R. Michael Alvarez
@rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
Election science pioneer. Prof at Caltech.
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Great convo earlier today with @christiangrose.bsky.social about yesterday’s elections. Watch if you want to learn more about what happened and what it all means!
youtube.com/watch?v=-EC_...
youtube.com/watch?v=-EC_...
The Votes are in: A Post-Election Day Conversation to Discuss the Results' Implications
YouTube video by Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy
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November 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Great convo earlier today with @christiangrose.bsky.social about yesterday’s elections. Watch if you want to learn more about what happened and what it all means!
youtube.com/watch?v=-EC_...
youtube.com/watch?v=-EC_...
Was thrilled to be with our @caltech.edu men’s hoops team last night. And yes, that is me on ESPN+!!
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Was thrilled to be with our @caltech.edu men’s hoops team last night. And yes, that is me on ESPN+!!
When we are poll watching, a lot of what we look for is simple:
- is the vote center easy to find?
- how accessible is the vote center?
- is there ample and accessible parking?
- are all required postings in obvious locations?
- is the vote center fully operational?
There is a method to it all!
- is the vote center easy to find?
- how accessible is the vote center?
- is there ample and accessible parking?
- are all required postings in obvious locations?
- is the vote center fully operational?
There is a method to it all!
November 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
When we are poll watching, a lot of what we look for is simple:
- is the vote center easy to find?
- how accessible is the vote center?
- is there ample and accessible parking?
- are all required postings in obvious locations?
- is the vote center fully operational?
There is a method to it all!
- is the vote center easy to find?
- how accessible is the vote center?
- is there ample and accessible parking?
- are all required postings in obvious locations?
- is the vote center fully operational?
There is a method to it all!
There's been a lot of discussion about federal election monitors in the Nov 4th election here in CA. Here's my take, on my Election Science Field Notes Substack.
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
Does California Need Federal Election Monitors?
If so, be neutral, be objective, and don’t interfere with the process.
electionscience.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There's been a lot of discussion about federal election monitors in the Nov 4th election here in CA. Here's my take, on my Election Science Field Notes Substack.
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
Been out in the field with election monitoring, and learned some important lessons about how election officials can build resilient elections. It's on my Election Science Field Notes, on Substack! @caltechlcssp.bsky.social
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-...
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-...
Resilient Elections
Good training and good process yield good results
electionscience.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Been out in the field with election monitoring, and learned some important lessons about how election officials can build resilient elections. It's on my Election Science Field Notes, on Substack! @caltechlcssp.bsky.social
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-...
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-...
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Here is the latest edition of @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack: "Does #California Need Federal #Election Monitors?"
#CaltechElectionIntegrity | @caltech.edu
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
#CaltechElectionIntegrity | @caltech.edu
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Here is the latest edition of @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack: "Does #California Need Federal #Election Monitors?"
#CaltechElectionIntegrity | @caltech.edu
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
#CaltechElectionIntegrity | @caltech.edu
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
Reposted by R. Michael Alvarez
Next on @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ host @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Next on @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ host @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by R. Michael Alvarez
Resilient Elections: Good Training & good process yield good results-The latest #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack by @caltechlcssp.bsky.social / @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social.
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-elections
Subscribe today!
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-elections
Subscribe today!
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Resilient Elections: Good Training & good process yield good results-The latest #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack by @caltechlcssp.bsky.social / @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social.
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-elections
Subscribe today!
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-elections
Subscribe today!
Looking forward to this important and timely conversation with @jnkatz.bsky.social about partisan gerrymandering. Join us next week!!
Register here:
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#ElectionScienceOfficeHours
@jnkatz.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @caltech.edu @caltechlcssp.bsky.social
#CaltechElectionIntegrity
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#ElectionScienceOfficeHours
@jnkatz.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @caltech.edu @caltechlcssp.bsky.social
#CaltechElectionIntegrity
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: A Conversation with Caltech's Jonathan N. Katz: State Redistricting Impacts Around the Nation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email abou...
Please join us on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 1:00pm Pacific for the next episode of Election Science Office Hours, a webinar series presented by the Caltech Election Integrity Project and moderated ...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Looking forward to this important and timely conversation with @jnkatz.bsky.social about partisan gerrymandering. Join us next week!!
