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Guest Posting: The Victory Lab visits PPLS Oct 4, 2012

Posted on October 18, 2012 by gronkep

Guest posting by Jacob Canter, Reed junior and PPLS Steering Committee: Sasha Issenberg, dressed in a dark blazer and sporting a five o’clock shadow, was speaking at Reed College to talk about his new book The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of … Continue reading →

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Everyone is middle class in the United States, so Romney’s claims about capital gains may resonate

Posted on October 17, 2012 by gronkep

Ezra Klein correctly points out: Romney said “Every middle-income taxpayer no longer will pay any tax on interest, dividends or capital gains.” As this graph from the Tax Policy Center shows, few people in the middle-income brackets actually pay capital … Continue reading →

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Swing States or a Swinging Nation?

Posted on October 16, 2012 by gronkep

There is a really cool graphic in today’s 538 blog at the NY TImes that is making its way around the internet.  The graphic is creative and awfully pretty, but the focus on individual states as independent entities, “swinging” in response to … Continue reading →

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A new take on partisan polarization: Dems and Reps just don’t like one another

Posted on October 12, 2012 by gronkep

The results of a recent article “Affect, Not Ideology: A Social identity Perspective on PolarizAtion” by Iyenger, Sood, and Lelkes in Public Opinion Quarterly (gated) probably won’t come as news to many: Democrats and Republicans dislike one another.  The article provides an … Continue reading →

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My voter file moment at Vanderbilt

Posted on October 11, 2012 by gronkep

My day in Nashville has been wonderful–thanks again to John Geer and the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions for hosting me. My lecture had one lowlight and one highlight.  I wonder if the highlight is shared by my good friends … Continue reading →

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Ballot Tracking in NC

Posted on October 10, 2012 by gronkep

I am heading off to Vanderbilt University tomorrow to lecture to John Geer’s introductory American politics class, and I am pretty sure there will be a relative in the audience! I have been slashing away at the North Carolina absentee ballot file tonight, just to show … Continue reading →

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Micro Economies, Micro-Micro Economies, and the Political Challenges in Metro Portland

Posted on October 2, 2012 by gronkep

This article by Richard Florida will surely be used as further evidence of the wisdom of the Portland’s economic development trajectory for the past decade.  Florida, after all, was the guru of the “young creative class” model. Here’s the problem–just … Continue reading →

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Ezra Klein at Reed

Posted on September 30, 2012 by gronkep

A packed house in Vollum Hall listened to Ezra Klein lay many of the problems of the current American political system–at least in Washington DC–on the institution of the filibuster. Ezra hates the filibuster. He really hates the filibuster, although … Continue reading →

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Politika Poll: Identify Rejali’s Animal Side

Posted on September 30, 2012 by gronkep

I can’t figure out how to get the results displayed inline, but by semi-popular demand: Darius’s Animal Side: The Poll More information here.

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I know what Rejali did last summer, Oz Edition

Posted on September 25, 2012 by gronkep

I just received this email from my colleague Darius Rejali (posted with his permission): Mudgee the Koala and I posed for pictures – or in the Persian Khers and Khersak (Bear and little bear). Mudgee didn’t mind being pet but wanted … Continue reading →

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