Happy Sunday! This is a thread just for subscribers.
Here are a few topics for discussion:
My piece from yesterday on how we should properly balance covering threats to democratic rights and the social science suggesting those threats probably do not have large effects on turnout. (NB: emphasis on probably, as there’s a good deal of uncertainty here.)
The Biden administration’s apparent embrace of polling data in both (a) deciding what policies to pursue/prioritize and (b) communicating their (popular) agenda with the people. See here for more.
A new study on Hispanic voting patterns in 2020, which shows the shift came mainly from persuading conservative Latinos and juicing turnout among 2016 non-voters, who ended up leaning more towards Trump — perhaps because of his record on the economy and decreasing salience of immigration.
Number 2 is the topic of this week’s free newsletter, which I’ll send out in the next few hours. Until then I’ll be around responding to your comments and facilitating discussion. (You can respond by clicking the button below.)
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Sunday subscribers thread for April 4, 2021
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Happy Sunday! This is a thread just for subscribers.
Here are a few topics for discussion:
My piece from yesterday on how we should properly balance covering threats to democratic rights and the social science suggesting those threats probably do not have large effects on turnout. (NB: emphasis on probably, as there’s a good deal of uncertainty here.)
The Biden administration’s apparent embrace of polling data in both (a) deciding what policies to pursue/prioritize and (b) communicating their (popular) agenda with the people. See here for more.
A new study on Hispanic voting patterns in 2020, which shows the shift came mainly from persuading conservative Latinos and juicing turnout among 2016 non-voters, who ended up leaning more towards Trump — perhaps because of his record on the economy and decreasing salience of immigration.
Number 2 is the topic of this week’s free newsletter, which I’ll send out in the next few hours. Until then I’ll be around responding to your comments and facilitating discussion. (You can respond by clicking the button below.)