New polling data on corruption attitudes. Most Americans agree on what constitutes corruption and how to punish it, but partisan IDs act as powerful filter when it comes to evaluating particular corrupt acts. With @raylaraja.bsky.social and Tatishe Nteta
Zack Albert
@zalbert.bsky.social
Polisci prof. @ Brandeis U. Research on parties and polarization and elections. Glad there’s finally hockey here. Go Leafs Go!
A few thoughts about what @zalbert.bsky.social and I learned about small donors in US elections, and why more small donor participation isn’t necessarily the democratic cure many hoped it would be. Insights from our book, Small Donors in U.S. Politics: Myth and Reality.
New at @scholars.org: How to Design Small Donor Reform That Works. Based on research with @raylaraja.bsky.social.
Small donor reform ideas are all around -- but they need to be designed responsibly to avoid making representational problems worse!
When a student is right but for the wrong reasons...