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Here's the latest #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack article from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social co-director and @caltech.edu Professor @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social: How Election Rumors Spread
open.substack.com/pub/election...
open.substack.com/pub/election...
How Election Rumors Spread
Election Day is looming in California, voters have received their ballots in the mail and early voting will start very soon to decide whether Proposition 50 will pass or fail.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Here's the latest #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack article from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social co-director and @caltech.edu Professor @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social: How Election Rumors Spread
open.substack.com/pub/election...
open.substack.com/pub/election...
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Flintridge Foundation Professor of Political and Computational Social Science, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, lends his expertise in a collaborative piece discussing the potential effects of AI in foreign affairs.
In the months to come, AI layoffs could trigger a populist backlash, warn @beamagistro.bsky.social, @sborwein.bsky.social, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @bartbonikowski.bsky.social, and Peter Loewen.
How should policymakers respond to AI’s harmful effects on employment?
How should policymakers respond to AI’s harmful effects on employment?
The Coming AI Backlash
How the anger economy will supercharge populism.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Flintridge Foundation Professor of Political and Computational Social Science, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, lends his expertise in a collaborative piece discussing the potential effects of AI in foreign affairs.
Reposted by R. Michael Alvarez
If you missed yesterday's great session of @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours webinar-part of the #CaltechElectionIntegrity project-featuring @voting.works' @benadida.com, listen on Spotify:
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open.spotify.com/episode/4hFe...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If you missed yesterday's great session of @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours webinar-part of the #CaltechElectionIntegrity project-featuring @voting.works' @benadida.com, listen on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/4hFe...
open.spotify.com/episode/4hFe...
This week's Election Science Office Hours! @benadida.com will join me to talk about election technology, voting system security, and cryptography in elections! I'll be a great conversation, join us live at 11am Pacific on Wednesday!
September 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This week's Election Science Office Hours! @benadida.com will join me to talk about election technology, voting system security, and cryptography in elections! I'll be a great conversation, join us live at 11am Pacific on Wednesday!
Reposted by R. Michael Alvarez
And here is the 9/16 episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with @microsoft.com's Matt Masterson, hosted by @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social as a Spotify podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/0XBF...
Episode 23: Matt Masterson on election security
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September 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
And here is the 9/16 episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with @microsoft.com's Matt Masterson, hosted by @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social as a Spotify podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/0XBF...
Have you been working on a methods project this summer? If you are thinking about publishing your project, consider our CUP Elements method series!
www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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September 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Have you been working on a methods project this summer? If you are thinking about publishing your project, consider our CUP Elements method series!
www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
Listen!
The 8/3/25 episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours featuring guest Natalie Masuoka and host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social (@caltechlcssp.bsky.social / @caltech.edu) is now available on Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 22: Natalie Masuoka and How CA Redistricting Might Change Asian American Political Representation
Podcast Episode · The Election Science Office Hours Podcast · 09/04/2025 · 54m
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September 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Listen!
Watch!
The 8/3/25 episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours featuring guest Natalie Masuoka and host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social (@caltechlcssp.bsky.social / @caltech.edu ) is now available on Spotify:
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Episode 22: Natalie Masuoka and How CA Redistricting Might Change Asian American Political Representation
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September 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Watch!
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🗳🔬Election Science Field Notes🔬🗳
New on #Substack from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social. See the link below, read Professor Alvarez's first entry, and subscribe to receive each new entry in your in-box.
#ElectionScienceFieldNotes
#DataNotDrama @caltech.edu
New on #Substack from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social. See the link below, read Professor Alvarez's first entry, and subscribe to receive each new entry in your in-box.
#ElectionScienceFieldNotes
#DataNotDrama @caltech.edu
August 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🗳🔬Election Science Field Notes🔬🗳
New on #Substack from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social. See the link below, read Professor Alvarez's first entry, and subscribe to receive each new entry in your in-box.
#ElectionScienceFieldNotes
#DataNotDrama @caltech.edu
New on #Substack from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social. See the link below, read Professor Alvarez's first entry, and subscribe to receive each new entry in your in-box.
