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New @pewresearch data out today on how Americans are feeling about #ElectricVehicles #EVs 🧵 pewresearch.org/?p=179414

There’s been a big shift - scratch that HUGE shift - in the way Republicans who use X view its impact on democracy In 2021, 60% said it was mostly bad for democracy, today that number is at 13% All new report from @pewresearch pewresearch.org/internet/2024/…

📉 Favor phasing out production of new gasoline cars and trucks by 2035 🛠️ Are confident that the U.S. will build the necessary infrastructure to support large numbers of EVs on the roads pewresearch.org/data-labs/2024…

Americans who live close to EV chargers are more likely to say they: 🚘 Already own an electric or hybrid vehicle 🤔 Would consider buying an EV for their next vehicle

New from our team @pewresearch! 64% of Americans live within 2 miles of a public electric vehicle charging station, and those who live closest to chargers view EVs more positively pewresearch.org/?p=168413

More than 40% of tweets written in Turkish or Arabic are no longer visible on X within three months of being posted. And tweets from accounts with the default profile settings are especially likely to disappear from public view. PEWRESEARCH.ORG/DATA-LABS/2024…

54% of Wikipedia pages contain at least one link in their “References” section that points to a page that no longer exists. Explore more about digital decay ⬇️ PEWRESEARCH.ORG/DATA-LABS/2024…

Having a good process for code review is critical to ensuring that what we report is correct. In a new post on our methods blog, Decoded, we discuss a key piece of our code review process at Pew Research Center: reproducibility. (2/2) pewrsr.ch/4azcdmU

BREAKING: The #2030Census and federal surveys are getting new checkboxes for “Middle Eastern or North African” & “Hispanic or Latino” after White House’s @OMBPress approved the first changes to U.S. government standards on racial & ethnic data since 1997 federalregister.gov/public-inspect…

🚨 NEW @pewresearch from @imsonoshah and me – mapping cannabis dispensaries across the US.

🚨New @pewresearch study from me & @imsonoshah that delves into a personal favorite: FOOD! - Some 11% of restaurants in the U.S. serve Mexican food and 85% of U.S. counties have at least one Mexican restaurant, according to a Pew Research Center analysis. pewrsr.ch/3HifVox

Pew Research Center has just released estimates and data from its annual National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS), which interviewed 5,733 U.S. adults identified via address-based sampling. The study had a 31% response rate. pewrsr.ch/3LKNIJC

Trending in #PoliticalScience: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) Training Computational Social Science PhD Students for (Non-)Academic Careers (@ps_polisci) 2) Do Local Economic Benefits of Asylum Seekers Lead to More Support for Refugee Intake? (@the_jop) 3) ‘Place’ does matter for populist radical right sentiment, but how? (@epsrjournal) 4) Women Who Win but Do Not Rule: The Effect of Gender in the Formation of Governments (@the_jop) 5) Hegemonic orders & the idea of history (@ip_palgrave)

👀New article @CCR_OpenJournal :"The speech we miss: How keyword-based data collection obscures youth participation in online political discourse". Thanks to the authors: @AdinaGitomer, @Shugars, @ryanjgallag, @mccabe_s and @foucaultwelles. Right here: aup-online.com/content/journa…

Now on FirstView ft @JaeJaeykim2 @Akesari12 @_Tiagoventura @taywbrown @tinaL___ @imsonoshah "...effective CSS training begins...with strong training in two areas that social science PhD programs already focus on: research design & domain expertise" bit.ly/3RtVZFv

New article out! Computational social science is an exciting area in and out of academia, but can feel like a “hidden curriculum” to PhD students. We draw on our own grad school experiences and previous lit to provide this guide to uncover that curriculum.