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.
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 🎰
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Alexander Shur @alexandershur.bsky.social Covering Wisconsin election administration for @Votebeat.org | You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t want to know
Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social Professor of political science at UW-Madison. Director of Elections Research Center. First gen college grad. Native Ohioan.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social Political scientist @ Notre Dame. Gender, parties, suffrage, role models. New: See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People. https://bookshop.org/p/books/see-jane-run-how-women-politicians-matter-for-young-people-david-e-campbell/21729443
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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social Political scientist at BCJ studying American democracy and voting rights.
Usually on a bike, beach, or backpacking trip.
An American Problem (Princeton UP) coming October 2026: https://shorturl.at/Emjgo
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Ryan Briggs @ryancbriggs.net Raising kids & bread & grant money. Cleaning data & diapers & fish. EA (bed nets, not light cone). Social scientist. typos. twitter.com/ryancbriggs
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)
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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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social Political Scientist. Professor. Author of “Political Choice in a Polarized America” @OUP. Dad. Sauna enthusiast. Crossword solver. Powerlifter. Cyclist. ✡️ ∞
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social Asst Prof, Berkeley, Political Science: 1/ Agenda Seeding http://j.mp/agenda-seeding 2/ Race as a Bundle of Sticks http://j.mp/bundle-of 3/ Text as Behavior https://cup.org/4cUmoXi 4/ Plutopopulism http://cup.org/4cfm0Az
Josh Douglas @joshuaadouglas.bsky.social Election law and voting rights professor at the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law (views are my own). Associate Dean for Research. The Court v The Voters, published in May 2024! Award winning podcast: Democracy Optimist. Taco lover.
Taniel @taniel.bsky.social Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
Doctors Of Democracy Organization @doctorsofdemocracy.bsky.social DODO – Preventing Democracy From Going Extinct 🦤 Get involved at https://www.doctorsofdemocracy.org/
Sam Shirazi @samshirazi.bsky.social Fan of Virginia Elections 🗳️ (Views expressed are mine personally)
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.
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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social Political scientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Uncivil Agreement and co-author of Radical American Partisanship
Aleksi Toiviainen @aleksitoiviainen.bsky.social Public affairs in democracy + youth civic engagement at The Samara Centre for Democracy
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.'
Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com Sociologist and demographer, U. of Maryland; SocArXiv director.
Latest book: Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists https://cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen-scholar/9780231555418
Website: philipncohen.com
Blog: familyinequality.com
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome
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polls/forecasts: @fiftyplusone.news
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Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social Editor, The New Republic. Editor, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Scribbler. Serbo-Calabrian West Virginia Episcopalian.
The People's Cabinet @peoplescabinet.bsky.social Let's get to the truth behind the headlines and chart a positive vision of a government that works.
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Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social Maryland's Governor. On a mission to #LeaveNoOneBehind.
Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
Mischiefs of Faction @misofact.bsky.social A political science community blog, started in 2012, now in its Substack era. Subscribe! https://open.substack.com/pub/misofact
Eve Levenson @eve-levenson.bsky.social Organizer & Strategist: @dempartners.bsky.social, flytedesk, @votersoftomorrow.org
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Hannah Bristol @hannahbristol.bsky.social aging youth vote organizer
University of Maryland Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement @umd-cdce.bsky.social UMD's Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement educates, informs, and engages citizens and scholars in order to improve democratic governance.
University of Maryland @univofmaryland.bsky.social 2 Nobel laureates, 6 Pulitzer recipients, scores of Fulbright scholars, one cute turtle and a bike ride away from our nation's capital!
Daniel Schlozman @daschloz.bsky.social Political scientist (at Johns Hopkins) and political button collector.
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
Rebecca Hersher @rhersher.bsky.social Climate reporting & other stuff for @NPR https://www.npr.org/people/384067907/rebecca-hersher
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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
Ezra Klein @ezraklein.bsky.social Columnist at The New York Times, host of "The Ezra Klein Show" podcast.
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Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social derekthompson.substack.com
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
The Elections Group @theelectionsgroup.bsky.social Practical, trusted support for election professionals through collaboration, training, thought leadership and elevating best practices
Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social Professor, UCLA Law; Director, http://SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org; 2020 CNN, 2024 NBC/MSNBC Election Law Analyst; electionlawblog.org
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
Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.- L Laura W. Brill @laurabrill.bsky.social Lawyer, Mom, Founder of The Civics Center.
Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida specializing in American elections
AU Center for Environment, Community, & Equity @au-cece.bsky.social The Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE) is committed to cultivating trans-disciplinary work that focuses on the interrelations among the environment, community, & equity at AU. www.cece.american.edu
Mara Suttmann-Lea, Ph.D @marasuttmann.bsky.social Your friendly neighborhood political scientist!
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Associate Professor of American Politics at Conn College • I think a lot about election administration, voter education, and the meaning of democracy. • Andrew Carnegie Fellow Class of 2024.
Paul Manson @paulonabike.bsky.social Research Asst Prof with the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. Study elections admin, gender in public service, and environmental policy and administration. Find me playing soccer and doing what my handle suggests. 907 to 503.
David Kimball @kimballdc.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
Paul Gronke @pgronke.bsky.social Professor, director, gardener, and a few other things. I mainly do elections.
Follow my work at HTTP://EVIC.reed.edu
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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.
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 🗳️😷🇬🇷 🇺🇲
Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel
Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social Democratic political strategist, analyst, commentator. Hopium purveyor. More than 30 years in the fight.
My primary political home is on Substack.
Join me there too - https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/
Vanessa Williamson @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social Author of "The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History." Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution & Tax Policy Center.
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
Suzanne Mettler. @smettler.bsky.social Political scientist. Thinking about democracy, rural-urban divide, inequality.
Nina C. Christie | PhD, MPH @ninachristie.bsky.social AAAS Congressional Fellow
I study substance use, harm reduction, social connections, and drug policy
PhD & MPH from University of Southern California
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Maryland
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
VoteRiders @voteriders.bsky.social Eliminating barriers to the ballot box caused by ID laws. Get FREE help and get involved at VoteRiders.org
Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill.
Posts here speak only for myself.
Americo-Canadian; liberaltarian; aging geek.
http://jacobtlevy.com
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social Director, Center for Environment Community, & Equity and Professor, AU | NonRes Sr Fellow, Brookings | IPCCWG3 AR6 | www.danarfisher.com | TED Talk on being an Apocalyptic Optimist : go.ted.com/danarfisher
Derek Barker @dwmbarker.bsky.social Senior program officer for research initiatives, Kettering Foundation. Leads Kettering-Gallup Democracy for All Project annual survey. Studies democracy, virtue ethics, and Aristotle; Orioles fan.
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The Civics Center @thecivicscenter.bsky.social 🗳 Working to make voter registration part of every high school in the US
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Young Invincibles @younginvincibles.bsky.social Amplifying the voices of young adults in the political process for:
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Will Vandenberg 🇺🇦 @willvandenberg.bsky.social Finding hope in red and purple America (sometimes the opposite). Always for underdogs & multiracial democracy. Regional mutt, raised in Maine. opinions=mine 🏳️🌈
Brad Rourke @bradrourke.bsky.social Chief external affairs officer and director of DC operations for Charles F. Kettering Foundation. Views my own. #democracy #inclusion #yoga #finedining
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Students Learn Students Vote Coalition @slsvcoalition.org The largest national, nonpartisan network dedicated to increasing college student voter participation. #StudentVote
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I have friends everywhere.
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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.
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