#ElectionScienceFieldNotes
#DataNotDrama @caltech.edu
Election Science Office Hours returns! On Sept 3 at 11am Pacific I'll talk with UCLA's Natalie Masuoka about how the new CA congressional district maps will affect Asian American political representation. Register using the link below:
www.protectingtheelection.us/blog-3-1/a-c...
www.protectingtheelection.us/blog-3-1/a-c...
A Conversation with UCLA’s Natalie Masuoka on Potential Impacts of Redistricting on California’s Asian Americans — Caltech Election Integrity Project
Please join us on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at 11:00 am Pacific for the next episode of Election Science Office Hours, a webinar series presented by the Caltech Election Integrity Project and moderated by R. Michael Alvarez, PhD, Flintridge Foundation Professor of Political and Computational Soc
www.protectingtheelection.us
August 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Election Science Office Hours returns! On Sept 3 at 11am Pacific I'll talk with UCLA's Natalie Masuoka about how the new CA congressional district maps will affect Asian American political representation. Register using the link below:
www.protectingtheelection.us/blog-3-1/a-c...
www.protectingtheelection.us/blog-3-1/a-c...
I've started a Substack, "Election Science Field Notes." Please give it a read, and subscribe! Let me know if there are topics and issues you'd like for me to write about!
Why Election Science Field Notes?
open.substack.com/pub/election...
Why Election Science Field Notes?
open.substack.com/pub/election...
Why Election Science Field Notes?
(Answer: We need science and facts, and no drama.)
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August 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I've started a Substack, "Election Science Field Notes." Please give it a read, and subscribe! Let me know if there are topics and issues you'd like for me to write about!
Why Election Science Field Notes?
open.substack.com/pub/election...
Why Election Science Field Notes?
open.substack.com/pub/election...
We should learn more tomorrow about the @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social plan to put redistricting on the November ballot.
Here @justinlevitt.bsky.social and I discuss why this is happening and the implications for the 2026 midterms:
youtu.be/8KRTLt3IAwM?...
Here @justinlevitt.bsky.social and I discuss why this is happening and the implications for the 2026 midterms:
youtu.be/8KRTLt3IAwM?...
What's Behind the Push to Redraw Congressional Districts Before the 2026 Midterms?
YouTube video by Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy
youtu.be
August 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We should learn more tomorrow about the @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social plan to put redistricting on the November ballot.
Here @justinlevitt.bsky.social and I discuss why this is happening and the implications for the 2026 midterms:
youtu.be/8KRTLt3IAwM?...
Here @justinlevitt.bsky.social and I discuss why this is happening and the implications for the 2026 midterms:
youtu.be/8KRTLt3IAwM?...
And here is the video! With the amazing @justinlevitt.bsky.social, on the great redistricting controversy. youtu.be/8KRTLt3IAwM?...
What's Behind the Push to Redraw Congressional Districts Before the 2026 Midterms?
YouTube video by Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy
youtu.be
August 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
And here is the video! With the amazing @justinlevitt.bsky.social, on the great redistricting controversy. youtu.be/8KRTLt3IAwM?...
It’s hard to compete with Taylor Swift, but we dropped a podcast today as well!! open.spotify.com/episode/7qH4...
Episode 21: Justin Levitt on partisan gerrymandering in 2025
The Election Science Office Hours Podcast · Episode
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August 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It’s hard to compete with Taylor Swift, but we dropped a podcast today as well!! open.spotify.com/episode/7qH4...
New Election Science Office Hours podcast drop! My recent conversation with NM SoS Maggie Toulouse Oliver is now available where you listen to your podcasts!
@caltechlcssp.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/5fv6...
@caltechlcssp.bsky.social
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Episode 20: Maggie Toulouse Oliver, New Mexico's Chief Election Official
The Election Science Office Hours Podcast · Episode
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July 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
New Election Science Office Hours podcast drop! My recent conversation with NM SoS Maggie Toulouse Oliver is now available where you listen to your podcasts!
@caltechlcssp.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/5fv6...
@caltechlcssp.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/5fv6...
Exciting new Election Science Office Hours this Wednesday at 11am Pacific, with New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver! Join us live, use the link below to register. We'll talk about her career in elections and modernizing voter registration in NM!
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Exciting new Election Science Office Hours this Wednesday at 11am Pacific, with New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver! Join us live, use the link below to register. We'll talk about her career in elections and modernizing voter registration in NM!
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...