2 print magazines, books, record label, podcast, tees, flags, ASME 🏆 2026 (General Excellence Literature Science & Politics), 9 James Beard Awards #BetterAmerica #BetterWorld — please subscribe
The Cook Political Report @cookpolitical.com Non-partisan analysis featuring the trusted voices of Amy Walter, David Wasserman, Carrie Dann, Jessica Taylor, and Erin Covey. The right analysis for getting it right. Learn more: cookpolitical.com/subscribe
ECHL @echl.bsky.social "AA" Developmental Hockey League with 30 teams in 23 states and 1 Canadian province for its 39th season in 2026-27. 📺http://echl.tv
Greg Giroux @greggiroux.bsky.social Bloomberg Government reporter analyzing elections, Congress, redistricting. TCM, trivia fan. News.bgov.com
Scott Huffmon @huffmon.bsky.social Political Scientist. Director of the Winthrop Poll. Southern Politics. Public Opinion. Living in South Carolina. Unhealthy obsession with The Lord of the Rings. Nothing I say or do is a reflection of my employer. 
Dave Wasserman (unofficial bot) @redistrict.bluesky.bot Senior Editor & Elections Analyst of the nonpartisan @CookPolitical Report w/ @AmyEWalter. Nerd for 🗺️ maps, ⛷️ ski slopes & 🎻 trad tunes. Has seen enough.
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Stephen Pettigrew @spettigrew.bsky.social Data scientist and political scientist at UPenn. Senior Elections Analyst for NBC News Decision Desk. PhD
UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social 📖 The University of North Carolina Press
💚 Est. 1922 | First University Press in the South
📚 Publishing books & journals for academics, students, and general readers
Jennifer Berry Hawes @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social South reporter at ProPublica based in Charleston, SC. News tips welcome.
Peter K. Enns @peterenns.bsky.social https://peterenns.org/ Professor of Government & Public Policy, Cornell University; Robert S. Harrison Director of https://socialsciences.cornell.edu/; Co-founder, https://www.verasight.io/ 
Angie Maxwell @angiemaxwell.bsky.social *views are mine only*
Blair Chair Southern Studies & Plsc Prof AMST PhD UTx; Truman Sch; The Long Southern Strategy; 2024 Carnegie Fellow; Data + Cultural Crit; Exhausted mom
Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social Texas news, politics, food, culture, travel, yee-haw, and more since 1973. 🤠
Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social White House correspondent, @reuters.com. Ex-Washington Post. Bad golfer. Signal: jacobbogage.87. The newsletter: jacobbogage.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
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/
Southern Political Science Association @spsanews.bsky.social Connecting scholars and advancing political science research and teaching since 1929. Home of the JOP and host of the SPSA Annual Conference: https://spsa.net
Public Opinion Quarterly - POQ @poqjournal.bsky.social Public Opinion Quarterly is an international, high-impact journal sponsored by the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
academic.oup.com/poq
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.
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
American Association for Public Opinion Research @aapor.bsky.social #AAPOR is the leading professional organization of public opinion & survey research in the U.S.
Email us at info@aapor.org
Caitlin Byrd @marycaitlinbyrd.bsky.social Senior Politics Reporter at The Post and Courier | Send me your SC political scoops, tips and questions. | Love a good story. | Book recs always welcome 📚
Email: cbyrd@postandcourier.com 
Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social Journalist covering the ocean and climate change / currently: columnist @sciencepolitics.bsky.social / former: POLITICO, The Washington Post, The Post & Courier / National Geographic Explorer / signal @clare.14
Charles Franklin @pollsandvotes.bsky.social Director, Marquette Law School poll. Co-founder Pollster.com. Prof Emeritus UW-Madison. R nerd. Site: https://pollsandvotes.com
MULawPoll: https://law.marquette.edu/poll/category/results-and-data/
Gavin Jackson @gavinsjackson.bsky.social 📺 Moderator of SCETV’s Emmy nominated This Week in South Carolina
🎙 Host of South Carolina Lede podcast
📻 Reporter South Carolina Public Radio
📫 gjackson@scetv.org
📍Columbia, S.C.
