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Apr 13

VEEPSTAKES! My new book w/

@Palgrave

, “News Media Coverage of the Vice-Presidential Selection Process: What’s Wrong with the ‘Veepstakes?’” I analyze veepstakes media coverage (2000-2020), to find out: which criteria do journalists treat as most important when covering VP selxn?

Update: Can't use any of those photos for my book cover, after all. Licensing issue, long story. So... How about this one, for a book on campaign visits? I took it at a Romney/Ryan rally in 2012. (Too old?)

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Apr 26

My book on presidential campaign visits ("I'm Here to Ask for Your Vote") is coming out this fall. Time to pick an image for the cover. Which one?

News Media Coverage of the Vice-Presidential Selection Process

Apr 26

My book on presidential campaign visits ("I'm Here to Ask for Your Vote") is coming out this fall. Time to pick an image for the cover. Which one?

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Oh, and of course, here's the link:

link.springer.com

Finally: Thank you! To so many ppl who helped make this book possible. Here’s to (among those w/ Twitter)

Chapters? (cont’d) 4—Empirical analysis: Veepstakes coverage, 2000-2016 (yikes) 5—Empirical analysis: Veepstakes coverage, 2020 (better—but not quite there) 6—Conclusion: Let’s do better. Here’s how…

Chapters? 1—Why does veepstakes coverage matter? 2—History of the veepstakes (How did we get here?) 3—How do I analyze veepstakes media coverage (content analysis!)

Profiles of VP candidates are far more likely to discuss potential electoral advantages (e.g., geographic, demographic) than governing ability. Message to audience: Pick someone who can help you win! Who cares whether VP can help govern? (Me: Boo—VPs matter!)

Questions: Do journalists focus too much on electoral (vs. governing) considerations when discussing potential VP candidates? Do they treat it like a parlor game? Short answer: Yup. And that needs to change.

Annotated PowerPoint slide for next week's class discussion on presidential rating systems.

Jan 25

Did you write a really good paper about presidents & executive politics for #APSA2022? Have a PhD? You're eligible for the

@PEP_Tweets_PEP

Founders Best Paper award. Deadline is February 1, and we could use more submissions. Info here: connect.apsanet.org/s9/award-commi.

Happy veepstakes season, to all who celebrate.

Jan 18

Approved for sabbatical this fall--woohoo! I'll be in New England doing archival research for a book project on the 1924 presidential election.

Steve Vladeck

@steve_vladeck

Dec 16, 2022

Musk has the right to suspend whichever account he wants to suspend — including this one. But his behavior should conclusively put to rest the tiresome canard that he’s pro-“free speech.” He isn’t. He’s pro-free-speech-he-supports — and nothing more.

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One of my favorite part of my campaign visits book is sharing war stories about what it took to build a dataset from scratch (inc. the exact address where each visit took place).

Dec 10, 2022

My book on media coverage of the "veepstakes" will be coming out in 2023, from

@Palgrave

Pivot.

Arthur Spirling

@arthur_spirling

Dec 8, 2022

Your regular reminder that it’s great to be done with teaching, but posting pictures of students in your lecture may not actually be ok per university policy, and always needs some care if the students don’t explicitly opt in/consent to it. Same with posting their work etc.

Dec 7, 2022

The anxiety of cutting those 1,000 precious words vs. the relief when you do it and realize everything's fine.

Analysis | Did amateur candidates cost Republicans the U.S. Senate?

Exited to see our

out at

! Why did GOP not only fail to flip the U.S. Senate but mange to lose ground in 2022 midterms? Using new candidate quality data, Seon & I agree with McConnell—perhaps it was candidate quality! 1/2

washingtonpost.com

A lot of amateurs ran for the Senate this year and lost. Here's what you need to know.

Hot take: It's really nice to grade students who nail every assignment throughout the semester. But nothing beats seeing a student who has struggled with earlier assignments work hard to improve and nail the big ones at the end.

Nov 30, 2022

My book on presidential campaign visits is now under contract w/

@ColumbiaUP

. Couldn't be more excited. Coming your way in Fall 2023.

Nov 30, 2022

One of the problems with blinded review is that you can't get in touch with a reviewer to ask: "Just curious--and no disrespect--what exactly is wrong with you?"

