Brian Schaffner
@b_schaffner
Political scientist ~ Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies at Tufts ~ C(C)ES Whisperer ~ #COYS #GoDawgs
we have now posted the 2024 Cooperative Election Study common content dataset to the @dataverseorg! data from 60,000 American adults interviewed before & after the election. thanks to @YouGovAmerica & @carolinelsoler for getting this data produced & posted doi.org/10.7910/DVN/X1…
Lucy Morisse-Corsetti asked Americans what they think their government owes them...hint: it's quite a lot. Check out her new post on the @TuftsUniversity Public Opinion Lab blog! tufts-pol.medium.com/what-your-gove…
in the newest @TuftsUniversity Public Opinion Lab blog post, @jacksonwetheril explores the intersection of NIMBYism and partisanship when it comes to attitudes towards affordable housing tufts-pol.medium.com/its-not-just-n…
republicans expect egg prices to drop significantly next year, while democrats predict big increases. my new @TuftsUniversity public opinion lab blog post shows how economic predictions may just be a reflection of one's politics: tufts-pol.medium.com/republicans-th…
another CES conference in the books! new mountain resort, same great vibes! we had a special time honoring Steve Ansolabehere who is stepping down from his leadership role, 20 years after founding this incredible innovative project that has done so much for the discipline.
still time to sign up for a 2025 CES module if you are interested!
we just released the call for those interested in purchasing a module for the 2025 CES: sites.tufts.edu/cooperativeele… and if you haven't done so already, register ASAP for the 2025 CES conference (being held 6/1 - 6/3 at Solitude Mountain Resort): cesconference.byu.edu
I wrote this poem in a feverish haze last summer in my friend’s room, which had been stripped completely empty except for the bed, placed diagonally in the center of the room. I think it reflects that mindset a bit, and I hope you enjoy reading it (ideally on desktop)
One place, three moments. In My Hometown by @zacharylhertz eulogy.press/#in-my-hometow…
Worth noting "Conservative" here is not the same conservative as American political ideology but more about observing old traditions
in 2008, Conservative Jews voted similarly to Reform/Reconstructionist Jews but by 2024 there was more than a 20-point gap between those two groups
in 2008, Conservative Jews voted similarly to Reform/Reconstructionist Jews but by 2024 there was more than a 20-point gap between those two groups
Should Brookline replace Town Meeting government? Yes, it's an antiquated structure that is a poor fit for a town of Brookline's size #Brookline #Massachusetts #urban #mapoli bostonglobe.com/2025/06/23/opi…
Many young Protestants don’t know the term Protestant at all. When given survey options, they’re 3x more likely to choose “Christian” than “Protestant.” Older adults are 8x more likely to pick “Protestant” instead.
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.
Senate GOP tactics to make 2017 tax cuts "permanent" required a nuclear move on Senate floor-- weakening authority of the parliamentarian, blowing hole in Byrd Rule, & possibly making future debt crisis more likely. New @goodauth post on fallout from the goodauthority.org/news/three-big…
What if some of the most conservative Hispanics aren’t just voting more Republican – they’re actually no longer even identifying as Hispanic? @b_schaffner and @carolinelsoler break down what the data says: goodauthority.org/news/democrats…
it has been 10 years since the last @PewReligion Religious Landscape Study, so it was exciting to have a chance to see how the CES religion items stacked up against this benchmark. overall, these surveys produce very similar portraits of religion in America!
how accurate is the CES at measuring religion? very. my comparison with Pew's latest Religious Landscape Study shows impressive accuracy, with most differences within 3 percentage points. but the CES does capture a slightly more secular America: sites.tufts.edu/cooperativeele…
More details -and formal announcement- to come later, but for now: I'm hiring an associate director for a new center on expanding viewpoints in higher ed: jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/21967?lan… This is a big opportunity to create a positive vision for the future of higher ed. Come work with me!
don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened
Egan: "the CES is currently political scientists’ most comprehensive source of large, representative samples of sexual and gender minorities in the United States." he humbly fails to note that this is due to his encouragement that we include key items bit.ly/43Zn7Ss
thanks to @shirokuriwaki, the Cooperative Election Study common content cumulative data file has been updated with all 701,955 respondents we've interviewed since 2006 dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?…