Anna Mikkelborg
@annamikk.bsky.social
Political science assistant prof at Colorado State University
Usually thinking about political psychology + identity politics + descriptive representation
annamikkelb.org
Usually thinking about political psychology + identity politics + descriptive representation
annamikkelb.org
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
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motion to use this as a crosstab more frequently
article: apnews.com/article/dayl...
data: apnorc.org/projects/few...
article: apnews.com/article/dayl...
data: apnorc.org/projects/few...
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
motion to use this as a crosstab more frequently
article: apnews.com/article/dayl...
data: apnorc.org/projects/few...
article: apnews.com/article/dayl...
data: apnorc.org/projects/few...
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Aside from losing many Democratic seats, Black representation in Congress will probably drop from around 14% of seats (nationally representative) to maybe 7 or 8% (not representative)?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Aside from losing many Democratic seats, Black representation in Congress will probably drop from around 14% of seats (nationally representative) to maybe 7 or 8% (not representative)?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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Of all the news in this NYT survey of sitting federal judges - incl 47 of them think the SCt is mishandling its emergency docket - maybe the biggest is that 65 sitting fed judges (37D, 28R), folks circumspect for a living, responded to a NYT survey. Stunning. And a sign that something is very wrong.
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Of all the news in this NYT survey of sitting federal judges - incl 47 of them think the SCt is mishandling its emergency docket - maybe the biggest is that 65 sitting fed judges (37D, 28R), folks circumspect for a living, responded to a NYT survey. Stunning. And a sign that something is very wrong.
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if all games were like this I would be better at games
(try it! it's a nice way of testing the reliability of your conceptions about the electorate)
(try it! it's a nice way of testing the reliability of your conceptions about the electorate)
Inspired by a Perry Bacon post, I created a little game to see how well you understand the presidential electorate.
Digging deep on the presidential electorate
After every federal election, Pew Research Center conducts an incredibly useful bit of polling: asking Americans what they did on Election Day and validating that those who reported voting were actual...
www.pbump.net
September 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
if all games were like this I would be better at games
(try it! it's a nice way of testing the reliability of your conceptions about the electorate)
(try it! it's a nice way of testing the reliability of your conceptions about the electorate)
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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Just in time for federalism week. Ugh.
In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.
September 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Just in time for federalism week. Ugh.
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Someone please kill me right now.
September 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Someone please kill me right now.
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The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities.
It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.
Likely to enter force within days.
It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.
Likely to enter force within days.
August 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities.
It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.
Likely to enter force within days.
It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.
Likely to enter force within days.
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What is required for someone to be an American? 30% of Republicans say being White is very or somewhat important. www.pbump.net/o/what-makes...
August 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What is required for someone to be an American? 30% of Republicans say being White is very or somewhat important. www.pbump.net/o/what-makes...
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historical comparison: in my 2004 survey, 10% of respondents said being white was very or somewhat important for being American vs. 18% in this YouGov survey. also, please keep putting these questions on your surveys!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
August 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
historical comparison: in my 2004 survey, 10% of respondents said being white was very or somewhat important for being American vs. 18% in this YouGov survey. also, please keep putting these questions on your surveys!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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New paper. What happens when a presidential candidate steps way out of line, not only with the public, but even with his own voters? And on a highly salient issue? Candidates typically don’t do that—they’re too strategic. But Trump isn’t. He’s good for social science. 🧵
July 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
New paper. What happens when a presidential candidate steps way out of line, not only with the public, but even with his own voters? And on a highly salient issue? Candidates typically don’t do that—they’re too strategic. But Trump isn’t. He’s good for social science. 🧵
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This error keeps popping up, this time in NYT
In reality (Fig. 1), the US has ~1.1 times the police officers per capita of the OECD median
The error stems from the fact that the US has uniquely decentralized federalism (you need to count multiple levels of govt) and much more private contracting
In reality (Fig. 1), the US has ~1.1 times the police officers per capita of the OECD median
The error stems from the fact that the US has uniquely decentralized federalism (you need to count multiple levels of govt) and much more private contracting
July 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This error keeps popping up, this time in NYT
In reality (Fig. 1), the US has ~1.1 times the police officers per capita of the OECD median
The error stems from the fact that the US has uniquely decentralized federalism (you need to count multiple levels of govt) and much more private contracting
In reality (Fig. 1), the US has ~1.1 times the police officers per capita of the OECD median
The error stems from the fact that the US has uniquely decentralized federalism (you need to count multiple levels of govt) and much more private contracting
Love @goodauth.bsky.social generally and this fantastic writeup by @egojunk.bsky.social specifically! What a perfect resource on descriptive representation for my REP students — simultaneously an approachable introduction and a cornucopia of links for those who want to dive deeper 🤩
Why do our legislatures look like they do? I wrote about a surprising answer that came about with new data. goodauthority.org/news/its-202...
It’s 2025. Why doesn’t Congress reflect America’s population?
Solving a data problem changed how we think about representation.
goodauthority.org
April 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Love @goodauth.bsky.social generally and this fantastic writeup by @egojunk.bsky.social specifically! What a perfect resource on descriptive representation for my REP students — simultaneously an approachable introduction and a cornucopia of links for those who want to dive deeper 🤩
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If you pay attention: everything they say they don’t like for Black people: affirmative action, diversity hires, quotas, identity politics, ideological litmus tests, they are trying to mandate and enforce for white people.
April 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If you pay attention: everything they say they don’t like for Black people: affirmative action, diversity hires, quotas, identity politics, ideological litmus tests, they are trying to mandate and enforce for white people.
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We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.
March 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
Students at CSU are losing their student visas for participating in protests supporting human rights in Gaza. The national headlines may be all about the ivies, but the Trump administration is violating students' First Amendment rights everywhere.
March 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Students at CSU are losing their student visas for participating in protests supporting human rights in Gaza. The national headlines may be all about the ivies, but the Trump administration is violating students' First Amendment rights everywhere.