New from the UMass Poll, we show the Epstein scandal is hurting Trump, particularly among Trump voters:
theconversation.com/trumps-epste...
theconversation.com/trumps-epste...
Trump’s Epstein problem is real: New poll shows many in his base disapprove of his handling of the files, and some supporters are having second thoughts about electing him
The MAGA base is not happy. Trump’s handling of the Epstein controversy has done significant damage to his standing, particularly among his core supporters.
theconversation.com
Great paper! Tatishe Nteta and I similarly found that negative racial attitudes were associated with greater opposition to the prosecution of planners and perpetrators of 1/6.
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The New Racial Spillover: Donald Trump, Racial Attitudes, and Public Opinion Toward Accountability for Perpetrators and Planners of the January 6 Capitol Attack
Abstract. Since the violent January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, federal authorities have sought to hold participants and organizers accountable for their
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They should be available here: www.umass.edu/political-sc...
Please let me know if you can't access them!
Please let me know if you can't access them!
Views on Immigration & Higher Ed | National Poll - August 6, 2025 : Department of Political Science : UMass Amherst
Views on Immigration & Higher Ed | National Poll - August 6, 2025Toplines & Crosstabs
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Hi everyone,
New from the UMass Poll Substack, we do a deep dive on American attitudes toward immigration policy and find that most Americans don't support Trump's authoritarian measures.
umassamherstpollreport.substack.com/p/most-ameri...
New from the UMass Poll Substack, we do a deep dive on American attitudes toward immigration policy and find that most Americans don't support Trump's authoritarian measures.
umassamherstpollreport.substack.com/p/most-ameri...
Most Americans Don’t Want Authoritarian Immigration Policies
By Jesse Rhodes
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The UMass Poll is launching a Substack! Check out our first post, on Trump's declining popularity, and subscribe!
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Americans Voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential Election. That Doesn’t Mean They Like His Policies
By Jesse Rhodes
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Ever wondered what MAGA means to ordinary Americans? The UMass Poll asked, and what we found was fascinating.
theconversation.com/what-maga-me...
theconversation.com/what-maga-me...
What MAGA means to Americans
Ten years after Donald Trump launched the Make America Great Again movement, a poll offers some insight into what the slogan means to Republicans and Democrats.
theconversation.com
Using UMass Poll data, Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, Lane Cuthbert, and I show that opposition to transgender rights is associated with authoritarian attitudes, above and beyond partisanship, ideology, and religiosity. In The Conversation:
theconversation.com/antagonism-t...
theconversation.com/antagonism-t...
Antagonism to transgender rights is tied to the authoritarian desire for social conformity – not just partisan affiliation
Authoritarian attitudes – the desire for social conformity and an aversion to difference – play an important role in Americans’ willingness to restrict transgender rights.
theconversation.com
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New research shows the American public continues to support diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.
(Doug Rice @jesserhodesumass.bsky.social Tatishe Nteta @eichen.bsky.social @umasspoll.bsky.social)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250606-top...
(Doug Rice @jesserhodesumass.bsky.social Tatishe Nteta @eichen.bsky.social @umasspoll.bsky.social)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250606-top...
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Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration sets an example for our educational institutions.
We call on colleges and universities around the country to use every tool available to protect academic freedom.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/21/m...
We call on colleges and universities around the country to use every tool available to protect academic freedom.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/21/m...
Harvard sues Trump administration over funding freeze - The Boston Globe
The legal challenge comes a week after Harvard's leaders rejected an extraordinary set of demands from the Trump administration.
www.bostonglobe.com
One feature of Harvard's defiance of Trump that might be slightly underappreciated is that it indicates that Harvard's wealthy alumni and donors think it is okay to defy Trump. And this sends the signal to other wealthy and powerful people it is socially acceptable to defy Trump.
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Today our organizing team at UMass Amherst reached out to faculty at universities and colleges across the state asking them to join us in a Massachusetts Higher Education Compact.
Reposted by: Jesse H. Rhodes, Caroline Levine, Tabitha Bonilla
PROFESSORS ARE INSISTING THEIR CAMPUSES STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY AND HIGHER EDUCATION.
Today, we are releasing letters - most organized in under a week - with over 5000 signatures calling on campus leadership to stand up to Trump & fight for our values & our students.
bit.ly/CampusLettersTally
Today, we are releasing letters - most organized in under a week - with over 5000 signatures calling on campus leadership to stand up to Trump & fight for our values & our students.
bit.ly/CampusLettersTally
Reposted by: Jesse H. Rhodes, Karen Bullock, Ina Ganguli
This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in
AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...
www.gazettenet.com
If only someone could have foreseen this.