Annie Karni @anniekarni.bsky.social Congressional correspondent, New York Times, co-author of the NYT bestseller “Mad House,” out 3/25/25
Savannah Moss @savamoss.bsky.social SC Statehouse + politics reporter @greenvillenews / @usatoday. ✉️:smoss@gannett.com. sweet tea enthusiast & professional yapper.
Greg Bluestein @bluestein.bsky.social Husband, father, aspiring mensch. AJC politics reporter 🗞 analyst 📺 Politically Georgia podcast host 🎧 Sirius Radio 📻 Author of FLIPPED📕 Jolt Newsletter 💻
States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com Fair. Fearless. Free.
The nation's largest state-focused nonprofit news organization
More about us: statesnewsroom.com
Latest news: newsfromthestates.com
Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social UVM Associate Professor of Political Science. Author: "Pre-Existing Conditions: How Lobbying Makes American Health Care More Expensive."
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
Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Prof at GWU. Flaming Hydra.
I write about the history and future of tech and politics. My next book, Vaporware, Inc.: How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present, arrives on January 12, 2027.
Davekarpf.beehiiv.com
Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said.
Book: Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History
https://tinyurl.com/te8cmzmr
https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law and Politics, Georgetown Law: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/josh-chafetz/
Author, most recently, of _Congress's Constitution_: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248333/congresss-constitution/
Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social Constitutional law prof, historical political scientist, FRHistS studying:
The United States Supreme Court
American Political Development
Anglo-American Constitutionalism
📍ATL
Author, Rot and Revival:
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/rot-and-revival/paper
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com I'm a political scientist in the @mccourtschool.bsky.social. I study trust in institutions & media effects on the public. Apologies for typos.
Web page: https://www.jonathanmladd.com/
Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social Personal Account. Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I ❤️ surveys. I 😖Administrative Burden. My views do not represent the views of my lovely employer!
Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social I teach data journalism at the University of Maryland, run OpenElections. Fan of WBB & test cricket. Posting obscure things about campaign finance, Congress & elections.
https://github.com/dwillis
https://thescoop.org
https://buttondown.com/dwillis
Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social Political scientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Uncivil Agreement and co-author of Radical American Partisanship
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)
Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social Associate Prof at UT Austin. I study political psych & public opinion. I also post about soccer and my cats.
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 🎰
Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen @alixabeth.bsky.social Maxwell Professor of United States Citizenship at Boston University and Political Theory Editor at American Journal of Political Science. I write about immigration, citizenship, and the politics of time. https://www.bu.edu/polisci/profile/elizabeth-cohen/
Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social Professor @Cornell studying: people power, organizing, poverty, racism, policy (health & housing)|Builder|Leader|Believer
More here: www.jamilamichener.com
Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social Political Scientist at George Mason U. studying US politics, congressional networks, parties, campaign finance, and other broken systems. Cat person, dog owner. Take my class: https://tinyurl.com/bderak89 Read me: https://substack.com/@misofact
William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University. I wrote a book: https://www.pennpress.org/9780812253481/
John Sides @johnsides.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University - https://johnsides.org/
Publisher of Good Authority - https://goodauthority.org/
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
Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social Political scientist.
- Substack: https://leedrutman.substack.com
- Podcast: http://politicsinquestion.com
- Senior Fellow: New America
- Co-Founder: https://www.fixourhouse.org
- Washington Post Next 50 (2026): https://tinyurl.com/4m95978c
Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
Daniel Schuman @americalabs.org Progressive institutionalist with an interest in modernizing Congress and strengthening our democracy. Bluesky is my penance for working at an org that once encouraged Congress to tweet.
Like what you see? More at https://firstbranchforecast.substack.com/
Sarah Binder @sarahbinder.bsky.social Political scientist by day (and night). GWU and Brookings. Co-editor, https://goodauthority.org/
sarahbinder.weebly.com 
Dan Hopkins @dhopkins1776.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania. Prof: http://goo.gl/qAOlH9 538: http://goo.gl/1iwZJs 
Erika Franklin Fowler @efranklinfowler.bsky.social Prof @ Wesleyan U; Co-Director of Wesleyan Media Project (@wesmediaproject.bsky.social & mediaproject.wesleyan.edu); policomm, polisci, public opinion & health policy scholar; Collaborative on Media & Messaging for Health & Social Policy (commhsp.org)
Hans Noel @profhansnoel.bsky.social Government prof at Georgetown University.
http://hansnoel.com 
Molly Reynolds @mollyereynolds.bsky.social Senior Fellow, @brookings.edu. Still not the Senate Parliamentarian.
Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social Political Scientist at CSUSB studying gender and media, 538 contributor (RIP), & I lead research @ the Geena Davis Institute. Fan of elections & multiracial pluralistic democracy. Idahoan. Subscribe to Gender Gap: https://meredithconroy.substack.com
David Karol @davidkarol.bsky.social Govt & Politics prof, UMD.
Billy Wilder fan. Has "Someone is wrong on the internet!" tendencies.
Author: Red, Green and Blue & Party Position Change in American Politics. Co-author: The Party Decides. No replies to anons.
https://gvpt.umd.edu/faculty
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.
Chris Warshaw @chriswarshaw.bsky.social Professor at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy. Focus on representation, elections, & public opinion. Co-Author: Dynamic Democracy, PlanScore.org, & TrueViews.org.
Sara Chatfield @poliscisara.bsky.social Polisci prof at U of Denver. She/her. American politics and law, American political development, gender & politics, state politics. Opinions represent myself only.
Check out my work: https://du.digication.com/sara-chatfield/home
Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social Prof @umnsph.bsky.social; studies media & politics & health policy & public opinion; teaches ethics & health policy. Member of COMM HSP research team @commhsp.bsky.social. Wesleyan & UMich alum. Editor of @jhppl.bsky.social
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.
Amanda Weinstein @profweinstein.bsky.social Economist studying rural economies. Air Force Veteran. Ohioan. Mom of 3 kids. Wife of the 1 and only @senatorweinstein.bsky.social
Brian Schaffner @bfschaffner.bsky.social Political scientist ~ Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies at Tufts ~ CES Whisperer ~ #COYS #GoDawgs
Erin C. @erincikanek.bsky.social Political Scientist. Rhymes with mechanic. Emotions, media, measurement, food, coffee, rowing, and dogs.
She/her
Personal account
Matt Glassman @mattglassman312.bsky.social Congressional Procedure Nerd. Dad to three girls. Amazing Oh Hell player. 
Sam Rosenfeld @samrosenfeld.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science, Colgate University. Author of "The Polarizers": https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo24660595.html
Daniel Schlozman @daschloz.bsky.social Political scientist (at Johns Hopkins) and political button collector.
E.J. Fagan @ejfagan.com Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois Chicago. Author of The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics. Also, baseball.
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/
Christian Grose @christiangrose.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Policy, USC. Director, Democracy and Fair Elections Lab. Principal, Data Viewpoint. Duke, Rochester, L.A. Opinions my own. Links and posts are not endorsements.
Laura Bucci @laurabucci.bsky.social Associate Prof. Political Science; Research union decline in the US states; Pol. Behavior; Philadelphia; RI❤️; Pr knitting=1
Posts are yelling into the void 
Dan Cassino @dancassino.bsky.social Political scientist at FDU, Executive Director of the FDU Poll, studying masculinities and research methods.
Matthew Shugart @laderafrutal.bsky.social Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, UC Davis. Researching electoral systems, parties, legislatures. 🍑🍊🌻 Orchardist. 🇺🇸 🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼🇰🇷 Zionist and small-d democrat. Blog/links to pubs: fruitsandvotes.wordpress.com
Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social Renewable energy and climate politics and policy. Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University. Author of Owning The Green Grid (MIT Press). More at joshuabasseches.com
Josh McCrain @joshmccrain.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Utah. Public policy, political institutions, media and politics
Heath Brown @heathbrown.bsky.social CUNY John Jay & Grad Center—author of Roadblocked: Joe Biden’s Rocky Transition to the Presidency https://a.co/d/en5ESkV Co-edit 3Streams blog: https://medium.com/3streams
Keith Schnakenberg @keithschnak.bsky.social Political economy, game theory, nonsense
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.
Chloe Thurston @chloethurston.bsky.social Political scientist @ Northwestern. American political development and political economy. Politics of housing, credit, and debt. New Book: The Political Development of American Debt Relief. 
Annelise Russell @anneliserussell.bsky.social Congress, digital comms, & policy. Associate Professor @UKYMartinSchool. Former: LOC Fellow, DC journo. Sports nerd. @womenalsoknow. New Book: Tweeting is Leading