Daniel Markovits

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Daniel Markovits

Daniel Markovits

@markovitis

Phd student in political science @Columbia studying voter responses to democratic threat in America.

New York, USA Katılım Şubat 2017
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Daniel Markovits
Daniel Markovits@markovitis·
I am happy to share two pieces of news: For the 2026-2027 academic year. I will join the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement @KelloggSchool as a postdoc working with @EliJFinkel and Nour Kteily. Then, in Fall 2027, I will join @LSEGovernment as an Assistant Professor. I am incredibly excited about both positions and grateful to friends, family, mentors and co-authors who have helped me along the way. I am excited to be doing more work on strategic voting, democratic norms, field experiments and many other topics. So please reach out if you are Evanston or London (or anywhere else I suppose).
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@seanjwestwood I don't understand why the proposal would reduce gerrymandering. It would make it harder to do by hand I suppose.
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Sean Westwood@seanjwestwood·
There is no magical cure to polarization, but offering fantastical plans without evidence is a dangerous approach to governance. 5,000 members of the House? Really? usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
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Daniel Markovits@markovitis·
@RobbWiller I don't think this fraud problem is all that hypothetical. The biggest risk is probably from an R-run state trying to throw out the votes from a big Dem county on a pretext.
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Robb Willer@RobbWiller·
Agreed this is the best argument for the EC I've seen. Though it's a bit of the form, "assume a big election fraud problem", then the EC could reduce exposure to it. Great. So, given its many problems, let's get scrap the EC now, and consider restoring it if/when the there emerges a big fraud problem.
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Daniel Markovits@markovitis·
@dhopkins1776 It's funny to imagine something like a an out-of-office office 2028 contender running in a house special in 27 to show they can out-perform. But even that is different in 5 ways.
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Dan Hopkins@dhopkins1776·
I tried in vain to think of good US analogies for what's happening in UK politics & drew a blank. An MP stepping down to allow a mayor to contest a by-election (in what could be a competitive race) with the possibility of then entering a leadership race? No good parallels imho.
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Jonathan Robinson@jon_m_rob·
Interesting point, I think the caveat would be that voters’ number one concern in 2024 was...inflation & cost of living. True deliverism has yet to be tried -- it just NEEDS to meet the moment.
Julian Brave NoiseCat@jnoisecat

The upshot no one seems to want to fully acknowledge here isn’t just about the climate. There is a real possibility that the positive feedback loop assumed by all left of center political theory: that good policy gets better political outcomes, may be breaking in the era of algorithmic social media.

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Daniel Markovits@markovitis·
@dov_levin Yeah I think it's possible there won't be lockdowns at a time when they are needed, but something even 5 times as deadly as COVID will create totally different politics very quickly.
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Dov H. Levin
Dov H. Levin@dov_levin·
@markovitis After Covid-19 many concluded (wrongly) in US and elsewhere that lockdowns cause more harm then the pandemics they are fighting. Next pandemic accordingly most of world won't order one until its simply too late for it to do good (i.e. at start)
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Daniel Markovits@markovitis·
This is a very strange argument. If there is a 30% fatality virus spreading in the population the public demand for extreme measures will be overwhelming. No one will care about COVID era grudges about public health.
Ilya Shapiro@ishapiro

@asymmetricinfo You only get one lockdown every 100 years or so. Our public health authorities beclowned themselves and wasted it on a relative nothingburger (for the general population, not the elderly or those with comorbidities), so if/when we get an actual severe pandemic, we’re screwed.

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Daniel Markovits
Daniel Markovits@markovitis·
I am happy to share two pieces of news: For the 2026-2027 academic year. I will join the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement @KelloggSchool as a postdoc working with @EliJFinkel and Nour Kteily. Then, in Fall 2027, I will join @LSEGovernment as an Assistant Professor. I am incredibly excited about both positions and grateful to friends, family, mentors and co-authors who have helped me along the way. I am excited to be doing more work on strategic voting, democratic norms, field experiments and many other topics. So please reach out if you are Evanston or London (or anywhere else I suppose).
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Daniel Markovits@markovitis·
@dilanesper Yes but it's not clear how much the parties should care about having 180 seats vs 200. What matters is winning control in close years.
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Dilan Esper
Dilan Esper@dilanesper·
i am not sure i agree with it, but the point is important anyway. People don't understand that large gerrymanders can lead to wipeouts in wave years.
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Alice Malmberg
Alice Malmberg@alicemalmberg1·
After an insane job market, I’m excited to announce that I’m joining Lily Mason’s lab @SNFAgora at Johns Hopkins for a multi-year postdoc! I feel very lucky to be able to take the next step in this profession. Thanks to everyone who has supported me through this chapter!
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Daniel Markovits@markovitis·
@BrendanNyhan Yes, we took our comps in a room with no internet access, many AI-proof hours of writing essays.
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Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️)@BrendanNyhan·
We need a cart of locked-down essay-writing computers that you can wheel in for exams. This doesn't seem hard! My bigger vision: a SCIF for ongoing Internet-free writing with monitoring to ensure no devices are used. Universities should be doing more to innovate!
Maya Sen@maya_sen

I have been experimenting with in-class essays but - hard to handle open-note policies when most students now take notes digitally - AI glasses/wearables are coming - some handwriting is truly illegible - short handwritten essays test different skills than long form essays

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Daniel Markovits@markovitis·
@SeanTrende I don't think it's an accident that 90% of the discourse is about partisan fairness, and I suspect that's what really matters to voters. Especially for districts/states other than their own.
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Sean T at RCP@SeanTrende·
First, you can't really ban gerrymandering, you can only cabin it. And that only works if you have precise, quantifiable measures with crisp cutoffs. No weighing, no multi-factor tests, etc. Just something like "no splitting counties or municipalities more than necessary." 1/
Andrew Fleischman@ASFleischman

Both parties gerrymander whenever possible. This is bad. Neither party will ever unilaterally disarm. That is predictable. So why not just call a truce and pass a law to restrict it everywhere?

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Daniel Markovits@markovitis·
Why do state parties that routinely lose all their elections not make even cursory attempts to appeal to their state's median voter? There are many plausible answers but not clear what combination of them is most accurate.
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Daniel Markovits@markovitis·
@EliJFinkel Thanks Eli! I am very, very excited about the opportunity to work with you and Nour and about the projects we will do together.
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Eli Finkel
Eli Finkel@EliJFinkel·
We’re so excited that you’ll be joining us this fall! 🔥🎉
Daniel Markovits@markovitis

I am happy to share two pieces of news: For the 2026-2027 academic year. I will join the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement @KelloggSchool as a postdoc working with @EliJFinkel and Nour Kteily. Then, in Fall 2027, I will join @LSEGovernment as an Assistant Professor. I am incredibly excited about both positions and grateful to friends, family, mentors and co-authors who have helped me along the way. I am excited to be doing more work on strategic voting, democratic norms, field experiments and many other topics. So please reach out if you are Evanston or London (or anywhere else I suppose).

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