Rachel Maddow covers emergent plans for universities to bad together to defend higher ed, and mentions our resolution at UMass!
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
'Don't fight alone': Universities band together to defend against Trump attacks
Rachel Maddow highlights the efforts by Big Ten schools and others to join forces in a "mutual defense compact" against Donald Trump's attacks on higher education.
www.msnbc.com
Our new UMass Poll shows that both Trump and Musk are increasingly unpopular and untrusted on key issues.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Musk and Trump Are Increasingly Unpopular, New Polling Finds
Elon Musk and Donald Trump are more unpopular nearly three months into Trump's second term as president.
www.rollingstone.com
Universities like Rutgers and UMass Amherst have faculty senates calling for this. Here is UMass's faculty senate resolution, which was adopted last week:
drive.google.com/file/d/1TNDl...
drive.google.com/file/d/1TNDl...
MADC_ Public & LGUs.pdf
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UMass Amherst's faculty senate endorsed a mutual academic defense compact to band together with other institutions to fight attacks on higher ed!
drive.google.com/file/d/1TNDl...
I hope other universities will pursue similar initiatives.
drive.google.com/file/d/1TNDl...
I hope other universities will pursue similar initiatives.
MADC_ Public & LGUs.pdf
drive.google.com
Reposted by: Jesse H. Rhodes, Sarah J. Schoppe‐Sullivan, Ezra Rosser
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
This is why we need more R1s and Land grants following Rutgers' call for collective defense and aggressive public outreach
Better rationale for Liberation Day.
Reposted by: Jesse H. Rhodes
Thanks Rick @chronicle.com for talking with @daniellaurison.bsky.social and I about We Are Higher Ed and the groundswell of faculty resistance to attacks on Higher Ed. Here’s what we talked about—which includes a link to our letter and website.
Apr. 2: Can Trump’s opponents organize?
Feds freeze Princeton grants. Who loses in a world with federal graduate-loan limits? Michigan dean walks back his DEI proclamation. And more.
www.chronicle.com
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160 years ago today, the traitor Jefferson Davis and his treasonous cabinet abandoned Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, spelling the beginning of the end of the Civil War. A day for all patriots to celebrate.
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I'm supposed to be at
Sweet Briar College, where I was so excited to meet with the amazing students, faculty, and staff who organized my visit & made Mobility their Common Read. Hours before my flight I learned about their Board's exclusion of trans & nonbinary people. So now I'm not going.
Sweet Briar College, where I was so excited to meet with the amazing students, faculty, and staff who organized my visit & made Mobility their Common Read. Hours before my flight I learned about their Board's exclusion of trans & nonbinary people. So now I'm not going.
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Yes, but that is precisely why it can’t just be the Princetons alone. This is not a substitute for loud, public, collective action by all the R1s, public & private, who have these schools & whose entire business model/budgets therefore do depend on stopping the madness.
Prof Dynarski
@dynarski.bsky.social
· Apr 2
This is a sign Princeton intends to fight. We need more of this.
jon ben-menachem
@jbenmenachem.com
· Apr 2
Princeton considers issuing bonds same day as federal government pauses grants
The University announced its consideration to sell approximately $320 million of taxable bonds on Tuesday, following a notification from government agencies about the suspension of research grants.
www.dailyprincetonian.com
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Princeton has announced that it is considering selling approximately $320 million of taxable bonds. The bonds are a way for the University to raise short-term funds. The major credit-rating agencies rate University bonds AAA, the highest level of creditworthiness.
Princeton considers issuing bonds same day as federal government pauses grants
The University announced its consideration to sell approximately $320 million of taxable bonds on Tuesday, following a notification from government agencies about the suspension of research grants.
www.dailyprincetonian.com
Massachusetts officials say they will defend DEI. Why? Because their constituents support it. My latest with Tatishe Nteta and Adam Eichen.
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/on-d...
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/on-d...
On DEI, Massachusetts leaders are following public sentiment
Why are Massachusetts’s most prominent statewide officials challenging President Trump over DEI policy? It is what residents of the Commonwealth want their elected officials to do.
commonwealthbeacon.org
This is exactly the right question. Why are we sacrificing the pillars of our society to one man's pique? Why is Trump's wholesale destruction of the U.S. being tolerated?
