Gabriel Foy-Sutherland
@GFoySutherland
Poli Sci PhD from @UChicago. Studying political parties, interest groups, and elections. APSA Congressional Fellow 2025-26. On the academic job market.
Thrilled that my research with @SGhoshCLC has been covered by @GuardianUS @aliceraeherman! Take a moment to read about redboxing - a new strategy that allows campaigns to bypass laws prohibiting coordination with super PACs. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m…
New paper available online @The_JOP! "Working Hand in Hand: Interest Groups and Cooperative Dynamics in Elections" offers a new theory of electoral collaboration, building on the concept of "legislative subsidies". Check it out below! journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…
This is really interesting work. Nicely done, @GFoySutherland . IG-party interactions are by no means a one-way street.
Dr Foy-Sutherland! Great to be back in Chicago to finish up the PhD journey. Enormous thanks to my committee and the many, many others who've kindly offered their time and guidance over the past six years. On to DC and the APSA fellowship in October!
Are small donors the solution to democracy’s problems? brookings.edu/articles/are-s… . @BrookingsInst @BrookingsGov. We are strong skeptics based on research with @zack_albert123 for forthcoming book @UChicagoPress on small donors.
This opens a huge loophole for even more money in politics- and gives donors tax breaks for supporting political candidates: I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/… via @NYTimes
We've pointed this out many times before, now a study has been done backing it up: "...more than $116.5 million of “independent” outside advertising was subsidized through candidate B-Roll and image provision during the 2018 and 2020 cycles alone." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…
BIG campaign finance news: SCOTUS has taken up NRSC v. FEC This case is wonky but seismic. It could allow party committees (like NRSC/DSCC) to coordinate freely w candidates & buy TV ads at the much lower rate given to candidates It benefits Rs most & could affect midterms
In a political era of Super PACs, congressional candidates seek to maintain control over their visual image through visual "b-roll", effectively subsidizing outside organizations, finds @GFoySutherland in @apr_journal doi.org/10.1177/153267…
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New paper online today @apr_journal! This paper explores a new development in U.S. elections: candidate-super PAC coordination on the visual content of political ads. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…
How common is it for campaigns to provide footage for super PACs to use in ads, seemingly circumventing the @FEC's coordination ban? A new study finds 670 instances associated with 614 congressional candidates & $116.5M worth of spending from 2018-2022. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…