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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks very much to the GW Hatchet for this write-up of my talk at the GW Museum and Textile Museum @gwu1821.bsky.social

gwhatchet.com/2025/08/28/p...

Political scientist talks DC’s nonvoting delegate, home rule ‘under attack’

Elliot Mamet, a research associate and lecturer at Princeton University, said home rule has never been “under attack” as much as it is today by President Donald Trump’s administration and discussed th...

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LSE US Politics and Policy blog - USAPP @lseusablog.bsky.social · 29d

The weakening of the Voting Rights Act is a fundamental threat to multiracial democracy write @michaelgreenberger.bsky.social of @uofdenver.bsky.social and Jasmine Carrera Smith of George Washington University blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

The weakening of the Voting Rights Act is a fundamental threat to multiracial democracy | USAPP

Federal enforcement has historically been the only reliable guarantee of Black political representation - and therefore multiracial democracy - in the South.

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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Jul 29

This by Charles Lipson is a good starting place: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

How to Write a BA Thesis, Second Edition

How to Write a BA Thesis is the only book that directly addresses the needs of undergraduate students writing a major paper. This book offers step-by-step advice on how to move from early ideas to fin...

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LSE US Politics and Policy blog - USAPP @lseusablog.bsky.social · Jun 24

Washington, D.C deserves democratic equality – and that means statehood writes @emamet.bsky.social of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Washington, D.C deserves democratic equality – and that means statehood | USAPP

D.C. residents should be afforded the democratic rights enjoyed by most other Americans.

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · May 21

#OpenAccess from the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics -

Federal Enforcement and Black Political Representation: Evidence from Reconstruction and the Voting Rights Act - cup.org/4drlmAz

- @michaelgreenberger.bsky.social & Jasmine Carrera Smith

#FirstView #JREP10

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APSA CFP @apsacfp.bsky.social · Apr 11

From one Capitol to another! 💡 Our Congressional Fellows explored the Richmond State House, gaining insights from Delegate Pugh Kent, Senator VanValkenburg, Cal Whitehead, Dr. Lauren Bell (CFP '97-'98), & Elizabeth Beyer (CFP '22-'23). Grateful for the opportunity to learn from the best! #APSACFP

CFP Fellows taking an informative tour of Richmond State House

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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Apr 9

Not exactly an answer, but see Ostrander and Sievert (2022) here on the rhetorical use of SAPs: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @jsievert.bsky.social

Presidential Strategies in Statements of Administration Policy

Presidents routinely employ Statements of Administration Policy (SAPs) to inform Congress about the executive's thoughts and position on pending legislation. Such statements are used for a variety of...

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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Apr 5

Thanks so much!

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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · Mar 18

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!

#Democratic #Equality for #Washington, D.C.!

By @emamet.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Mar 18

Amid ongoing debates about Washington, D.C.'s autonomy, I have a new article out arguing that democratic equality for D.C. is only possible via statehood. @poppublicsphere.bsky.social

Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · Mar 18

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!

#Democratic #Equality for #Washington, D.C.!

By @emamet.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · Feb 12

Just ordered @profjw.bsky.social’s new book, We Choose You. Looks like tmrw is drop day.

It explores what shapes Black voters’ candidate choices beyond race, highlighting how signals of group commitment matter most. Can’t wait to dive in. Congrats, Prof. Wamble!

www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...

We Choose You

Cambridge Core - American Studies - We Choose You

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John Hutchins @johnehutchins.bsky.social · Dec 8

Promoting Bipartisanship in an Era of Polarization: The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, by @mbcoven.bsky.social & @emamet.bsky.social successfulsocieties.princeton.edu/publications...

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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Nov 18

would love to be added, thanks!

Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thanks for reading, Daniel — and agree with both. Some of these ideas were percolating for a long time before the 116th Congress. Appreciate your engaging with it.

Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Nov 15

Congress bluesky: excited to have published this case study on the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress with Martha Coven. The Committee made real changes to improve Congress—and modeled a way of working together across differences.

Available here:

Promoting Bipartisanship in an era of Polarization: The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress

In 2019, amid record high levels of political polarization, the US House of Representatives established a Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. The committee’s goal was to “make Congress ...

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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Nov 12

Glad you don’t have to be a ‘dissident minority’ (per a great paper I remember…)

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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Nov 11

Would love to be added… thanks!

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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Nov 11

Would love to be added, thanks!

Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Nov 10

I’d love to be added; thanks!

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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · May 17

Thrilled to share this article, with Austin Bussing, on race, democracy, and the creation of four new seats in Congress in the 1970s. The story conveys an enduring political inequality for residents of Washington D.C. and the U.S. territories. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Nov 6

"Delegates to the House of Representatives: Who Are They and What Do They Do?" Happy to share this episode of the Understanding Congress podcast. Listen here: www.aei.org/podcast/dele...

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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Sep 22

Thrilled to have this piece with Cameron Dehart now in print in State Politics & Policy Quarterly. We study the nonvoting tribal delegates in Maine’s state legislature, and ask about what it means for them to have a voice, but not a vote.

Available open access here: cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Sep 22

me too please, thanks!

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Elliot Mamet @emamet.bsky.social · Sep 22

Would you be able to add me as well? thank you!