Dan Cassino
@dancassino.bsky.social
Political scientist at FDU, Executive Director of the FDU Poll, studying masculinities and research methods.
Wave elections don't just happen on their own: they happen because of the strategic decisions of high quality candidates. Democrats will be fielding strong candidates in next year's midterms, while Republicans will have a weaker than usual class. The dynamics are set long before Election Day.
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Wave elections don't just happen on their own: they happen because of the strategic decisions of high quality candidates. Democrats will be fielding strong candidates in next year's midterms, while Republicans will have a weaker than usual class. The dynamics are set long before Election Day.
Republicans, also expecting a wave election, are unable to recruit high quality candidates (so far, NJ-11, there's a total of one announced Republican), and face lots of retirements (see yesterday's story in Politico), leading to more open seats to defend.
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Republicans, also expecting a wave election, are unable to recruit high quality candidates (so far, NJ-11, there's a total of one announced Republican), and face lots of retirements (see yesterday's story in Politico), leading to more open seats to defend.
Whether you're in NJ-11 or not, this is a good sign for Democrats, and a bad one for Republicans. Democrats are coming out of the woodwork to run because they're expecting a wave election, and want to ride that wave as best they can.
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Whether you're in NJ-11 or not, this is a good sign for Democrats, and a bad one for Republicans. Democrats are coming out of the woodwork to run because they're expecting a wave election, and want to ride that wave as best they can.
It has been expected that Analilia Mejia would be running in the increasingly crowded Democratic field to replace Gov-Elect Sherrill in NJ-11. Mejia, like several of the Dems running, is a highly qualified candidate, the kind Democrats are generally trying to recruit.
I’m running for Congress in NJ-11 to save our democracy, because ‘blue no matter who’ just won’t cut it.
We need real, unbought leadership to fight the oligarchy, stand up to Trump, and make our economy work for working people. 1/
We need real, unbought leadership to fight the oligarchy, stand up to Trump, and make our economy work for working people. 1/
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It has been expected that Analilia Mejia would be running in the increasingly crowded Democratic field to replace Gov-Elect Sherrill in NJ-11. Mejia, like several of the Dems running, is a highly qualified candidate, the kind Democrats are generally trying to recruit.
Also, while I knew Allen Ginsberg was from Paterson, I did not expect him to show up repeatedly(identified only by initials) in “Paterson.”
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Also, while I knew Allen Ginsberg was from Paterson, I did not expect him to show up repeatedly(identified only by initials) in “Paterson.”
We don’t have it here. The Spanish are out pacing us in bad pizza technology (I blame Trump’s cuts to basic research funding).
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We don’t have it here. The Spanish are out pacing us in bad pizza technology (I blame Trump’s cuts to basic research funding).
We have polled this repeatedly. Residents love it. 65% favor. About as popular as full service gas. It’s not going anywhere.
Though the American Dream nonsense might lead to some legislative attention.
Though the American Dream nonsense might lead to some legislative attention.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
We have polled this repeatedly. Residents love it. 65% favor. About as popular as full service gas. It’s not going anywhere.
Though the American Dream nonsense might lead to some legislative attention.
Though the American Dream nonsense might lead to some legislative attention.
Yep. If only wealthy schools teach humanities, they quickly become desirable class markers.
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Yep. If only wealthy schools teach humanities, they quickly become desirable class markers.
William Carlos Williams is writing about Paterson, and has no time for anywhere else.
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
William Carlos Williams is writing about Paterson, and has no time for anywhere else.
I just saw that it’s on a croissant crust as well. I’m not excluding the idea that you could make fish on a pizza taste good (some people like anchovies, even if I’ve never met them), but this ain’t it.
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I just saw that it’s on a croissant crust as well. I’m not excluding the idea that you could make fish on a pizza taste good (some people like anchovies, even if I’ve never met them), but this ain’t it.
Are they baking the smoked salmon? Or just putting it on afterwards? Either way, seems awful.
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Are they baking the smoked salmon? Or just putting it on afterwards? Either way, seems awful.
Great way to put it. They tell us which narratives people have internalized.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Great way to put it. They tell us which narratives people have internalized.
The alternative was “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” and they don’t have good gifs of that one.
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The alternative was “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” and they don’t have good gifs of that one.
I was going to say. Old NJ-11 had more areas that looked like 7 than the new version does.
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I was going to say. Old NJ-11 had more areas that looked like 7 than the new version does.
I worry about the implied causation of the item. I have to imagine, for a lot of folks, how I feel comes first, then I pick an issue that I believe justifies that position.
