Robert Alexander
@bgsuprof.bsky.social
Founding Director, Democracy and Public Policy Network at BGSU. Author of Representation and the Electoral College, Oxford University Press.
I just saw 50 degrees in the forecast and almost cried.
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I just saw 50 degrees in the forecast and almost cried.
If you are a Republican leader and can’t condemn this, then there really is no bottom. This should be easy.
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
If you are a Republican leader and can’t condemn this, then there really is no bottom. This should be easy.
Data from our Fall poll of Ohioans suggests a lot of unease with ICE tactics among Independents, those w/a college degree, younger voters, & non-whites. This was long before events in Minneapolis. I wrote about this in more detail for the Columbus Dispatch.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
Our findings show ICE reckoning coming. Republicans may pay this election | Opinion
There is clear skepticism over the Trump administration’s tactics relating to ICE — even in reddish states such as Ohio.
www.dispatch.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Data from our Fall poll of Ohioans suggests a lot of unease with ICE tactics among Independents, those w/a college degree, younger voters, & non-whites. This was long before events in Minneapolis. I wrote about this in more detail for the Columbus Dispatch.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
We got this many inches of snow.
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 PM
We got this many inches of snow.
Imagine if there weren’t recordings.
January 26, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Imagine if there weren’t recordings.
Apropos of nothing but all 4 NFL teams in the conference championships are from blue states.
January 25, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Apropos of nothing but all 4 NFL teams in the conference championships are from blue states.
Now would be a good time for Republican leaders who care about our country to step up and condemn this nonsense.
January 25, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Now would be a good time for Republican leaders who care about our country to step up and condemn this nonsense.
The original Terminator is set in 2029. We are so cooked.
January 19, 2026 at 11:49 PM
The original Terminator is set in 2029. We are so cooked.
The lack of humaneness in this moment is staggering.
January 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The lack of humaneness in this moment is staggering.
Posted this SIX YEARS AGO! 😔
I’m so tired of the radicalization of Americans by Americans against Americans—especially by Representatives of the United States of America.
Please be better.
I’m so tired of the radicalization of Americans by Americans against Americans—especially by Representatives of the United States of America.
Please be better.
January 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Posted this SIX YEARS AGO! 😔
I’m so tired of the radicalization of Americans by Americans against Americans—especially by Representatives of the United States of America.
Please be better.
I’m so tired of the radicalization of Americans by Americans against Americans—especially by Representatives of the United States of America.
Please be better.
FWIW in our polling of a +10 Trump sample of Ohioans in OCTOBER
51-49 opposed ICE raids
74-26 opposed among nonwhites
73-27 opposed among Independents
64-36 opposed among college educated
95% of Dems opposed
92% of Rs approved
www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sci...
51-49 opposed ICE raids
74-26 opposed among nonwhites
73-27 opposed among Independents
64-36 opposed among college educated
95% of Dems opposed
92% of Rs approved
www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sci...
BGSU Poll
The BGSU Poll conducts regular statewide polling in Ohio to better understand citizen views on a variety of issues and political preferences. A team of scholars
www.bgsu.edu
January 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
FWIW in our polling of a +10 Trump sample of Ohioans in OCTOBER
51-49 opposed ICE raids
74-26 opposed among nonwhites
73-27 opposed among Independents
64-36 opposed among college educated
95% of Dems opposed
92% of Rs approved
www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sci...
51-49 opposed ICE raids
74-26 opposed among nonwhites
73-27 opposed among Independents
64-36 opposed among college educated
95% of Dems opposed
92% of Rs approved
www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sci...
So much for that talk I gave on civil discourse and polarization today. Sigh.
January 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
So much for that talk I gave on civil discourse and polarization today. Sigh.
I’ve gotten bumped on some major interviews twice 1) January 6th (WGN—Chicago) and 2) Sandy Hook (NPR National).
January 7, 2026 at 2:22 AM
I’ve gotten bumped on some major interviews twice 1) January 6th (WGN—Chicago) and 2) Sandy Hook (NPR National).
I hate that I think of January 6th when I hear Gloria now.
January 6, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I hate that I think of January 6th when I hear Gloria now.
Really hard to be an optimist rn.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Really hard to be an optimist rn.
Grabbling hook > Grappling hook
December 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Grabbling hook > Grappling hook
People with young kids tracking Santa while I’m counting down the Stranger Things release with my adult kids. 😂
December 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
People with young kids tracking Santa while I’m counting down the Stranger Things release with my adult kids. 😂
I really can’t imagine who went shopping this Christmas season and thought “affordability is a scam.” My god things are expensive.
December 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I really can’t imagine who went shopping this Christmas season and thought “affordability is a scam.” My god things are expensive.
Days start getting longer starting tomorrow!
I’ll take any good news we can get at this point!
I’ll take any good news we can get at this point!
December 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Days start getting longer starting tomorrow!
I’ll take any good news we can get at this point!
I’ll take any good news we can get at this point!
There must be a mole who let him do this speech.
December 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
There must be a mole who let him do this speech.
There is so much work to be done to rebuild our civic health.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
There is so much work to be done to rebuild our civic health.
Wrote a piece with Melissa Miller using data from this Fall’s BGSU/YouGov poll on some trends we have seen over the last year in the Buckeye state & what it could mean for 2026 more broadly.
Red states and independents hold the key to a 2026 blue wave —
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
Red states and independents hold the key to a 2026 blue wave —
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
Red states and independents hold the key to a 2026 blue wave
Independents appear to be deeply concerned about the president’s policies and the state of democracy in the country.
thehill.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Wrote a piece with Melissa Miller using data from this Fall’s BGSU/YouGov poll on some trends we have seen over the last year in the Buckeye state & what it could mean for 2026 more broadly.
Red states and independents hold the key to a 2026 blue wave —
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
Red states and independents hold the key to a 2026 blue wave —
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
Santa is a socialist, right?
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Santa is a socialist, right?
Lots of “yard work” this weekend.
November 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Lots of “yard work” this weekend.