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Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Houston.

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Boris Shor
7 months
Just posted: newly available aggregate state legislative chamber ideology and polarization estimates! Based on a decade plus of work with @Nolan_Mc. New data covers 1993-2022, and now contains 2,730 chamber-years. Let us know how you use our data!
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RT @dbroockman: 🚨NEW PAPER: Why are Members of Congress so extreme?. We conducted a 4-wave panel of thousands of voters in 27 districts dur….
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RT @UHPoliticalSci: Congratulations to Boris Shor (@bshor) and coauthor Nolan McCarty (@Nolan_Mc), who won the Jewel Enduring contribution….
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The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures - Volume 105 Issue 3
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6 months
RT @PabloMPinto: We wrapped up the 2025 edition of #TexMeth hosted by @hobbyschooluh and @UHPoliticalSci with great presentations, posters….
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RT @I4Replication: After being alerted about possible misconduct, the I4R are reproducing published papers that use data from a specific NG….
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RT @JohnHolbein1: I knew publication bias in political science was bad; I didn't know it was this bad. "98.8% of abstracts report non-nul….
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7 months
RT @jon_m_rob: I figured I'd take a crack at a quick #MDPol #mdpol look at the estimated ideology (progressive vs conservative) of state le….
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Boris Shor
7 months
Just posted: newly available state legislator individual ideology estimates! Based on a decade plus of work with @Nolan_Mc. New data covers 1993-2022, and now contains 28,987 state legislators. Let us know how you use our data!
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Boris Shor
9 months
RT @AlanMCole: Assad is still in possession of the Dynasty Key and the Long Tenure Key. So his odds of retaining the presidency remain stro….
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9 months
RT @kewhittington: lol. And also, undergrad admissions essays should be banned.
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9 months
RT @BadasTweets: My article "Measuring Ideological Polarization on the Circuit Courts of Appeals 1953-2022" is now up at @JLawAndCourts.….
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Measuring Ideological Polarization on the Circuit Courts of Appeals 1953-2022
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Boris Shor
9 months
I owe my career to first learning BASIC on a Commodore 64 as a kid. RIP.
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9 months
RT @MattGrossmann: So far, very limited change in state legislatures other than Michigan & Minnesota losing Democratic trifectas. Republica….
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Despite record spending in legislative races, the post-election state landscape is hardly different than it was before the election. Republicans scored modest, albeit important, gains, and...
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10 months
RT @SeanTrende: I've posted this a couple of times, but here are 40 pages on the 2021-23 elections. It's dense, but the pictures tell a st….
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On the surface, Democrats had a strong election night in 2023: They clawed back some seats in New Jersey, flipped control of Virginia’s House of Delegates, and held the Kentucky governor’s mansion....
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10 months
RT @SeanTrende: The truth is that this election is very similar to the 21-23 elections. The issue is that most people forked up their inter….
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10 months
RT @namalhotra: For the last two weeks I've been bookmarking dozens of tweets opining (with zero uncertainty) that Harris would win, based….
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Boris Shor
10 months
RT @A_agadjanian: 2024 polling error in historical context (for key states):. 1. Much better in most of Midwest + NC vs. 16/20. 2. IA big e….
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10 months
RT @thomasjwood: It's interesting that we're already telling ourselves demographic stories about Trump's victory. He actually saw a mostly….
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