Barry Burden
@bcburden.bsky.social
Professor of political science at UW-Madison. Director of Elections Research Center. First gen college grad. Native Ohioan.
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Trump pardoned the people who smeared feces on the walls, stole equipment, threatened lawmakers, and tried to overturn an election for him.
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Trump pardoned the people who smeared feces on the walls, stole equipment, threatened lawmakers, and tried to overturn an election for him.
Watch for Trump to be on the road more in coming months to get out of the bubble and reassert himself as a campaign force going into 2026 elections thehill.com/homenews/564...
December 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Watch for Trump to be on the road more in coming months to get out of the bubble and reassert himself as a campaign force going into 2026 elections thehill.com/homenews/564...
This will be such a loss for public engagement & government transparency Wisconsin. I hope a creative team can come up with a solution to keep the public affairs video flowing.
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This will be such a loss for public engagement & government transparency Wisconsin. I hope a creative team can come up with a solution to keep the public affairs video flowing.
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Searches for Guns N’ Roses song “November Rain” have fallen over time but always tick up this month
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Searches for Guns N’ Roses song “November Rain” have fallen over time but always tick up this month
Terrific new research on US political parties being shared at the 2025 State of the Parties conference
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Terrific new research on US political parties being shared at the 2025 State of the Parties conference
Mamdani getting more votes just on the Working Families line than Sliwa is getting in total
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Mamdani getting more votes just on the Working Families line than Sliwa is getting in total
Fall leaf 11 (maybe my favorite)
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Fall leaf 11 (maybe my favorite)
Fall leaf 6 (rainy day edition)
October 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Fall leaf 6 (rainy day edition)
With its new PM, Japan pushes the share of EU and OECD countries that have had a woman leader over 80%. The US remains an outlier.
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/a...
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/a...
October 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
With its new PM, Japan pushes the share of EU and OECD countries that have had a woman leader over 80%. The US remains an outlier.
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/a...
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/a...
Fall leaf 5 (swamp oak)
October 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Fall leaf 5 (swamp oak)
Fall leaf 3 (poison ivy)
October 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Fall leaf 3 (poison ivy)
Fall leaf 1 (and timeline cleanse)
October 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Fall leaf 1 (and timeline cleanse)
Only 3 states are represented by senators of opposing parties -- the lowest number of split delegations in the 100+ years that senators have been directly elected.
Only way it goes lower next year is if Susan Collins loses and Dems hold all of their seats.
Only way it goes lower next year is if Susan Collins loses and Dems hold all of their seats.
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Only 3 states are represented by senators of opposing parties -- the lowest number of split delegations in the 100+ years that senators have been directly elected.
Only way it goes lower next year is if Susan Collins loses and Dems hold all of their seats.
Only way it goes lower next year is if Susan Collins loses and Dems hold all of their seats.