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Ray La Raja

@raylaraja.bsky.social

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UMass political scientist, co-director @UMassPoll, elections, pol parties, campaign finance, Mets fan and Iron Chef contender

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@zalbert.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:52 PMReposted by @raylaraja.bsky.social

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

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@raylaraja.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 1:58 PM

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.

@raylaraja.bsky.socialAug 31, 2026, 2:31 PM

Our most recent national UMass Poll shows Trump support deteriorating across all issues and among all groups except strong MAGA identifiers (31% of Republicans in our poll) www.umass.edu/news/article...

@raylaraja.bsky.socialJul 9, 2026, 7:13 PM

A realist perspective on small donors in US Politics from me and @zalbert.bsky.social podcast interview by @mattgrossmann.bsky.social @niskanencenter.bsky.social www.niskanencenter.org/the-rise-of-...

niskanencenter.orgThe rise of small donors is mostly making politics worse - Niskanen CenterRay La Raja and Zach Albert find that small donors are just as advantaged, partisan, and extreme as larger donors.
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