All politics in the US have calcified

Nov 28, 2022

"In just 23 of 435 congressional districts did the voters choose a candidate of the opposite party for which they voted in 2020. So, just 5-percent of congressional seats were crossovers..."--

@JayWendland

@3Streamsblog

link.medium.com

The “Red Wave” that never happened

Univ Press of Kansas

@Kansas_Press

Nov 27, 2022

Happy Holidays! 50% OFF ALL BOOKS, now until 12/16. Use code HOLI22 at checkout. kansaspress.ku.edu

Trump's Still Outside the GOP Establishment. That might matter more than you think.

Nov 21, 2022

"But I think we benefit from both asking more focused questions, and from flipping the frame around: the fact that Trump makes some Republicans uneasy matters, even as so many have embraced him."--

@julia_azari

mischiefsoffaction.com

The past couple of weeks have produced some very ambiguous news about the future of Trump and the GOP. One of the most prominent interpretations of the surprising midterm red “ripple” – as opposed to...

Nov 19, 2022

I love reviewing book manuscripts, because it is: 1) legitimate, actual work, and 2) what I'd want to be reading for fun anyway. Oh, and bonus: getting paid in books. Good gig.

Nov 17, 2022

Trump’s popularity has dropped more in the last week—among Americans, generally, and Republicans, specifically—than it did after January 6. Not sure it will last, we’ll see. But something is different this time.

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Drew Linzer

@DrewLinzer

Nov 16, 2022

Remarkable. The 2022 election sent Trump's favorable rating from an already low 38% down to 33%. Among Republicans, Trump's favorable rating went from 81% to 71%, the lowest it's been since before the 2016 election. civiqs.com/results/trump_

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David W. Congdon

@dwcongdon

I am looking for a legal historian to write the book on Dobbs for

@Kansas_Press

's Landmark Law Cases and American Society series. Any recommendations?

If you want to know what message discipline sounds like, just listen to Sherrod Brown from one election to the next.

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Reshad Hudson

@ReshadHudson

.@SenSherrodBrown tells reporters he plans to run for re-election in 2024. "I run to win, and people recognize that I get up every day and fight for the dignity of work."

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Gotta come through this season for your loved one who is always asking: "But *do* running mates matter?"

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David W. Congdon

@dwcongdon

Big holiday sale news at the @Kansas_Press! To celebrate our new website, all books are 50% off using the discount code HOLI22 until December 16. Run, don't walk! kansaspress.ku.edu

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Order from our website and use coupon code HOLI22 for a 50% discount on your order. Offer good through December 16, 2022. This offer is not available to retail and wholesale accounts. Discount does not apply to $5 Friday books and cannot be combined with other discounts.

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Matt Grossmann

@MattGrossmann

Bellwether no more: Ohio’s Republican strength falls out of step with nation

Not final, but the size of the vote share swing in U.S. House elections was a bit below the normal shift against the president's party in midterm elections. The size of the seat share swing was far less than average.

A lot of people are wondering about this, given disconnect between Ohio & US midterm election results. Great write-up from

@JimGainesDDN

--w/ analysis from

@LeeHannahWSU

@markcalebsmith

, & me.

springfieldnewssun.com

Republican lock on Ohio offices means loss of bellwether status.

Lee Hannah

@LeeHannahWSU

Nov 12, 2022

Vance ran behind DeWine everywhere (4% to 14%). But he was much closer to DeWine's percentages in rural counties. More split-ticket voters in suburban counties and big cities. #Ohio

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Kyle Kondik

@kkondik

Nov 12, 2022

Even if 2023 majority not at stake, GA runoff is still really important as you look ahead to 2024 Senate map. Ds could really use an extra seat cushion given how exposed they are next time

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Justin Amash

@justinamash

Nov 11, 2022

This is the same Trump that the GOP supported before. Nothing has changed about him. He’s just attacking different people, using different slurs and insults. When he did this in 2016, people were also appalled, but when he won, they fell in line. Let’s see what happens this time.

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If you need me, I’ll be handwriting page numbers onto this 500-page book manuscript I agreed to review. 🫤

Rick Hasen

@rickhasen

Nov 9, 2022

People need to be patient. The ballots are in. Let election officials do their job and count them accurately. If we know who controls Congress a little later, nothing changes. Accuracy helps promote public confidence in the process.

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