So, I think it is telling us something, even if it isn’t what we’d really like to know.
So, I think it is telling us something, even if it isn’t what we’d really like to know.
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I worry about the implied causation of the item. I have to imagine, for a lot of folks, how I feel comes first, then I pick an issue that I believe justifies that position.
So, I think it is telling us something, even if it isn’t what we’d really like to know.
So, I think it is telling us something, even if it isn’t what we’d really like to know.
A movie that takes pace where you’re from.
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A movie that takes pace where you’re from.
Could we say that he’s…Trolling?
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Could we say that he’s…Trolling?
The current plan is to have an appointed Director of each school, and a separate Associate Director for personnel matters. Assumably, they’ll have a group of assistant directors for scheduling and such.
(Which is why no one is claiming that this’ll save money).
(Which is why no one is claiming that this’ll save money).
November 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The current plan is to have an appointed Director of each school, and a separate Associate Director for personnel matters. Assumably, they’ll have a group of assistant directors for scheduling and such.
(Which is why no one is claiming that this’ll save money).
(Which is why no one is claiming that this’ll save money).
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New episode of @crosstabspodcast.com just dropped featuring @kwcollins.bsky.social discussing his work at Survey 160 looking at the limits of AI in survey research + a brief discussion about popularism and its (also limited) uses. It's available already on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1SW1...
Intelligence Is Not Wisdom, with Kevin Collins
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November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New episode of @crosstabspodcast.com just dropped featuring @kwcollins.bsky.social discussing his work at Survey 160 looking at the limits of AI in survey research + a brief discussion about popularism and its (also limited) uses. It's available already on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1SW1...
Should not be a surprise that a school board that somehow spent $20 million it didn’t have doesn’t know what it’s doing, but I didn’t realize just how bad they were at their jobs.
Matt Kadosh at Montclair Local’s coverage has been great.
Matt Kadosh at Montclair Local’s coverage has been great.
Lawsuit Challenges Montclair School Referendum, Calls Questions ‘Misleading’
A lawsuit filed in Superior Court on Friday afternoon challenges ballot questions the Montclair school board is taking to a vote Dec. 9 to help plug a $19.6 million budget hole.
https://montclairlocal.news/2025/11/lawsuit-challenges-montclair-school-referendum-calls-questions-misleading/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nov%2022&utm_source=7&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Lawsuit%20Challenges%20Montclair%20School%20Referendum%2C%20Calls%20Questions%20%20Misleading%20%20☀%EF%B8%8F%20The%20Daily%20%7C%20Nov%20%2022&utm_campaign=nov%2022
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Should not be a surprise that a school board that somehow spent $20 million it didn’t have doesn’t know what it’s doing, but I didn’t realize just how bad they were at their jobs.
Matt Kadosh at Montclair Local’s coverage has been great.
Matt Kadosh at Montclair Local’s coverage has been great.
What I hadn’t previously noticed is that the questions are also missing the interpretative statements required by NJ Law.
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
What I hadn’t previously noticed is that the questions are also missing the interpretative statements required by NJ Law.
The Montclair School funding referendum has attracted its first lawsuit even before the vote, with the plaintiffs arguing (correctly, I think) that the clear language of the questions is asking voters to have a referendum, rather than approving money.
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Montclair School funding referendum has attracted its first lawsuit even before the vote, with the plaintiffs arguing (correctly, I think) that the clear language of the questions is asking voters to have a referendum, rather than approving money.
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Just saw someone described as an "ontologist" and now I want Clinical Ontologist to be a job title.
Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.
Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Just saw someone described as an "ontologist" and now I want Clinical Ontologist to be a job title.
Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.
Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.
@benjaminpercy.bsky.social Just finished the first issue of “The End Times,” and I haven’t had this much fun with a story in years. The little hints of what’s happened, mixed in with the quotidian makes for a heady brew.
You sure we have to wait a month for the next one?
You sure we have to wait a month for the next one?
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
@benjaminpercy.bsky.social Just finished the first issue of “The End Times,” and I haven’t had this much fun with a story in years. The little hints of what’s happened, mixed in with the quotidian makes for a heady brew.
You sure we have to wait a month for the next one?
You sure we have to wait a month for the next one?
Survey numbers have turned strongly against Trump, but a lot of that is selective non-response among Republicans, rather than attitude change. Pro-Trump Republicans just don’t want to pick up the phone and talk about Epstein right now.
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Survey numbers have turned strongly against Trump, but a lot of that is selective non-response among Republicans, rather than attitude change. Pro-Trump Republicans just don’t want to pick up the phone and talk about Epstein right now.