Matthew Lebo

@matthewlebo.bsky.social

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American politics professor in Canada at the University of Western Ontario.

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Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 9d

And then ask the anchor why they frame the Republican majority's removal of healthcare subsidies as the failure of Democrats to keep them from doing that.

Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 11d

Yup. www.researchgate.net/profile/Elle...

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Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, Canadian Bacon seems more appropriate and also a better movie.

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Political Science - Western University @westernupolisci.bsky.social · 12d

📢 Apply now! @westernu.ca Political Science offering MA & PhD Fellowship w/ Drs. Alcantara & Stephenson’s @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca project on “The Determinants of Public Support for Indigenous Reconciliation Policies”🪶 Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
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Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 13d

Now you tell me. I blew all my money on Oasis tickets.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14d

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
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Early Career Rescue Fellowship

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Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 16d

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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 16d

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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 16d

Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 16d

A mama lasagna and four babies.

Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 16d

At 40%, T still has solid support in Congress and the party. He went below 40 in term 1 and it didn't harm him much or get him convicted in the Senate in Jan 2021. If there's a tipping point for loud R opposition, it's far below here. 32% means losing 1 in 5 current approvers. That's a lot.

Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 16d

Taken together, the results reinforce what polls have shown for months: that Trump's approval is crashing with the voters who swung behind him in 2024. Young, ethnically diverse voters whose top issues are the economy and cost of living www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

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Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 16d

Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 17d

The Long Island national food: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfhf...

The Best Meat Lasagna Recipe -- How to Make Homemade Italian Lasagna Bolognese

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Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 19d

I mean when looking at month to month changes in presidential approval.

Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 19d

I buy that 2-yr inf predicted sentiment better under Biden. How far back does that hold? Is 2-yr inf a better predictor of presidential elections the last 40 yrs? Or did anti-Biden/Dem feeling push people and media in 2023-24 to rely on smthng different than usual to justify their partisanship/vote?

Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 19d

My book in progress shows inflation was disconnected from consumer sentiment under Biden to a ridiculous degree. Republicans drove down sentiment, the media did too, independents too. Had consumer sentiment reflected the actual economy to usual extent, Harris wins by 4 points.

Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 19d

No matter how you weight various polls, so long as the weighting doesn't change the ups and downs of approval over time are real. Like, no matter how badly you think my bathroom scale works, if it says I gained weight, I did.

Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 22d

Trump's approval among independents is not good but numbers like these can be deceiving. Like, many disapprovers may have called themselves Democrats in February but now say they're independents.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

Trump has lost 15 points with independents since February

New CNN poll shows Trump falling to 28% with independents

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

Trump has lost 15 points with independents since February

Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 24d

The Leafs just sucked the joy out of these things for you too I guess.

Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 24d

He only has to walk around the bases!

Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 24d

At his rallies he plays Fortunate Son -- a song about rich assholes buying their way out of the Viet Nam War. Also YMCA. I don't get why that was never a story.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 24d

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. shows up to Game 7 in a Marie-Phillip Poulin jersey, the captain of the Canada women’s national ice hockey team

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Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 25d

The responsibilities and opportunities for Canadian universities are perfectly aligned. But it's been 10 months of this and just drips of actions here so far.

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Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'

A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...

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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 28d

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Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 29d

I want to make this point in something I'm writing. Have you written it somewhere a little more citable than a Bluesky post?

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Jennifer Piscopo @jennpiscopo.bsky.social · 29d

For @policyoptions.irpp.org, I wrote about how Canada lags its European and Anglo peers in electing women to parliament, how that harms their reputation, and, drawing on research w/ @dzobrien.bsky.social & Amanda Clayton, why voters prefer gender parity. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/gend...