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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 4d

Starting in Obama's first term and continuing through the presidencies of Obama, Trump, and Biden, the relationship between income and presidential vote has switched.
Connected to this, the relationship of education and racial resentment with Democratic voting has become much stronger.

Thomas J Wood @thomasjwood.bsky.social · 6d

The last time I posted the income relationship to presidential vote among White respondents to the @electionstudies.bsky.social ANES, people asked for additional estimates among all voters.

Updated estimates here:

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Thomas J Wood @thomasjwood.bsky.social · 6d

The last time I posted the income relationship to presidential vote among White respondents to the @electionstudies.bsky.social ANES, people asked for additional estimates among all voters.

Updated estimates here:

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 13d

🌍 New in @nature.com: The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization, with data from Simon Evenett et al. and @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵

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Bilyana Petrova @bpetrova.bsky.social · 16d

“That fund will be invested and designed to pay out about 4% annually, which will be divided among the HBCUs to help stabilize their budgets.

The 8 Ivy League schools received $5.5b from the 1,000 largest US foundations compared to $45m for the 99 HBCUs in 2019.”

www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/b...

MacKenzie Scott gives $70 million to UNCF to financially strengthen HBCUs | CNN Business

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, as the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships to minority students works to raise $1 billion to strengthen al...

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Bilyana Petrova @bpetrova.bsky.social · 17d

The Newest Face of Long-Term Unemployment? The College Educated. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...

The Newest Face of Long-Term Unemployment? The College Educated.

www.nytimes.com

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🎃🪦 BLOODSUGARSETHMASKET 🪦🎃 @smotus.bsky.social · 19d

9-0 SCOTUS ruling from last year:
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”

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Bilyana Petrova @bpetrova.bsky.social · 19d

I had full faith in you! ☺️

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Bilyana Petrova @bpetrova.bsky.social · 19d

The comments under this piece are… either uplifting or weighing on you, depending on the perspective.

Politico @politico.com · 19d

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the new midterm swing voters: They broke for Trump in 2024, they're a toss-up for 2026 — and they're wearing weighted vests all over your neighborhood.

Weighted vest women are the 2026 swing voters

Meet the new midterm swing voters: They broke for Donald Trump in 2024, they're a toss-up for 2026 — and they're wearing weighted vests all over your neighborhood.

www.politico.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27d

Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.

$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials

The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · Sep 9

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How do welfare systems shape views on immigration?

A 🇪🇺 study from @alinavranceanu.bsky.social
& @bpetrova.bsky.social finds:
Generous welfare → more positive attitudes toward immigrants
Welfare cuts → increased hostility (evidence from 🇩🇰)

Read more:

Welfare policy and immigration attitudes in Western Europe

ALINA VRÂNCEANU, BILYANA PETROVA

ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 7

Signs bearing President Trump’s name have gone up at major construction projects. They were financed by the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law which he passionately opposed ahead of its passage.

Trump Tried to Kill the Infrastructure Law. Now He’s Getting Credit for Its Projects.

Signs bearing President Trump’s name have gone up at major construction projects financed by the 2021 law, which he strenuously opposed ahead of its passage.

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Bilyana Petrova @bpetrova.bsky.social · Sep 4

Huge congrats! 🎉

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Bilyana Petrova @bpetrova.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations, Jan!! Fantastic news!

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Bilyana Petrova @bpetrova.bsky.social · Aug 29

Every time I reread this book, I am struck by how utterly heartbreaking it is.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Aug 22

Trump’s attacks on renewables sector quash nearly $19bn worth of projects on.ft.com/47EBJcg

Donald Trump’s attacks on renewables sector quash nearly $19bn worth of projects

Stifled growth will hamper ability to meet energy demand from artificial intelligence, analysts say

on.ft.com

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Bilyana Petrova @bpetrova.bsky.social · Aug 22

Some of them provided feedback to *all* of us. Some of them also read (multiple drafts of) multiple job market papers, while actively advising the rest of their students. I am in awe.

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Bilyana Petrova @bpetrova.bsky.social · Aug 22

150 pages of comp grading for 3 students make me wonder how my advisors graded at least 280 pages when my (unusually large) cohort took the exam in 2014...
Not to mention handling our entire job market packages (CVs, cover letters, teaching statements, research statements, and diversity statements)

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NBER @nber.org · Aug 19

Measuring intergenerational educational and occupational mobility in China and Russia during the transition to market economies, using new Markov chain methods, from Kristina Butaeva, Lian Chen, Steven N. Durlauf, and Albert Park https://www.nber.org/papers/w34124

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NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty @repec-nep-ltv.bsky.social · Aug 18

Rising Young Worker Despair in the United States: David G. Blanchflower; Alex Bryson

NEP/RePEc link

to paper

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · Aug 19

🤷Why do Americans' views on social spending move in parallel across policy areas?

➡️ @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social @cbwlezien.bsky.social & R Carlin show spending mood reflects shared preferences and responsiveness to overall spending and presidential party cup.org/3HdCwX3 #FirstView

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Aug 18

New Cambridge Element 'Voters' Perceptions of Party Brands' by @fortunato.bsky.social, Thiago N. Silva & Laron K. Williams is now free to read for 2 weeks.

cup.org/4mkBibw

#cambridgeelements #politics

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Bilyana Petrova @bpetrova.bsky.social · Aug 19

I’ve always found the incredible faith and optimism that (some) Americans seem to have in the future striking and deeply impressive. This piece reflects a different reality (that some in the US grapple with more often). Thought-provoking.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Aug 19

America’s defining mobility has stalled, leaving many people in houses that are too small, in jobs they don’t love, or shackled with “golden handcuffs.”

🔗: on.wsj.com/41dJvWC

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James Wood @thinkwoodist.bsky.social · Aug 12

How do federal and state governments drive innovation in the US? My new paper @cjres.bsky.social shows how the 'Polycentric Innovation State' with multi-level, place-based policies is reshaping regional growth in places like Michigan and Maine

academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...

The US’ Polycentric Innovation State

Abstract. This paper analyses US innovation policymaking since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, as prevailing political economy accounts, such as the Vari

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Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Devolution and Industrial Relations: An Overview

This article presents an overview of how industrial relations have been shaped by constitutional devolution across the United Kingdom. It shows that the devolved national governments in Scotland, Wal...

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 17

More than 40 percent of U.S. citizens are in some form of medical debt.

These Americans explain why they left for Italy, South Korea and France, after crippling debt or a lack of coverage left them afraid to seek medical help at home.

Fed up with U.S. health care costs, these Americans moved abroad

Three Americans explain why they left for Italy, South Korea and France, after crippling medical debt or a lack of coverage left them afraid to seek medical help at home.

www.washingtonpost.com

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