Kevin Collins

kwcollins.bsky.social

23 October 2026 15:02

Low-information voters (also, younger voters who haven't formed life long partisan attachments) have less attitude stability and political strength, so we should expect them to be the swingiest generally (in either direction in theory, but in the direction of the overall swing that year)

Laura Belin

laurarbelin.bsky.social

23 October 2026 03:45

RAGBRAI (The Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) is one of the most celebrated bike rides in the world.

Bethany Albertson

albertsonb2.bsky.social

23 October 2026 03:28

so now we're putting bike lanes on an ideological spectrum... cool

Laura Belin

laurarbelin.bsky.social

20 October 2026 17:59

Wow: Today Sabato's Crystal Ball moved the open #IA02 (Ashley Hinson's seat, covering northeast #Iowa) from toss-up to lean D, joining #IA01 (Miller-Meeks, most of southeast Iowa) and #IA03 (Nunn, central Iowa) which were already in the lean D column. centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...

Hakeem Jefferson

hakeemjefferson.bsky.social

14 October 2026 02:31

Apropos of nothing, let me say this: Questioning the normative assumptions that motivate a focus on something like polarization IS NOT an anti-intellectual project. Pretending that one’s arguments or perspectives are free of normative commitments is the unserious, anti-intellectual make-believe.