Matt Grossmann
Michigan State political scientist & director; fellow; contributor; New Book: Red State Blues #SocSciResearch
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Power Five, NCAA are now officially adversaries, and a breakaway may only be a matter of time
Dennis Dodd - CBSSports.com 10h 1 tweets
As the Power Five consolidates power, the NCAA is losing its grip on authority and membership value
Matt Grossmann NCAA threat to cancel fall championships could widen Power 5 conference withdrawal; Power 5 are already separate for football & cancelation of March Madness killed NCAA budget. 10h
Culture Wars and COVID‐19 Conduct: Christian Nationalism, Religiosity, and Americans’ Behavior During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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During the COVID‐19 pandemic, Americans’ behavioral responses were quickly politicized. Those on the left stressed precautionary behaviors, while those on the (religious) right were more likely to di...
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Matt Grossmann Christian nationalism predicts engaging in incautious COVID behavior like eating in restaurants, visiting family/friends, or gathering with 10+ persons #socsciresearch 14h
A research-based ranking of public policy schools
Scientometrics 33h 1 tweets
This paper presents rankings of U.S. public policy schools based on their research publication output. In 2016 we collected the names of about 5000 faculty members at 44 such schools. We use bibliographic databases to gather measures of the quality...
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Matt Grossmann Ranking of policy schools based on research output 33h
Partisan Competition and the Decline in Legislative Capacity among Congressional Offices
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Since the 1990s, members of the US House have shifted resources away from legislative functions to representational activities. We reveal this decline using an original dataset constructed from 236,0...
Matt Grossmann since the 1990s, members of Congress in both parties have shifted resources away from policy staff toward communications & constituency service #polisciresearch 33h
The Journal of Politics
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The Journal of Politics features balanced treatments of research in all subfields of political science, including American politics, comparative politics, international relations, political theory, and political methodology.
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Matt Grossmann voters take personal responsibility for positive changes in their personal welfare & hold the government responsible for negative changes #polisciresearch 46h
The Journal of Politics
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The Journal of Politics features balanced treatments of research in all subfields of political science, including American politics, comparative politics, international relations, political theory, and political methodology.
Matt Grossmann Republican-Majority Appellate Panels Increase Execution Rates for Capital Defendants #polisciresearch 46h
The Journal of Politics
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The Journal of Politics features balanced treatments of research in all subfields of political science, including American politics, comparative politics, international relations, political theory, and political methodology.
Matt Grossmann firstborns are significantly more likely to run for & be elected to political office; birth order effects are only marginally smaller when controlling for occupational economic status, cognitive ability & leadership skills; Sweden #polisciresearch 46h
Research notes in political science journals | Resul Umit
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Matt Grossmann List of political science journals accepting short articles (sometimes called research notes or letters) 46h
Are Republicans Bad for the Environment? - Luke Fowler, Jaclyn J. Kettler, 2020
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Does the partisanship of officeholders affect environmental outcomes? The popular perception is that Republicans are bad for the environment, but complicating f...
Matt Grossmann Republicans governorships & congressional control are associated with increases in toxic chemical releases #polisciresearch 46h
Which Identity Frames Boost Support for and Mobilization in the #BlackLivesMatter Movement? An Experimental Test | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
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Which Identity Frames Boost Support for and Mobilization in the #BlackLivesMatter Movement? An Experimental Test - TABITHA BONILLA, ALVIN B. TILLERY
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Matt Grossmann support for Black Lives Matter did not increase with a Black nationalist framing treatment, but Black feminist & LGBTQ+ frames demobilized non-subgroup members #polisciresearch 46h
School reopening plans linked to politics rather than public health
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Is partisanship playing a role in school reopening?
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Matt Grossmann There is NO relationship between school district in-person re-opening & recent COVID cases. Instead, it looks like politics: in-person districts are in counties where 55% voted for Trump on average compared to 35% in districts with remote learning 49h
now publishers - Voter Response to Hispanic Sounding Names: Evidence from Down-Ballot Statewide Elections
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Publishers of Foundations and Trends, making research accessible
Measuring Public Uncertainty about Candidate Ideology: An Application to US Presidential Elections | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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Matt Grossmann citizens had more difficulty assessing the ideology of Donald Trump in 2016 than all Republican & Democratic candidates since 1972 & all contemporary legislators #polisciresearch 57h
Partisanship as a Social Identity: Implications for Polarization
Political Behavior 59h 1 tweets
The claim that partisanship has developed into a social identity is one of the dominant explanations for the current rising levels of affective polarization among the U.S. electorate. We provide evidence that partisanship functions as a social...
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Matt Grossmann Partisanship is more important to identity when political salience is high & made less important by self-affirmation. But neither changes in-party favoritism & out-party hostility much; social identity is not the root of polarization #polisciresearch 59h
A Theory of System Justification — John T. Jost
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Psychologist John Jost has spent decades researching poor people who vote for policies of inequality and women who think men deserve higher salaries. He argues that the persecuted often justify and defend the very social systems that oppress them...
Matt Grossmann New book: we are motivated to defend the status quo because it serves needs for certainty, security, & social acceptance. We want to feel good about the social structure in which we live, even when it hurts others and ourselves 59h
Labor Union Strength and the Equality of Political Representation | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
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Labor Union Strength and the Equality of Political Representation - Volume 48 Issue 4 - Patrick Flavin
Matt Grossmann states with higher levels of union membership weigh citizens’ opinions more equally in the policy-making process. But there is no relationship between labor union contributions & the equality of its political representation #polisciresearch 3d
Compromise in an Age of Party Polarization
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Congressional debates are increasingly defined by gridlock and stalemate, with partisan showdowns that lead to government shutdowns. Compromise in Congress seems hard to reach, but do politicians deserve all the blame? Legislators who refuse to...
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Matt Grossmann Most Americans support political compromise over sticking to firm positions (& politicians who compromise) in both principle & practice. They can be willing to sacrifice policy gains for a consensus process, especially when they learn opinion is divided 3d
The effects of federal regulations on corruption in U.S. States
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Using the newly constructed Federal Regulation and State Enterprise Index (FRASE Index) to measure the federal regulations and the existing Corruption…
Matt Grossmann Increases in federal regulations are associated with increasing corruption to increase in U.S. states, mitigated in states with small governments #polisciresearch 4d
Do Really, Really Bad GDP Numbers Mean a Really, Really Bad November for Trump? Well...
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The economy shrank by 9.5 points in the 2nd quarter. That's really bad, but can we forecast the vote from it?
Comparative Experimental Evidence on Compliance with Social Distancing During the Covid-19 Pandemic by Michael Becher, Daniel Stegmueller, Sylvain Brouard, Eric Kerrouche :: SSRN
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Social distancing is a central public health measure in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, but individuals’ compliance cannot be taken for granted. We use
Matt Grossmann Compliance with social distancing varies cross-nationally with COVID-19 fatalities & the strictness of lockdown measures; there is an ideological gap in social distancing in the US & New Zealand, but not European countries #polisciresearch 4d