An initiative to monitor democratic practices in the U.S. and call attention to threats to American democracy.
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New @BrightLineWatch report on “Courts, campaigns, and confidence in American democracy” with @BrendanNyhan , @GretchenHlmk, Sue Stokes, and @obboutin - brightlinewatch.org/courts-c… 1/n
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NEW: @BrightLineWatch report featuring detailed public/expert survey data on Trump cases brightlinewatch.org/uncharte…
-Few Rs think Trump broke law (unlike experts) but ↑ since docs charges
-Rs split on punishment for specific docs charges
-Experts still rate as benefit to democracy
ALT Percentage of respondents who say Trump/Biden committed a crime
ALT Support for punishment for various allegations
ALT Reasons for believing Trump did not commit a crime
ALT Support for punishment for documents-related allegations
Bright Line Watch retweeted
NEW: @BrightLineWatch on state of US democracy brightlinewatch.org/american…
-R acceptance of Biden win/trust in natl. vote ↑ vs '21, but vote confidence still ↓ vs '20
-Pervasive candidate denialism
-Experts: Trump run profound democratic threat, prosecution major benefit
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Bright Line Watch retweeted
Read the thread and the full report for this essential work from THE scholars studying the health and viability of US government. Mostly discouraging news, with a few bright elements of hope. Amazing work @BrightLineWatch! – at Mantua, VA
New @BrightLineWatch on state of US democracy. brightlinewatch.org/tempered… - Partisan divisions over the legitimacy of the 2020 election remain profound. Confidence in the 2022 elections is already more polarized than confidence in the 2020 election was in October of that year.
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New @BrightLineWatch on state of US democracy brightlinewatch.org/still-mi…
-Experts: Overturning pop. vote key risk; legal changes to enable are grave/serious threats
-Public: Secession support ↑ in partisan strongholds but info on official AZ recount ↑ R trust more than "audit"
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Bright Line Watch retweeted
Latest @BrightLineWatch report on American democracy, w @BrendanNyhan Gretchen Helmke, Sue Stokes, Mitch Sanders, and Annie Chen, is here - brightlinewatch.org/still-mi…
Bright Line Watch retweeted
Bottom line: The latest @BrightLineWatch confirms the precarious moment we are living in, and the low but non-trivial chance we may get transformative democracy reform yet -- but it's up to all of us. brightlinewatch.org/still-mi…
Bright Line Watch retweeted
New @monkeycageblog post washingtonpost.com/politics/… on our most recent @BrightLineWatch study! preprints.apsanet.org/engage…
Democrats think a popular vote loser & Electoral College winner is less legitimate, even if it is the Democrat; Republicans don’t
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Bright Line Watch retweeted
How would Americans would respond to another #ElectoralCollege inversion? New research here, with my colleagues @BrightLineWatch - @BrendanNyhan, @shun_yamaya, @GretchenHlmk, Sue Stokes, Mitch Sanders. Don’t miss it.
New @BrightLineWatch: The Effect of Electoral Inversions on Democratic Legitimacy preprints.apsanet.org/engage…
Key findings:
-Electoral College winners who lose popular vote seen as less legitimate
-Effect doesn't vary by vote margin or candidate party
-Inversion penalty driven by Ds
Bright Line Watch retweeted
Job posting: @BrightLineWatch / Online Misinformation Research Fellow brightlinewatch.org/wp-conte…
Faculty: Please RT/share with students who plan to seek a PhD but would consider a full-time research position first.
Graduating seniors/recent grads planning on a Ph.D.: please apply!
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As @perrybaconjr notes, experts surveyed by @BrightLineWatch rated President Trump pressuring Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden as one of the most important and abnormal events of his presidency - only rivaled by the Helsinki summit with Putin brightlinewatch.org/democrat…
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New @BrightLineWatch survey report brightlinewatch.org/democrat… featured by @perrybaconjr on @FiveThirtyEight impeachment liveblog fivethirtyeight.com/live-blo… (image below or scroll down)
Bright Line Watch retweeted
New version of our paper on public/donor willingness to punish candidates for democratic norm violations just posted!
Free to read on @APSA_Preprints - Who Will Defend Democracy? Evaluating Tradeoffs in Candidate Support Among Partisan Donors and Voters - @BrendanNyhan, Gretchen Helmke, Mitchell Sanders, @katie_clayton14, @johncarey03755, Susan Stokes - ow.ly/XmYS50wqwTo
Bright Line Watch retweeted
Now in print @PoPpublicsphere from @BrightLineWatch: Searching for Bright Lines in the Trump Presidency cambridge.org/core/journals/… (with colleagues @johncarey03755, @GretchenHlmk, @mitch_sanders, and Sue Stokes)
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New @DLeonhardt @nytimes column on the dangers of Trump using rhetoric that encourages violence nytimes.com/2019/03/17/opini…
Cites @BrightLineWatch finding showing declining ratings of US democratic performance on political violence in October expert survey brightlinewatch.org/wave7/
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New @BrightLineWatch ICYMI: "though our experts perceive substantial democratic erosion... polarization between Trump supporters and opponents undermines any social consensus recognizing these violations."
Our @monkeycageblog post notes one possible exception: misconduct
New @BrightLineWatch article @PoPpublicsphere: Searching for Bright Lines in the Trump Presidency cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Featured today @monkeycageblog - our country's growing division over whether constitutional principles are under threat: washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Convergence across many sources including @BrightLineWatch
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Bright Line Watch retweeted
Researchers from @BrightLineWatch, including Rochester political scientists, find that the consensus required for a healthy democracy is only partly intact. uofr.us/2TJf8G4
Bright Line Watch retweeted
Trump supporters and opponents are divided on whether constitutional principles are under threat. @johncarey03755, @brendannyhan, Gretchen Helmke, Mitchell Sanders, Susan Stokes share their research.
@Max_Fisher @PoPpublicsphere @brightlinewatch
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Bright Line Watch retweeted
New @BrightLineWatch article @PoPpublicsphere: Searching for Bright Lines in the Trump Presidency cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Featured today @monkeycageblog - our country's growing division over whether constitutional principles are under threat: washingtonpost.com/politics/…