Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

I think people have been exceptionally unfair to @Nate_Cohn, whose analysis has been thoughtful and even-handed. I try here to outline why I've been approaching writing about Georgia somewhat differently https://t.co/eRD8OXenZB — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

"The fact that some of these laws don’t end up being effective at suppressing turnout isn’t a defense of the GOP. Attempted murder is still a crime." https://t.co/EJzcdxrqpu — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@IChotiner i mean the underlying finding seems plausible, but pape has a...reputation, let's say, on these issues — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

RT @AtlanticCouncil: How should the US deal with Russia? Do interests and values intersect? Follow along as @EmmaMAshford & @matburrows fro… — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

This is starting RIGHT NOW! Tune in and hear me moderate a pretty fascinating debate — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

RT @pmgentry: A professor of mine went to go hear Derrida speak once. The entire talk was about cows; everyone was flummoxed but listened c… — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

RT @JakeMGrumbach: In this piece @zackbeauchamp delves into my democratic backsliding paper—explaining what Bayesian IRT does for measuring… — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

RT @ACEurasia: TOMORROW - Join @ACEurasia & @ACScowcroft's New American Engagement Initiative for a debate on Russia policy between @EmmaMA… — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Am I sure this explanation is right? No, of course not. I'm not an expert on media trust. But I am 100 percent confident that data on independents doesn't allow you to dismiss partisanship. Saying so suggests you don't know literally the first thing about US public opinion. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Throw in the fact that the "pure" independents might have even lower trust in social institutions than partisans (https://t.co/ix8jxDBFwH) and you have a full explanation of the above data in largely partisan terms — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

So if you average the Democratic and Republican figures on media trust, you get 41.5 percent — only 5.5 points higher than the independent figure in the actual survey! This would suggest the vast bulk of independent views on the media are explained by "leaner" partisanship. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Because the first fact about independents in American politics — really, the most basic thing — is that the vast bulk of them are closet partisans. "Leaners" register as independents but act and vote like Democrats or Republicans. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

To elaborate: the underlying data shows that 73 percent of Democrats, 36 percent of independents, and 10 percent of Republicans trust media either "a great deal" or "a fair amount." This is actually strong evidence of a partisan effect on media trust. Why? — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Tell me you don't understand how to read polling data without telling me you don't understand how to read polling data https://t.co/0plqpWnUs9 — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

RT @smotus: Yes this. The conversation is something like the mid-2000s debate over whether torture works. It basically doesn’t, but to even… — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

This new study suggests that Republican-controlled states copy each other. Anti-democratic innovations, like the legislative "coup" in Roy Cooper in North Carolina, diffuse to other states like Wisconsin. Georgia's worst new ideas might well too. https://t.co/FnXPF0axTY — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

It's not just that the new Georgia law is bad, though it is. It's that the law builds on an already-extensive architecture of anti-democracy that has taken hold in GOP -controlled states. Each incremental step pushes states further and further to pockets of non-democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Seems like a lot of the debate over Georgia's law is stripping away the context: a decades-long Republican effort to undermine democracy at the state level https://t.co/FnXPF0axTY — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

I get into the weeds of @jakemgrumbach’s blockbuster new paper — and why it matters https://t.co/0AezmJLS58 — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

RT @MaxCRoser: This thread is more personal than most of the things I share here, but I’m at my limit with Jason Hickel. I want to explain… — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@ExumAM https://t.co/uP2GLB2JNc — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@rortybomb @jbouie @AdamSerwer @janecoaston After @mattyglesias tweeted a joke about a ska fourth wave yesterday, I spent the rest of it reliving high school by listening to Less Than Jake — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

I kept this story sequestered in a reply but it's probably worth sharing with a broader audience. Casual anti-Semitism is very much not a thing of the past! https://t.co/VurqGarxn6 — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@lionel_trolling Fun casual anti-Semitism story: my wife and I were at Nationals Park on the Jewish fans theme day, wearing hats that said "Nationals" in Hebrew. We asked someone to take a picture of us and, right before she took the pic, the person said "say MONEYYYYYY!!" — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Excerpt from my DMs with editors: "YOU’LL PRY MY DISCUSSION OF THE APPENDICES FROM MY COLD, DEAD FINGERS" — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@JHWeissmann @Noahpinion @rustbeltjacobin yeah this seems right to me, in media they are represented by some very prominent voices but the gabbard presidential run shows that they are a miniscule part of the electorate — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Really interesting piece arguing that pro-democracy movements have become less successful over time because dictators have developed repressive tactics that are more effective because they're more subtle — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Ah Facebook, the fun place to find out what your weird friend from high school is doing and then go read some genocide denying propaganda — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

RT @matthewstoller: Poor Facebook staff, funding their $10,000 bikes with ad money from genocidal regimes. They feel so bad. https://t.co/b… — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Ah Facebook, the fun place to find out what your weird friend from high school and also read some genocide denial propaganda — PolitiTweet.org