Mollie Cohen
@mjcohen.bsky.social
assoc prof (elections, public opinion, voting behavior) | opinions are mine | babies, baking, coffee, dogs, elections, exercise. rarely in that order.
My book: https://press.umich.edu/Books/N/None-of-the-Above3
My work: http://www.molliecohen.com/
My book: https://press.umich.edu/Books/N/None-of-the-Above3
My work: http://www.molliecohen.com/
I have exactly one (1) piece of good news to share
Dr. Mollie Cohen’s 2024 book, None of the Above, now available through open access, was selected as the 2025 winner of the 2025 David O. Sears Best Book on Mass Politics Award. #ISPP2025 #PoliticalScience @mjcohen.bsky.social
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October 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I have exactly one (1) piece of good news to share
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WTF is this? Normalizing authoritarianism repression as an electoral strategy www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
September 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
WTF is this? Normalizing authoritarianism repression as an electoral strategy www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Once Donald Trump gets the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law – what comes next?
September 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Once Donald Trump gets the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law – what comes next?
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on the one hand I should absolutely put my phone down but on the other hand what if the forces attacking democracy operate on weeping angels logic
August 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
on the one hand I should absolutely put my phone down but on the other hand what if the forces attacking democracy operate on weeping angels logic
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Thank you, Boston Globe. This is how it's done.
August 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Thank you, Boston Globe. This is how it's done.
I wrote up some thoughts about the Bolivian election, and Evo's null vote campaign in particular. theconversation.com/1-in-5-boliv...
1 in 5 Bolivians spoiled their ballots – a sign of voter dissatisfaction as nation tips to the right
For the first time since returning to democracy, Bolivia’s presidential election heads to a runoff. But no left-wing candidate made it past the first round.
theconversation.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I wrote up some thoughts about the Bolivian election, and Evo's null vote campaign in particular. theconversation.com/1-in-5-boliv...
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He's right, and it's not just Brazil.
Around the world, at least 31 democratic leaders who committed similar crimes have been jailed or banned from office since 2010. The failure to hold Trump accountable in the US was a unique and systemic failure of our institutions and political culture.
Around the world, at least 31 democratic leaders who committed similar crimes have been jailed or banned from office since 2010. The failure to hold Trump accountable in the US was a unique and systemic failure of our institutions and political culture.
July 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
He's right, and it's not just Brazil.
Around the world, at least 31 democratic leaders who committed similar crimes have been jailed or banned from office since 2010. The failure to hold Trump accountable in the US was a unique and systemic failure of our institutions and political culture.
Around the world, at least 31 democratic leaders who committed similar crimes have been jailed or banned from office since 2010. The failure to hold Trump accountable in the US was a unique and systemic failure of our institutions and political culture.
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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...
theonion.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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"If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived."
June 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived."
American exceptionalism: congress, the courts, the citizenry lay down for the silent coup. Because (1) surely, someone will save us, and (2) it could never happen here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
‘This Is Worse’: Trump’s Judicial Defiance Veers Beyond the Autocrat Playbook
The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts is even more aggressive than what happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, experts say.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
American exceptionalism: congress, the courts, the citizenry lay down for the silent coup. Because (1) surely, someone will save us, and (2) it could never happen here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
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A remarkable thing happened Tuesday night on an “election integrity” discussion page on the social media platform X, as it became clear that former president Donald Trump was headed to a decisive victory against Vice President Kamala Harris.
It got quiet. wapo.st/40VIxPB
It got quiet. wapo.st/40VIxPB
November 7, 2024 at 8:43 PM
A remarkable thing happened Tuesday night on an “election integrity” discussion page on the social media platform X, as it became clear that former president Donald Trump was headed to a decisive victory against Vice President Kamala Harris.
It got quiet. wapo.st/40VIxPB
It got quiet. wapo.st/40VIxPB
Again, poll watchers are in the news. @gsheag.bsky.social and I wrote an explainer at @theconversation.bsky.social about the role of partisan monitors in the U.S.: theconversation.com/what-poll-wa...
What poll watchers can − and can’t − do on Election Day
Political parties sign up volunteers to observe what happens at polling places – which can improve transparency or cause problems.
theconversation.com
November 4, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Again, poll watchers are in the news. @gsheag.bsky.social and I wrote an explainer at @theconversation.bsky.social about the role of partisan monitors in the U.S.: theconversation.com/what-poll-wa...
I don't love social media, but None of the Above comes out in February, so here we are polisky.
The book has something for everyone: angry voters, irreverent ballots, democracy in decline, data galore!
Consider preordering with a discount code from the press: press.umich.edu/content/down...
The book has something for everyone: angry voters, irreverent ballots, democracy in decline, data galore!
Consider preordering with a discount code from the press: press.umich.edu/content/down...
December 14, 2023 at 7:35 PM
I don't love social media, but None of the Above comes out in February, so here we are polisky.
The book has something for everyone: angry voters, irreverent ballots, democracy in decline, data galore!
Consider preordering with a discount code from the press: press.umich.edu/content/down...
The book has something for everyone: angry voters, irreverent ballots, democracy in decline, data galore!
Consider preordering with a discount code from the press: press.umich.edu/content/down...
Polisky? Polisky.
Y'all, I have page proofs!! Coming soon to a bookstore near you in hardback, paperback, and open access :)
press.umich.edu/Books/N/None...
press.umich.edu/Books/N/None...
September 21, 2023 at 2:06 PM
Polisky? Polisky.
Y'all, I have page proofs!! Coming soon to a bookstore near you in hardback, paperback, and open access :)
press.umich.edu/Books/N/None...
press.umich.edu/Books/N/None...
September 21, 2023 at 1:02 PM
Y'all, I have page proofs!! Coming soon to a bookstore near you in hardback, paperback, and open access :)
press.umich.edu/Books/N/None...
press.umich.edu/Books/N/None...