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Clayton Becker

@cnbecker14.bsky.social

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PhD candidate at UCLA studying housing, local politics, and public opinion. @divasunglasses on TikTok, clayton-becker.com for my academic work.

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@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 11:55 PM

More of them than I should 😂😅

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:49 PM

Definitely will!

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:49 PM

Not clear? It's because they're bad! It's because they're stupid and bad and hate immigrants and don't care what happens to them!

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:12 PM

Thanks Adam!

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:37 PM

The paper is open access so give it a read if you're interested! Lots more in the paper than I could fit in the thread, and more in the appendix that I couldn't fit in the paper!

doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:37 PM

These results suggest that certain, facially race neutral, concerns raised by residents may be driven or influenced by racial animus.

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:37 PM

Substantively, this study provides the first causally identified evidence of which I am aware that racial bias and worries about non-White neighbors moving in remain motivations for opposing new housing for a non-trivial share of White Americans.

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:37 PM

The list experiment on the other hand, is well adapted to identifying whether a certain attitude exists at all.

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:37 PM

Methodologically, this suggests that researchers should think twice about using factorial or conjoint designs for uncovering bias. Factorial and conjoint experiments are not designed to uncover sensitive attitudes, and can *only* show evidence of those attitudes if those attitudes win out.

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:37 PM

Using a multi-experiment design, I show that factorial experiments may fail to uncover racial bias, but a list experiment finds evidence of significant racial bias as a motivator against new housing construction.

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:37 PM

I investigate this in the context of opposition to new housing development in the respondent's neighborhoods.

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:37 PM

New paper in @psrm.bsky.social

How we measure racial bias is important, but there is no clear agreement (rather a lively methodological debate) among political scientists about the best way to do so.

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 3:05 AM

Made empanadas tonight for the first time. Frankly, kinda crushed it. Best outcome I've had for a first cut at a recipe in a while.

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 3:02 AM

It is SO much worse. Like, not to gas myself up too much, but I think I am a pretty good teacher and whenever I have to teach online I'm like "wow I suck at this"

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 3:01 AM

Spoke too soon. 4-1 win comfier. NLCS bound baby.

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 1:09 AM

There must be some kind of unwritten rule I'm not aware of that says the dodgers aren't allowed to have a comfortable win in a postseason game. Christ on a cracker this team is going to be the end of me.

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 3:47 AM

Wouldn't be a US-Mexico game without a red card now would it?

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 9:58 PM

Super cool how everyone is insane now

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 5:35 PM

Obviously the question of non-citizen voting in local elections is a thorny one, but these are people who, in a lot of ways, are bearing the brunt of the housing shortage, but who, in most cases, have genuinely no way to express their preference for more housing electorally.

@cnbecker14.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 5:35 PM

Somewhat crazy crosstab from a 2025 PPIC survey. Very substantial majority of Californians support building more apartments, 72% overall, but the percentage of noncitizens that support more housing is 92%!!!

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