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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 4d

This paper was a long time in the making, one of my favorites I’ve ever worked on, and is now live at SPPQ! doi.org/10.1017/spq....

Is Gerrymandering Poisoning the Well of Democracy? Evaluating the Relationship between Redistricting and Citizens' Attitudes

Ryan D. Williamson and Florian Justwan

Redistricting is often a hotly contested affair within states as the party in power attempts to maximize its chances for electoral success through injecting partisanship into the process. Previous works have evaluated how different redistricting practices can influence elections, but little is known about how redistricting can impact citizen attitudes toward government. Using an original survey with a unique experiment, we evaluate the relationship between how redistricting is performed and how satisfied citizens are with the state of democracy in the United States. We find that the mere perception of redistricting being done in a partisan manner leads to decreased levels of system support. Further-more, our models show that independent redistricting commissions tend to reduce the perceived prevalence of gerrymandering and boost citizens' evaluations of the democratic process.

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 3d

Me, almost every time I go anywhere

Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 3d

“Oh drat,” said Toad. “Not only do my feet hurt, but I have lost one of the buttons on my jacket.”

Frog and Toad walking through the woods.

From "A Lost Button"
In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 3d

Now that it’s October I just want to gently remind everyone that candy corn is amazing.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 4d

This paper was a long time in the making, one of my favorites I’ve ever worked on, and is now live at SPPQ! doi.org/10.1017/spq....

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 5d

I love fall.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 6d

It took less than 48 hours before I dreamt that I was denied tenure and apparently lost my citizenship and house as well as I ended up homeless in Canada. Very cool, very normal brain I have.

Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 8d

Tenure and promotion packet officially submitted. Time to throw up.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 7d

Technically about a third, mostly driven by the shutdowns under Carter, which obviously occurred under a different set of rules and precedents.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 7d

I was “non-essential” staff during the 3 day shutdown of 2018. I was left sitting at home twiddling my thumbs and making no progress on any bills or letters to the administration. No hearings, no meetings, no emails. Such an incredible waste of time and resources.

Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 7d

Since 1976, the government has shut down 21 times. This would the fourth under Trump. Many previous shutdowns lasted less than a week. The longest lasted 35 days, which the CBO estimated cost over $5 billion dollars in permanently lost economic activity.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 7d

Yes. The man who told me I was pissing my life away by not playing high school football indeed cared deeply about spelling and grammar.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 7d

You’d think I’d outgrow the conditioning of a certain former boss or two of mine. But you’d be wrong.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 7d

Okay yeah that is also something to look forward to

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 7d

Words are hard. The typos will continue until morale improves.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 7d

Everything is one fire but I guess at least the NBA season starts in 3 weeks.

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Michael Hankinson @hankinson.bsky.social · 8d

I'm excited to share that we're running a junior faculty search in American politics. Proud to see GWU continue to invest in political science. Link: www.gwu.jobs/postings/122...

Assistant Professor of Political Science

The Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure-track position in American Politics at the rank of assistant professor beginning as early as Fall 2026. This position is pending f...

www.gwu.jobs

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 8d

Tenure and promotion packet officially submitted. Time to throw up.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 10d

Well played

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 10d

She is quoted as saying “I love political science.” So of course this album is about academia.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 10d

I would never (explicitly) say such (incredibly) mean things about you (to your face).

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 10d

Cardi B called someone an “easily impressed ass bitch” on her new album and the insult is so deceptively cutting that it’s occupied a decent percentage of my thoughts for the last several days.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 11d

Only 25 percent in attendance today for lecture. I clearly missed some sort of memo I fear.

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 11d

That wall has clearly been mislabeled. Or I no longer know what counts as a computer.

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Josh McCrain @joshmccrain.bsky.social · 12d

The University of Utah Department of Political Science is hiring a department chair at the rank of Full Professor! This job is open to any subfield.

Let me know if you have questions about the search, including (as you likely are wondering) why we are hiring an external chair.

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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · 13d

At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....

Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science

The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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Ryan D. Williamson @ryandane.bsky.social · 13d

Based on the state of my inbox, it is unclear to me how academia ever existed without email.

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