Dr. Casey Dominguez

Judging Biden & Congress How productive was Biden in last congress? How much will be possible in divided gov? & how much are the parties changing in primaries & governance? New @NiskanenCenter #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with @DPolisciprof niskanencenter.org/judging-biden-…

@julia_azari Happy birthday! Life hack: I graded today with the coffee pot right next to me.

This #Thanksgiving, I #givethanks for the many ways the world has improved. Child mortality has fallen. Life expectancy has risen. Countries have gotten richer. Women have gotten more education. Basic water source usage has risen. Basic sanitation has risen. Data from @Gapminder

Resources on election administration for anyone who might be interested, including our intrepid roving journalist. ncsl.org/research/elect…

A reminder that there’s no horserace aspect to counting votes. No one “pulls ahead” in the count or “makes up ground” or “loses their lead” in any real sense. It’s just an artifact of the process, the order in which votes are counted, an order part mandated and part random.

Polls are now open and will close at 8 p.m. California has same-day voter registration, and you have the right to cast a provisional ballot if your name is not on the voter list at your polling place.

Don't know that anybody cares, but I'm setting up an account at Mastodon: @dpolisciprof@mas.to

Remember that several states with closely watched races do not allow mail ballots to be processed until today. That takes time and will probably result in delays in getting results, particularly in close races. ncsl.org/research/elect…

Remember that a lot of the states we are watching today allow mail ballots to be *postmarked* today and arrive later. Depending on the volume of outstanding mail ballots, this could mean several days of waiting for results in close races. ncsl.org/research/elect…

1. By week’s end, a sizable percentage of the GOP base will believe an absurd conspiracy theory positing that Paul Pelosi was assaulted by his leftist gay lover. Allow me to explain.

Anyone wondering what life as a competitive authoritarian regime will look like in America can look at states like Nevada. @Milbank provides essential reporting about the state of election administration in NV. Every paragraph is mind blowing. Ungated. wapo.st/3TGdC3j

And finally, as much as no one wants to hear this, it is quite possible that control of Congress will not be known until several days (if not several weeks, if a GA runoff occurs and could be decisive) after Election Day.

@jbview As I always say, we have been busy raising Gen Z and you’re welcome.

Yes but no other generation has put together nearly as many theories for why Gilligan can't get off that island or analyzed as carefully the apparent time gap between Luke's training on Dagobah vs. the Falcon's escape to Cloud City. So I call it a draw.

The Voting Rights Act entitles people who struggle with literacy to get help casting their ballots. This is also true for people who do not speak English and those with intellectual disabilities. propub.li/3CgXBdL

As we get closer to elex day, w many close statewide races, we should reacquaint ourselves w the pace of vote reporting across the states. @MITelectionlab wrote a report abt this from 2020. Here's the fig showing the % of votes reported on elex night. electionlab.mit.edu/sites/default/…

@costareports @USCivitas Robert Dahl, How Democratic is the American Constitution

Had a discussion tonight with some colleagues about books on American democracy. There isn't a great list out there compiling the latest publications + older volumes. Which ones would you recommend to reporters? Which ones would you recommend to students? To your neighbor?

You have the right to vote even if you don’t speak or read English. This guide will tell you about your right to ask for help, how to vote and what to do if you have problems. Available in 11 languages 🧵👇 propublica.org/article/guide-…