@lizsuhay.bsky.social
Political scientist at American University. Studying political psychology / socioeconomic inequality / politicization of science. www.elizabethsuhay.com
The divide between rich and poor in the U.S. has become more pronounced in recent months. Wealthier Americans, buoyed by a stock market that keeps setting records, have continued to spend freely. Lower-income households β stung by persistent inflation and a slowing labor market β are pulling back.
19.10.2025 19:55 β π 138 π 68 π¬ 40 π 15
Itβs not a chilling effect. It would only be chilling if you had something horrid to say, and you donβt, do you? Certainly nothing critical of the regime, and absolutely no paraphrasing, not of anyone, not at this time!
18.09.2025 21:13 β π 528 π 143 π¬ 17 π 17
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
βGerrymandering has long been a problem, but this is a new level of insanity that should spur urgent demands for reform,β Roland Fryer writes in a guest essay. βMy research suggests one way to do so.β
Fixed: Why Personal Finance Is Broken and How to Make It Work for Everyone
Two leading economists reveal why todayβs personal finance markets are rigged against us and offer practical steps to fix them.
On #NationalFinancialAwarenessDay, explore a sample of Fixed.
Out October 21 and available for preorder now: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
It's so weird to think about corporate world when you're used to government reality. The top person at any federal agency makes at most $225,700. Come in brand new with a bachelor's degree and you'll make at least $42k. So about a 5x difference between the lowest white-collar fed and the highest.
15.06.2025 23:41 β π 114 π 22 π¬ 1 π 0If youβre attending a protest today and happen to be a trumpet player who knows Star Wars. Great opportunity
Stay safe. Fight the Empire.
#NoKings #DemCast #DemVoice1
Painful to watch this video. Imagine what you would think about the legitimacy of the regime if you saw a senior opposition leader treated this way in another country.
13.06.2025 03:02 β π 36 π 8 π¬ 2 π 1Social scientists have professional incentives to focus their work on what is _novel_ to people in their field, who they view as their core audience. The mental switch to be made is that what is _obvious_ to people in your field is often not obvious to ordinary citizens, and hence is valuable.
01.06.2025 13:51 β π 102 π 26 π¬ 1 π 2
I'm on a podcast! I had a blast talking with @lucystats.bsky.social and @epiellie.bsky.social on @casualinfer.bsky.social! We cover all sorts of fun things: {marginaleffects}, defining estimands, fixed vs. random effects, & how to teach all this stats stuff in accessible ways #databs #EpiSky #rstats
29.05.2025 14:52 β π 164 π 36 π¬ 4 π 3Here's my updated "what is going on packet" I started making for classes to help them figure out what the latest Trump announcement meant for them and togive them some context. Pls assume any typos or deranged statements were typed when I had the flu. sites.google.com/view/amgov10...
29.05.2025 17:42 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0If we stop calling these βgrantsβ and start calling them βcontracts,β itβs clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasnβt a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.
20.05.2025 23:37 β π 2115 π 692 π¬ 19 π 16We are extremely pleased to announce the preliminary release of the combined pre-election and post-election dataset for the ANES 2024 Time Series Study!
The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...
Best,
The ANES Team
The bipartisan effort of the 2000s to improve student learning has now been replaced by no national agenda from either party to improve educational performance, even as scores have declined & we haven't recovered from pandemic learning loss
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/u...
1. As almost every research shows, young men have NOT turned to the right β compared to older men. In fact, they moved slightly to the left compared to older men.
Young WOMEN have turned to the left compared to older women.
Recent graph on Trump approval provides good example.
Writing a dissertation while working full time? Welcome to the Club β the 5PM Scholars Club! Targeted dissertation support for busy scholars: strategies, tips, accountability. Meets Mondays 6:30 PM ET starting May 20. buff.ly/F6c874p
03.05.2025 13:02 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
New, from me: I am dorky enough to actually read (ok, skim) budgets, and have never seen anything like Trumpβs, which has converted a formal and professional document into a propagandistic screed to justify draconian cuts.
Lets take a look. π§΅
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
I love him I must marry him.
23.04.2025 14:50 β π 1816 π 268 π¬ 68 π 17
Available for preorder! My forthcoming book with Jeff Berry and Jim Glaser. Everyday Democracy: Liberals, Conservatives, and their Routine Political Lives. from @uchicagopress.bsky.social
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
The League of Women Voters declares a constitutional crisis - and we're doing something about it. If there's a cardinal rule of protecting American democracy, it's that you do not eff with the LWV.
17.04.2025 19:27 β π 1451 π 499 π¬ 28 π 30Reminder: if you're at #MPSA2025 and free for lunch on Friday, come join the Swifties of Political Science at *All Too Well*!
02.04.2025 19:57 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Overlapping CI's do not tell you if 2 estimates are significantly different from one another. These packages in R and Stata can help with this common visualization problem. Fan-freaking-tastic.
28.03.2025 19:26 β π 11 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
Variation in poverty by cong. districts-- between and within parties. Swing district GOP wary of slashing Medicaid/SNAP, but poverty rates are higher in GOP-held safe red districts. Still, poverty rates vary markedly across the 20 most competitive GOP-held districts-- from <4% to >15% of families
27.02.2025 21:47 β π 18 π 15 π¬ 2 π 0
π¨My small book with
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
on timely #empathy #politics is online and I can't be happier! π¨
shorturl.at/jZyPz
*The manuscript can be accessed freely for the next 2 weeks!* The book builds on my PhD thesis, defended
@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
We are excited to make a call for a forthcoming special issue of Political Psychology on empathy in security, strategy, and policymaking with guest editors @claireyorke.bsky.social & Allison Abbe! For more details and proposal submission information, visit: ispp.org/wp/wp-conten...
04.03.2025 16:41 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 0 π 2
Thorp & Larner study fault of impairment & perception of how deserving claimants are of welfare. Those seen as responsible for their injuries are perceived as less deserving of welfare. Read the full piece for out-group status & ideological impact on perceived deservingness. doi.org/10.1111/pops...
01.03.2025 19:49 β π 8 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
What does empathy mean for strategy and security? How can it enhance them, and what are its limitations? Weβre looking for contributions for a special section in @ispp-pops.bsky.social drawing on global case studies, and interdisciplinary research. Proposals (250 words) welcome by May 2025.
27.02.2025 23:44 β π 3 π 5 π¬ 1 π 1
In their first editorial as editors-in-chief, Mark Brandt and Elizabeth Suhay share their vision for the journalβs future and outline new efforts, including registered reports, critical dialogues, and furthering academic transparency. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.13074
24.02.2025 13:30 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 2 π 0Finlay et al. have new research in our latest issue examining "whataboutery" (deflecting discussions of one groupβs suffering by pointing to other injustices). What do online debates about Northern Irelandβs past tell us about reconciliation and justice? Read more:
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