Melina Much
@melinamuch.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Fellow @csmapnyu.org. Identities, political behavior, social media 👩🏻‍💻 PhD from UC Irvine melinamuch.com
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cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
#OpenAccess from @polanalysis.bsky.social -

Survey Professionalism: New Evidence from Web Browsing Data - https://cup.org/3KWgqtg

- Bernhard Clemm von Hohenberg, @tiagoventura.bsky.social, Jonathan Nagler, @ericka.bric.digital & Magdalena Wojcieszak

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melinamuch.bsky.social
We fed an LLM 30,000 podcast episodes to see where politics sneaks in to influence young folks… @csmapnyu.org

Come hang at our #APSA2025 panel Podcasts and Partisanship in American Politics

Sat, Sept 13, 8:00–9:30am PDT (11:00–12:30pm EDT)
melinamuch.bsky.social
My awesome co-author with our poster about the GenZ gender gap and podcast consumption at PolNet/PACSS! If you didn’t see us here catch us at APSA at the PolCom preconference and Saturday first thing in the morning 💃🏻 @csmapnyu.org
melinamuch.bsky.social
Thank you so much Sarah! 🙌🏼
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.

My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.

I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
We have gone from the margin of error to the margin of effort.

On the day before the election, we stand on the verge of toppling a political dynasty and winning a city we can afford. But we can only do it with you.

zohranfornyc.com/gotv
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adambonica.bsky.social
Since its founding, the US has engaged in nearly 500 foreign military conflicts and operations.

Congress has formally declared war in only five of these.

All wars are crimes. Only a handful have been Constitutional.
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tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social
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adambonica.bsky.social
The Democratic Party’s age problem isn’t just bad, it’s much worse than Republicans’. Half of registered Democratic voters are under 50, yet half their senators are over 67. Despite claiming to represent the future, party leadership systematically blocks younger voices from gaining power.
Two density plots comparing age distributions. Top graph shows Republican senators (peak around age 70) vs. registered Republican voters (more evenly distributed, median age 57). Bottom graph shows Democratic senators (peak around age 70) vs. registered Democratic voters (more evenly distributed, median age 50). Vertical lines mark where half of each population falls. Democratic senators have a much larger age gap from their voters than Republicans do.
melinamuch.bsky.social
This looks awesome, our podcast team at CSMap is so looking forward to our APSA panel! 🙌🏼
melinamuch.bsky.social
So well deserved, congrats!
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informor.bsky.social
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
Full of people down 5th avenue, view from 39th Street.
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beamagistro.bsky.social
From one Husky family to another 🐾! I’m thrilled to announce that in the fall I’ll be joining @northeasternu.bsky.social as Assistant Professor in AI Governance. After five long and challenging job markets, this moment feels incredibly special.
melinamuch.bsky.social
SO thrilled for you, you deserve this!
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egenpolisci.bsky.social
2025 EGEN Prize Announcement:

We are thrilled to announce the results of the 2025 prize competition. The EGEN prize committee selected 5 Prize Recipients and 3 Honorable Mentions this year!

@tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social @teele.bsky.social @mirya.bsky.social
melinamuch.bsky.social
Wow, can’t wait to read!
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maryannaise.bsky.social
“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.”
― Toni Morrison
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adambonica.bsky.social
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
Title: Both Liberal and Conservative Judges Rule Against Trump
Description: A scatter plot showing the rulings of judges against or in favor of Trump, categorized by ideology using the DIME score. The x-axis represents Judge Ideology (DIME Score), ranging from liberal (-1) to conservative (1), and the y-axis represents the case outcome (against or for Trump).
	•	Blue dots represent liberal judges, purple dots represent moderate judges, and red dots represent conservative judges.
	•	Some judges are labeled, including Rudolph Contreras, Lauren King, John Coughenour, and James Emanuel Boasberg on the liberal to moderate side, and Carl Nichols, Richard J. Leon, and Joseph N. Laplante on the conservative side.
	•	A note mentions that Boasberg, though slightly right-leaning, was initially appointed by George W. Bush.
	•	The visualization suggests that judges from both ideological backgrounds ruled against Trump.
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csmapnyu.org
It's well known that politicians take more extreme positions during primaries. In @electoralstudies.bsky.social, we find this shift is much more likely when incumbents in safe seats face a well-funded primary challenger.

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authors.elsevier.com/a/1kn5KxRaZn...
melinamuch.bsky.social
Intrusive thoughts - google trend search edition.
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anisekstrong.bsky.social
The single most effective way to raise GDP is to give girls access to education. But Heritage is so committed to patriarchal misogyny, they're willing to crash the economy to force women to have unwanted babies rather than pursue their own dreams and family planning on their own schedule.