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Jacob Stewart Hacker is a professor of political science at Yale University and formerly the director of Yale's Institution for… more

Jacob S. Hacker
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My latest, in the New York Times:

I Clerked for Justice O’Connor. She Was My Hero, but I Worry About Her Legacy.

www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/o...
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awhf.bsky.social
Happy new year! I'm catching up on academic reading and wanted to flag an important new piece from @jacobhacker.bsky.social and collaborators on the current Democratic coalition and its focus on economic vs. social liberalism.

Gated link:
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"Trump isn't finished." nytimes.com/2024/08/21/o...

This is a breakout column by Tom Edsall. His expert sources — political scientists — are united in their call of alarm. There is no phony "both sides do it." And the political press is not spared. Sean Wilentz calls theirs "a staggering failure."
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Trump is weaponizing financial payments: here's what you can do.

"Put more bluntly: the Trump administration is trying to turn private banks into enforcers ... If banks give in, it will be an enormous and dangerous step."

www.programmablemutter.com/p/trump-is-w...
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The recently "retired" head of Social Security's research office gives a firsthand account of DOGE marauding to
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Former Social Security Official Says Musk/DOGE Caused "Trauma and Chaos" at SSA - NCPSSM
Laura Haltzel is the first former Social Security Administration (SSA) official who was present for the Trump administration’s takeover of the agency to speak out publicly in an on the record intervie...
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Thank you so much to @jacobhacker.bsky.social @ispsyale.bsky.social for the opportunity to have presented yesterday on my findings on inequitable health insurance barriers and potential policy interventions to promote access (even in this political climate!). A real treat to have this conversation!
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Really excited about this online convening May 19-20 to better understand the contemporary challenges and opportunities of Democratic governance in blue trifectas. Important for housing, climate, inflation, and so much more -- especially today! Register: t.co/Pm4bIJHn1O
Title of the convening with an image of a donkey superimposed over maps of Massachusetts and California
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"once you understand the reality of what this bill does, it turns out to be incredibly unpopular."
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6/ The key is organized efforts focused on getting and keeping the unpopular parts of the bill -- especially the Medicaid cuts -- on the agenda and mobilizing voters against them. While this will be harder today than in 2017-18, our survey suggests voters will be VERY receptive.
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5/ And big unpopular policies like those cuts can break through -- even without going into effect. Think the failed ACA repeal and replace effort in 2017, which devastated Republicans in 2018. Our survey shows Senators who voted for this bill are vulnerable:
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4/ This is consistent with a larger problem: the voters who need to be mobilized are generally less attentive to politics, and Republicans have proved much more adept than Democrats at dominating the kinds of media that reach less attentive voters. Even so, the Medicaid cuts have gotten attention!
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3/ Now for the bad news: most voters know surprisingly little about the bill. They've heard about "no tax on tips" and "no tax on overtime"--small provisions relative to the big tax cuts for the rich (and not very helpful to most working folks).
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2/ This is particularly true of Republicans--who go from 54% support of the bill to 61% opposition when they are shown how it will change the average after-tax income of households in the top 1% vs. bottom 20% of the income distribution.
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Republicans' hugely unpopular bill is law; will they pay the electoral price for it they should? My research with @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social for @equitablegrowth.bsky.social has good news: voters informed about the bill's effects overwhelmingly oppose it. equitablegrowth.org/americans-in...
Americans informed about the distributional effects of Republicans’ tax and budget bill overwhelmingly oppose it
Republicans’ tax and budget bill would, if enacted, be the most regressive U.S. tax and budget law in at least the past four decades.
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Sorry, @Patrick-sullivan.bsky.social also (not surprisingly) pointed this out!
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This megabill GOP lawmakers are trying to shove through polls very poorly as is. And when Yale's @jacobhacker.bsky.social & ‪Patrick Sullivan showed folks how the combined tax and spending cuts affect family finances, BOY did they hate it. Even Republicans thought it stunk! Via @motherjones.com
Ordinary Republicans hate Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill"—once they know what it does
Solid support turns to strong opposition, a new Yale study shows.
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jacobhacker.bsky.social
I said he should do my graphics in the future; now I’m thinking he should also do all my TV appearances!
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@justinwolfers.bsky.social discussing how unbelievably unpopular the Big Beautiful Bill becomes among REPUBLICANS when you show them how much it takes from ordinary Americans to pad the pockets of the rich, based on the survey @basicmountain.bsky.social and I did. Grateful he’s spreading the word!
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Jun 27
"once you understand the reality of what this bill does, it turns out to be incredibly unpopular."
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by Jacob S. Hacker

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Republicans recoil when they learn about the the reserve-Robin Hood effects of their own party's signature policy bill. Honestly, @basicmountain.bsky.social and I were gobsmacked by how large these effects were in our survey experiment. Also, @justinwolfers.bsky.social should create all our figures!
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Jun 25
When Republican voters learn that the "Big Beautiful Bill" takes from the poor to give to the rich, they oppose it.
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by Justin Wolfers — Reposted by: Jacob S. Hacker, Will M. Gervais

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When Republican voters learn that the "Big Beautiful Bill" takes from the poor to give to the rich, they oppose it.
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How Awful Is the Republican Megabill? Here Are Four of the Worst Parts.
(@jacobhacker.bsky.social‬ and @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social, New York Times-unlocked)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
Opinion | How Awful Is the Republican Megabill? Here Are Four of the Worst Parts.
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patrick-sullivan.bsky.social
I don’t typically post much, but I’m excited to share a guest essay co-authored with @jacobhacker.bsky.social which was published today in the @nytimes.com, as well as two reports we just published at the @equitablegrowth.bsky.social on Republican’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
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"It would shift more resources up the income ladder than any bill passed since scorekeepers started keeping track."

In this opinion piece, @jacobhacker.bsky.social and @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social highlight four most regressive aspects of the 'Big Beautiful Bill.'

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
Opinion | The Four Ugliest Points About the Big Beautiful Bill
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