
Brian Schaffner
@b_schaffner
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Political scientist ~ Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies at Tufts ~ C(C)ES Whisperer ~ #COYS #GoDawgs
Somerville, MA
Joined June 2015
we have now posted the 2024 Cooperative Election Study common content dataset to the @dataverseorg! data from 60,000 American adults interviewed before & after the election. thanks to @YouGovAmerica & @carolinelsoler for getting this data produced & posted
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RT @zacharylhertz: I wrote this poem in a feverish haze last summer in my friend’s room, which had been stripped completely empty except fo….
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Lucy Morisse-Corsetti asked Americans what they think their government owes them. hint: it's quite a lot. Check out her new post on the @TuftsUniversity Public Opinion Lab blog!
tufts-pol.medium.com
by Lucy Morisse-Corsetti
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RT @jyazman2012: Worth noting "Conservative" here is not the same conservative as American political ideology but more about observing old….
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RT @mattyglesias: Conservative Jews have to be the only highly educated group in America that's gotten more GOP-leaning since 2008.
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RT @JeffreyMBerry: Should Brookline replace Town Meeting government? Yes, it's an antiquated structure that is a poor fit for a town of Bro….
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Brookline needs a more efficient, accountable government.
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RT @ryanburge: Many young Protestants don’t know the term Protestant at all. When given survey options, they’re 3x more likely to choose….
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RT @raylaraja: Are small donors the solution to democracy’s problems? . @BrookingsInst @BrookingsGov. We are stron….
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Campaign finance regimes that increase the number of small donors may not be a solution to America's democracy woes.
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RT @bindersab: Senate GOP tactics to make 2017 tax cuts "permanent" required a nuclear move on Senate floor-- weakening authority of the pa….
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Republican tactics seem likely to weaken the Senate – and make fiscal crisis more likely.
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in the newest @TuftsUniversity Public Opinion Lab blog post, @jacksonwetheril explores the intersection of NIMBYism and partisanship when it comes to attitudes towards affordable housing
tufts-pol.medium.com
by Jackson Wetherill
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RT @goodauth: What if some of the most conservative Hispanics aren’t just voting more Republican – they’re actually no longer even identify….
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Conservative Hispanic Americans are ditching their Hispanic identity, surveys show.
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RT @carolinelsoler: republicans expect egg prices to drop significantly next year, while democrats predict big increases. my new @TuftsUniv….
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by Caroline Soler
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it's not just that Hispanic voters shifted Republican since 2020, it's also the case that some of them no longer even identify as Hispanic! new @goodauth post from me and @carolinelsoler
goodauthority.org
Conservative Hispanic Americans are ditching their Hispanic identity, surveys show.
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it has been 10 years since the last @PewReligion Religious Landscape Study, so it was exciting to have a chance to see how the CES religion items stacked up against this benchmark. overall, these surveys produce very similar portraits of religion in America!.
how accurate is the CES at measuring religion? very. my comparison with Pew's latest Religious Landscape Study shows impressive accuracy, with most differences within 3 percentage points. but the CES does capture a slightly more secular America:
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RT @eitanhersh: More details -and formal announcement- to come later, but for now: I'm hiring an associate director for a new center on exp….
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Egan: "the CES is currently political scientists’ most comprehensive source of large, representative samples of sexual and gender minorities in the United States." . he humbly fails to note that this is due to his encouragement that we include key items.
cambridge.org
Centering LGBTQ+ Political Behavior in Political Science
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