David Darmofal
@daviddarmofal.bsky.social
Political scientist. Political behavior + methods. Spatial analysis.
Speaking in a personal capacity. Opinions expressed are my own.
Speaking in a personal capacity. Opinions expressed are my own.
Conservatives love to claim that liberal academics indoctrinate students but it’s two well-known conservative academics who played roles in Hegseth’s rise.
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Conservatives love to claim that liberal academics indoctrinate students but it’s two well-known conservative academics who played roles in Hegseth’s rise.
Tapper & Thompson hawking this book this year instead of focusing on Trump while he has been exhibiting cognitive decline while in office should be viewed as one of the greatest failures in the history of modern journalism.
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Tapper & Thompson hawking this book this year instead of focusing on Trump while he has been exhibiting cognitive decline while in office should be viewed as one of the greatest failures in the history of modern journalism.
It costs $93,333 a year to go to Northwestern vs. $36,930 to $42,310 to go to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you’re an in-state student. The choice seems obvious.
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It costs $93,333 a year to go to Northwestern vs. $36,930 to $42,310 to go to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you’re an in-state student. The choice seems obvious.
Looking again at the precinct-level map of the 2024 election. On the left is Northwest Ohio, where I grew up. On the right is the Midlands of South Carolina, where I live now. I don't think people realize how Democratic much of Columbia, SC is.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Looking again at the precinct-level map of the 2024 election. On the left is Northwest Ohio, where I grew up. On the right is the Midlands of South Carolina, where I live now. I don't think people realize how Democratic much of Columbia, SC is.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Pope with a message directly counter to that of Donald Trump & JD Vance.
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The Pope with a message directly counter to that of Donald Trump & JD Vance.
The Trump-Vance administration vs. the Catholic Church.
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Trump-Vance administration vs. the Catholic Church.
How Trump's job approval rating compares to Biden's at the same point in their terms among all adults & among some subgroups.
news.gallup.com/interactives...
news.gallup.com/interactives...
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
How Trump's job approval rating compares to Biden's at the same point in their terms among all adults & among some subgroups.
news.gallup.com/interactives...
news.gallup.com/interactives...
Much wisdom here in the Pope's words today to the residents of a nursing home run by the Little Sisters of the Poor.
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Much wisdom here in the Pope's words today to the residents of a nursing home run by the Little Sisters of the Poor.
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Trump is extremely unpopular with Independents on all the issues Gallup asked respondents about. The Republican Party is in huge trouble with voters right now.
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Trump is extremely unpopular with Independents on all the issues Gallup asked respondents about. The Republican Party is in huge trouble with voters right now.
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
When you see a bonkers headline in The Hill, there’s a good chance it’s for a column from Republican Douglas MacKinnon.
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
When you see a bonkers headline in The Hill, there’s a good chance it’s for a column from Republican Douglas MacKinnon.
The two parties are not the same.
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The two parties are not the same.
I always enjoy the @kamalaharris.com & family Thanksgiving videos every year. Thanks, @douglasemhoff.bsky.social!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and to everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and to everyone!
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I always enjoy the @kamalaharris.com & family Thanksgiving videos every year. Thanks, @douglasemhoff.bsky.social!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and to everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and to everyone!
What a whiner. No one’s forcing him to be Speaker. You never heard Nancy Pelosi talk like this.
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
What a whiner. No one’s forcing him to be Speaker. You never heard Nancy Pelosi talk like this.
I've talked to others about this and apparently I'm the only one who sees it, but I'm standing by it. I see a facial resemblance between Pope Leo & @douglasemhoff.bsky.social. Both good men too.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I've talked to others about this and apparently I'm the only one who sees it, but I'm standing by it. I see a facial resemblance between Pope Leo & @douglasemhoff.bsky.social. Both good men too.
Robert George, conservative academic at Princeton, apparently refers to women students as girls and men students as men.
www.chronicle.com/article/robe...
www.chronicle.com/article/robe...
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Robert George, conservative academic at Princeton, apparently refers to women students as girls and men students as men.
www.chronicle.com/article/robe...
www.chronicle.com/article/robe...
I can't speak to other disciplines, but I have never once seen any faculty job candidate in political science discriminated against for being a conservative. Does it happen at some schools? I'm sure anything does. But not at the vast majority of R1s, which are the schools I'm familiar with.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I can't speak to other disciplines, but I have never once seen any faculty job candidate in political science discriminated against for being a conservative. Does it happen at some schools? I'm sure anything does. But not at the vast majority of R1s, which are the schools I'm familiar with.
George is upset he didn't get any Dem votes *in the Ohio state Senate* when *the R Governor appointed him & the R state Senate confirmed him* to OSU's conservative center's board. You have to be naive or disingenuous to blame Dems for not going along w/ this state violation of academic freedom.
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
George is upset he didn't get any Dem votes *in the Ohio state Senate* when *the R Governor appointed him & the R state Senate confirmed him* to OSU's conservative center's board. You have to be naive or disingenuous to blame Dems for not going along w/ this state violation of academic freedom.
Robbie George basically admitting in this interview that he's an ideologically-driven conservative scholar. In what world is this acceptable whether from the left or the right? We should not approach our research questions from our own political perspectives.
www.chronicle.com/article/robe...
www.chronicle.com/article/robe...
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Robbie George basically admitting in this interview that he's an ideologically-driven conservative scholar. In what world is this acceptable whether from the left or the right? We should not approach our research questions from our own political perspectives.
www.chronicle.com/article/robe...
www.chronicle.com/article/robe...
Trump is really unpopular. In addition to his net negative approval rating overall (38-57), he has net negative approval ratings with men, women, white voters, Black voters, Hispanic voters, every age group, every income level, liberals, moderates, Democrats, & Independents. 1/
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Trump is really unpopular. In addition to his net negative approval rating overall (38-57), he has net negative approval ratings with men, women, white voters, Black voters, Hispanic voters, every age group, every income level, liberals, moderates, Democrats, & Independents. 1/
I’m kind of fascinated by this map in The Times’ story on the University of South Carolina & other Southern schools. I wish they’d looked at more than just one year for this map, but I wonder why Texas lost so many students to other states.
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I’m kind of fascinated by this map in The Times’ story on the University of South Carolina & other Southern schools. I wish they’d looked at more than just one year for this map, but I wonder why Texas lost so many students to other states.
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
He’s got a lot more than just two obstacles to the job he’s lusted for his entire life. And one of the many obstacles is himself.
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
He’s got a lot more than just two obstacles to the job he’s lusted for his entire life. And one of the many obstacles is himself.
George has built his movement by claiming a progressive orthodoxy in higher ed. that, at best, is wildly overstated on some campuses & non-existent on most campuses.The illiberalism on the right has always existed, from Fr. Coughlin to Kirk & Buckley to the antisemites who opposed Vatican II.
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
George has built his movement by claiming a progressive orthodoxy in higher ed. that, at best, is wildly overstated on some campuses & non-existent on most campuses.The illiberalism on the right has always existed, from Fr. Coughlin to Kirk & Buckley to the antisemites who opposed Vatican II.