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Christopher Devine

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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton. Author, "I'm Here to Ask for Your Vote" & "Do Running Mates Matter?" www.christopherjdevine.com

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · May 15

101 years ago: "American-Born Pope As Future Possibility"

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Apr 28

100 years ago, the President of the United States treated his cold by having the Army lock him in an air-tight room filled with chlorine gas.

It went so well that the First Lady joined him the next day (just to hang out, she wasn't sick).

History is interesting.

Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Mar 26

How did people feel about Congress 100 years ago? About the same.

Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Mar 14

I think I finally understand the Teapot Dome scandal.

a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america '

ALT: a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america '

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Feb 13

My university is being re-classified as R1. How about that? Pretty cool.

carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/...

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · Feb 11

A good piece at Fox News about impoundment (in which I'm quoted). We need more like this in outlets that are read by Republicans. www.foxnews.com/politics/con...

'Constitutional crisis': The Impoundment Control Act takes center stage after Russell Vought's confirmation

Here's a look at what's up for debate regarding government spending — and what changes could emerge during the Trump administration.

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · Feb 3

"[H]e shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Jan 17

Gonna take a victory lap because I said all along that DeWine would pick Husted for Senate—ditto for Vance and Walz as VP.

What’s that, you say—did I also get the 2024 election right? I’m sorry, you’re breaking up.

www.wosu.org/2025-01-17/d...

DeWine to appoint Ohio Lt. Gov. Husted to succeed VP-elect Vance in the US Senate

More than a week after JD Vance resigned his U.S. Senate seat before his inauguration as vice president, Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to appoint his lieutenant governor Jon Husted to replace Vance.

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Jan 17

Thanks, Laura! I certainly will.

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Jan 15

Pretty excited about this one.

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Jan 13

Starting a 6-week paternity leave today. Grateful to my university (and Harrison, too!) for making this possible.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · Jan 6

A thread on how this wording is wrong—I blame staff!—and why it matters. The VP doesn't "certify" the results. That was the whole point in 2021. I was there!

The VP merely presides over the electoral count. Pence had no power to certify a winner, despite Trump insisting otherwise. 1/

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Dec 30

I did it for the first time this semester & followed the example from one of my grad school profs of buying them something with the money. He did a pizza party. I made a game of forecasting the election outcome & got the top two students a gift certificate of their choosing. Went over well, I think.

Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Dec 21

Also, buy Heath’s book on the Biden-Harris transition, “Roadblocked” (50% off thru Thursday from UPK): kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700637072/

Roadblocked

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris began their transition to the White House in the most unusual of circumstances: a global pandemic, a sitting president violently ...

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Dec 21

Terrific interview w/ @heathbrown.bsky.social on the Trump transition. If you’re looking for a quick but informative update on the process (and various attendant controversies), check this out.

www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-...

Trump drops pretense of concern about e-mail security; prioritizes fear of 'deep state' persecution

Despite making an issue of the security of Hillary Clinton's e-mails when he ran against her in 2016, Donald Trump is raising national security concerns because of his own disregard for proper protoco...

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Dec 21

What a great interview, Heath! Very informative.

Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Dec 21

“Perhaps it’s the winning party that really faces the toughest question post-election: How do you build public support during an era of relatively slow growth, low trust in government and low satisfaction with the state of the country?”

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u...

Postmortems Are Bad at Predictions: Democrats May Just Need a ‘Change’ Election

An opening will probably emerge for Democrats in four years, but it may not be what the party and pundits expect today.

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Dec 18

Funny enough, this movie provides one of my earliest specific VP memories—(paraphrasing), “Everyone thinks I’m an idiot, but it’s all just a big fakade.”

Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Dec 13

Haha, same here.

Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Dec 13

Oh, that is so good! Thanks for sharing (I hadn't seen it). Tough question. My first thought was Cleveland b/c of Stevenson, but Sewall made me realize it was Bryan. Who was his other running mate in 1896, Tom Watson I think?

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Todd Makse @toddmakse.bsky.social · Dec 13

Happy to share my new paper online now @thejop.bsky.social

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Punchline: state legislators whose districts are in out-of-state media markets are more likely to author and cosponsor policy innovations already adopted in the neighboring state.

Exposure to Neighbor Adoptions, Agenda Setting Behavior, and Policy Diffusion | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

www.journals.uchicago.edu

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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · Dec 12

TFW you watch Jeopardy! and all three contestants miss a response because it's about obscure Vice Presidents and you know there are like 8 other people on the planet who feel the way you do @juliaazari.bsky.social @profdevine.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idrt...

Presidential Candidates | Final Jeopardy! | JEOPARDY!

YouTube video by Jeopardy!

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Dec 11

Man, I hear that. I’m good in the off-season when not thinking about baseball. These last few days have me missing it again.

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Dec 11

Who do you see as the main piece in this trade—Hartle or Ortiz?

Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Dec 9

I see one Hall of Fame career here.

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Dan Mallinson @djmallinson.bsky.social · Dec 5

A Q&A that I did on my work with @leehannahwsu.bsky.social that appears in our @nyupress.bsky.social book Green Rush.

Cannabis Policy in Pennsylvania youtu.be/STmtMFiLGXY?... via @YouTube

Buy Green Rush here: nyupress.org/978147982793...

Cannabis Policy in Pennsylvania

YouTube video by Penn State Harrisburg

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John Sides @johnsides.bsky.social · Dec 5

For my new followers, I hope you'll also subscribe and read @goodauth.bsky.social -- a site about politics and political science that I help to run. The focus is research-informed analysis, not bland punditry or dubious hot takes.

Here's an example...

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Christopher Devine @profdevine.bsky.social · Dec 3

Thank you. I checked, but not carefully enough. I appreciate you flagging this and will delete.