Lilliana Mason
Assistant Professor of Government and Politics (American political behavior) at the University of Maryland, College Park. All tweets are my own.
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Could Joe Biden Actually Bring America Back Together?
The New Yorker 100d 3 tweets
The former Vice-President has long valorized comity and respect in the political arena, but the country’s deepest cleavages are now imprinted on Americans’ party affiliations.
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Lilliana Mason This article does a great job describing the current state of American politics. Despite the title, the conclusion is that only Americans can bring America back together. With quotes from me, and more! 96d
Statement by University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay A. Perman: Guidance on USM Spring Break, Distance Learning, and Related COVID-19 Preparations
Usmd.edu 322d 1 tweets
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Why Democrats Still Have to Appeal to the Center, but Republicans Don’t
Nytimes.com 368d 33 tweets
Polarization has changed the two parties — just not in the same way.
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Lilliana Mason This piece by hits on an important argument. The founders wrote a constitution to amplify the voice of the 80% of Americans who lived in rural areas. Now only 20% of Americans live there, but they're still treated like "real" America. 363d
In 7 Days and 3 Protests, the Nation’s Divisions on Glaring Display
Sabrina Tavernise - Nytimes.com 368d 6 tweets
With activists mobilized and dug in on the left and right, there is increasing pressure on people in the middle to choose sides.
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Lilliana Mason Thanks to ⁦⁩ for a well-researched article on the partisan divide, citing me, ⁦⁩ and many more. via 365d
‘Chaos Is the Point’: Russian Hackers and Trolls Grow Stealthier in 2020
Matthew Rosenberg, Nicole Perlroth - Nytimes.com 383d 20 tweets
While U.S. cyberdefenses have improved since 2016, many of the vulnerabilities exploited four years ago remain. And attacks are getting more sophisticated.
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Lilliana Mason Hey folks - if you find yourself getting really worked up over objectively minor intraparty matters, consider that it may be an intentional anti-democratic manipulation of your feelings, so don’t let it work. Stay on track. 378d
3 things impeaching Trump will accomplish
Ezra Klein - Vox 487d 5 tweets
The case for impeachment, even if it can’t oust Trump.
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Lilliana Mason talks to me and to make the case for impeachment without conviction. 487d
Trump support is not normal partisanship
Vox 585d 6 tweets
The refrain "this is not normal" has been repeated among opponents of Donald Trump since before the 2016 election was decided. This certainly feels true to scholars of American politics and to the...
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Lilliana Mason ”Normal” partisans like their own groups. Trump supporters hate the other side’s groups. New/ongoing research with ⁦⁩ and ⁦⁩. 585d
Shibboleth Authentication Request
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Lilliana Mason This quote from 's new 4-book review in is 💯: "It may not be too much to say then that conservatives/Republicans are not ideological, but they think they are, while liberals/Democrats are ideological, but they think they are not." 591d
What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019
Nytimes.com 614d 17 tweets
The idea of economic amends for past injustices and persistent disparities is getting renewed attention. Here are some formulas for achieving the aim.
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Lilliana Mason I'm growing increasingly convinced that some version of reparations and/or formal atonement is the only way through the current political divide. I'm not a scholar of race, so caveats apply, but this is my sense as a parties and polarization scholar. 1/ 608d
Post doctoral fellow (1-2) to the Department of Political Science and the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication
University of Gothenburg 742d 2 tweets
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Lilliana Mason New and soon-to-be political science PhD's: check out this 2-year post-doc at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) on the topic of knowledge resistance. cc: students of please forward! 740d
Shibboleth Authentication Request
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Lilliana Mason So excited to see this new article out by my colleague Callie Jones and on how reading dystopian fiction increases support for radical (even violent) political action, but does not reduce trust in government. (cc ) 791d
Poll: Kavanaugh confirmation energizes Democrats more than GOP
POLITICO 840d 8 tweets
A total of 46 percent say the Senate "made the wrong decision."
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Lilliana Mason This makes sense. Before K was confirmed, GOPs felt a sense of threat and therefore more incentive to vote. Now that K is confirmed, the Dems are feeling more threatened, so they’re more motivated. via 840d
The New York Times revealed how Fred Trump funneled $413 million to his son Donald. Will that change American opinion?
Lilliana Mason - Washington Post 846d 3 tweets
Here's what our research found.
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Lilliana Mason Our ⁦⁩ piece is up! With ⁦⁩ and ⁦⁩, we find that misinformation about Trump’s family wealth changes assessments of his empathy and business acumen - for partisans of both parties. 845d
Anxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World: Bethany Albertson, Shana Kushner Gadarian: 9781107441484: Amazon.com: Books
Amazon.com 918d 1 tweets
Anxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World [Bethany Albertson, Shana Kushner Gadarian] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Emotions matter in politics - enthusiastic supporters return politicians to office,...
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Lilliana Mason Also check out and book on anxiety in politics! Anxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World 918d
The Crisis in Political Science Education
Seth Masket - Pacific Standard 925d 6 tweets
Political science professors are increasingly being forced to choose which form of inclusivity to prioritize. That decision will have a large impact on the face of higher education for decades to come.
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Lilliana Mason A really important point from ⁦⁩ on teaching poli sci in the Trump era. Personally, my own lecture on the importance of a free press has gone from non-partisan to “partisan” without me changing a word. 925d
Here’s how political science explains the GOP’s obsession with civility
Lilliana Mason - Washington Post 943d 6 tweets
Why are Republicans so easy to offend? Because their party is so white.
How Republicans embraced identity politics
The Economist 946d 1 tweets
A new paper finds that Republicans are more likely than Democrats to support their party because of their own cultural identity
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Lilliana Mason This is backed up by my research with demonstrating that the GOP is more powerfully fueled by (white, Evangelical) identity politics than Democrats are fueled by their own groups’ identities. 946d
Amazon.com: Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity (9780226524542): Lilliana Mason: Books
Amazon.com 1014d 6 tweets
Amazon.com: Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity (9780226524542): Lilliana Mason: Books
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Lilliana Mason SALE! If you've been waiting to buy my book, it's only $20 on Amazon right now 973d
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Lilliana Mason There’s a lot more than I can tweet here- check out my book for the psychological and historical reasons for all of this. 946d
When Russian trolls wanted to divide America, they knew what to use: race
Alvin Chang - Vox 987d 2 tweets
Social science explains the strategy behind their 2016 Facebook ads.
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Lilliana Mason Here uses my research (including my work with ) to explain how Russian ads prey on our pre-existing divisions. Side note: he reproduces all of the relevant figures much more prettily than I did. 987d
Ideology Isn't Really About Issues
Tom Jacobs - Pacific Standard 1002d 7 tweets
New research finds our attachment to political labels is based more on social identity than policy positions.
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Lilliana Mason Thanks to and for a really clear article about my research on identity-based ideology 1002d