

Alex Snipes
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@AlexandraSnipes
PhD Candidate @EmoryPolisci // MA from @UGA_SPIA // Studying representation, elections, and legislative institutions with a focus on gender ♀




Back on Twitter after a long hiatus with exciting news: my article is out in @PRQjournal! Perfect timing, since I’m also on the job market.🤸♀️🕳️ In the paper, I examine how race-gender stereotypes affect women's chances in primaries across district type: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…




🧵Do not accept the narrative that Trump won b/c racism & sexism: 1. Doesn’t line up with the evidence 2. May embolden white supremacy 3. Assumes the worst about Trump voters & will further alienate them 4. Unfairly hurts Harris’ chances to be the nominee in 2028

Actually, they do not. Quantitative social scientists regularly drop subsamples for their research and obscure it. For example, labor economists would regularly drop all Black people from their analysis. They almost never said this in the title or abstract.


In #FirstView by @jacob__lollis: "Race, Contact Effects, and Effective Lawmaking in Congressional Committee Hearings" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…




