Barry Burden
@bcburden
Professor of Political Science @uwmadison. Director of @electionscenter. First gen college grad. Native Ohioan. Also http://bcburden.bsky.social
Anything Trump can do to get Epstein out of the headlines
Trump calls for name reversals of NFL's Commanders, baseball's Guardians ow.ly/Z3kX106gniM
The amazing legacy of my friend and coauthor Bob Stein who we lost today news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice…
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Jeffrey Epstein client list is "sitting on my desk right now" foxnews.com/politics/bondi…
All eyes on next Coldplay show in Madison tomorrow night abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/co…
Misleading NYT clickbait featuring the giant basket next to my elementary school. The building is in disrepair & not open to the public. Have fun driving by on route 16!
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October 1999: Trump officially joins Reform Party cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/st…
His $ makes this formidable bc it solves common minor party hurdles: ballot access, legal battles, & advertising Might pull off victories in a a few districts but GOP unity on the big bill says it’s not much of a wedge The party will not represent anything like “the middle”
Musk announces forming of 'America Party' in further break from Trump reut.rs/4eATSJj
As Elon Musk eyes creating a third party, ERC Director Barry Burden told the Washington Post that any new movement would “benefit most” from his money, not his image. Musk’s presence in Wisconsin, Burden said, only “galvanized greater liberal turnout.” 🔗 washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
I’ve been saying the state budget surplus is big enough to support both GOP tax cuts & Dem spending on health & education. Did narrowing of GOP majorities under the new districts lead to a more cooperative budget process this time? wispolitics.com/2025/budget-de…
So interesting the Republicans would change course during the Biden admin. Not just thermostatic because it didn’t happen under Obama.
A decade after the Supreme Court’s milestone Obergefell v. Hodges ruling declared same-sex marriage a national right in the U.S., a steady 68% of Americans support it.
Wisconsin Assembly and Senate have been on different pages for years despite single party control