Jacob Hacker

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Jacob Hacker

Jacob Hacker

@Jacob_S_Hacker

Professor of Political Science @Yale, Fellow @ISPSYale, co-author "Let Them Eat Tweets: How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality;" https://t.co/9AojBm4UPC

Katılım Şubat 2020
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Jacob Hacker@Jacob_S_Hacker·
Kamala Harris had a great health care idea in 2019: encourage Americans to buy into a revamped Medicare program that would provide the choice of public or private coverage (aka the public option). She should embrace it in 2024. My latest in @nytopinion: nytimes.com/2024/08/14/opi…
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Anyway, please read it, and huge thanks to my brilliant coauthors and@apsrjournal.bsky.social. 5/5
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Perhaps most striking, we find an inverse relationship between a state's Black population share and how well represented Black constituents are by Senators -- the opposite of expectations. This seems to reflect white racial resentment in these states. 4/5
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Jacob Hacker@Jacob_S_Hacker·
Is national policy more responsive to the preferences of white Americans than to those of people of color? When Republicans control the federal government, yes. White voters are more likely to see bills they support become law than are Black, Latino, or Asian American voters. 1/5
Cambridge University Press - Politics@CUP_PoliSci

#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal - Race, Responsiveness, and Representation in U.S. Lawmaking - cup.org/4nWMvzd - @markarian_g, @Jacob_S_Hacker, @lockhartm & ZOLTAN HAJNAL #FirstView

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Jacob Hacker@Jacob_S_Hacker·
6/ The key is organized efforts focused on getting and keeping the unpopular parts of the bill -- especially the Medicaid cuts -- on the agenda and mobilizing voters against them. While this will be harder today than in 2017-18, our survey suggests voters will be VERY receptive.
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5/ But big unpopular policies can break through -- even without going into effect. Think the failed ACA repeal and replace effort in 2017, which devastated Republicans in 2018. And our survey shows Senators who voted for this bill are vulnerable:
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EJ Dionne
EJ Dionne@EJDionne·
“Legislation speaks louder than words.” Excellent analysis by @Jacob_S_Hacker & @sullosaurus of the bill before the Senate today that is “the most regressive, least populist policy package in memory.” It’s terrible on tax equity, heath care & hunger.
Equitable Growth@equitablegrowth

"It would shift more resources up the income ladder than any bill passed since scorekeepers started keeping track." In this @nytopinion piece, @Jacob_S_Hacker and Patrick Sullivan highlight the four most regressive aspects of the 'Big Beautiful Bill.' nytimes.com/2025/06/25/opi…

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David S. Mitchell
David S. Mitchell@dsmitch28·
Why are Republicans working nights on a holiday week to ram thru an unvetted bill? Maybe b/c the more American people learn abt the bill, particularly the lopsided costs & benefits, the less they like it. Even true among Rs' own voters. h/t @Jacob_S_Hacker @equitablegrowth
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Jacob Hacker@Jacob_S_Hacker·
I said he should do my graphics in the future; now I’m thinking he should also do all my TV appearances!
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