@SongeunEmily

Ph.D Candidate @UHouston @UHPoliticalSci Methods | American Politics | AI/ML https://xitter.cf/t.co/9syDAcYfhV

 Houston, TX
Joined March 2022
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Charles McClean@cmccleanOct 26
I'm excited to share the dataset behind my book project: the Japanese Municipal Elections Dataset (JMED)! 👤 223,561 candidates 🗳️ 21,111 elections 🗾 2,027 municipalities 🗓️ 2005–2025 Explore the map or download the data: charlesmcclean.com/jmed/

Japanese Municipal Elections Dataset (JMED) · Charles T. McClean

Candidate-level results for Japanese municipal assembly and mayoral elections, 2005–2025. 223,561 candidates in 21,111 elections across 2,027 municipalities. Open data with an interactive map.

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Kobi Hackenburg
@KobiHackenburgOct 20
New in @PNASNews: In two large experiments (~18k obs from ~14.8k people), we find that brief conversations with AI can get people to take real political action - incl. signing real petitions and giving money to charity. Surprisingly, the persuasion strategy that worked best for changing people's attitudes - packing convos with info - was the least effective at changing behavior! 🧵
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1/3 🌟 UH Political Science Job Market Spotlight: Meet Songeun Emily Lee (@SongeunEmily), a Ph.D. candidate in methodology and American politics. Her dissertation studies how race and gender shape entry into local elections, voter evaluations, and careers in Congress.
Portrait of Songeun Emily Lee at left. Navy panel reads “University of Houston Political Science,” “Songeun Emily Lee,” “American Politics · Race & Gender,” “Political Methodology,” and “Job Market Spotlight.”

ALT Portrait of Songeun Emily Lee at left. Navy panel reads “University of Houston Political Science,” “Songeun Emily Lee,” “American Politics · Race & Gender,” “Political Methodology,” and “Job Market Spotlight.”

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Kentaro Fukumoto@000fukumotoOct 22
宇賀先生の講演「研究生活の魅力」を拝聴。先生のお話を伺うのは学生時代以来30年ぶりだが、話し方は全くお変わりない。実に痛快な内容で、なんだか聞いているこちらまで碩学の泰斗であるかのような錯覚に陥ってしまった。 j.u-tokyo.ac.jp/news/2069/

東京大学大学院法学政治学研究科・法学部

京大学法学部・法学政治学研究科の公式サイトです。学部の特徴、カリキュラム、進路状況、学事日程などをご覧いただけます。

j.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Yiqing Xu
@xuyiqingOct 17
Open sourcing my regression lectures 🍻 AI is changing how we teach. Here’s one way I’m adapting: I’ve open-sourced my regression course, POLI 450A, built on Jens Hainmueller’s original class. The course is suitable for first-year political science PhDs, as well as advanced undergraduate students in economics, political science, and other social sciences. The materials include slides, R code, data, worksheets, and a short video for every lecture. github.com/xuyiqing/regressi…

GitHub - xuyiqing/regression-lectures: POLI 450A (Stanford): regression lecture slides, worksheets,...

POLI 450A (Stanford): regression lecture slides, worksheets, R code and data - xuyiqing/regression-lectures

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APSA@APSAtweetsOct 15
Forecasting the 2026 US Midterms In a forecasting special issue of @ps_polisci for the U.S. midterm elections, all forecasters predict that Democrats will capture the House, but most anticipate a narrow Republican victory in the Senate. buff.ly/LySzgap

Forecasting the 2026 US Midterms -

In a forecasting special issue of PS: Political Science & Politics for the U.S. midterm elections, all forecasters predict that the Democrats will capture the House of Representatives, but most...

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Gary King@kinggaryOct 16
New 2026 US House & Senate election forecasts, using all political science knowledge we could systematize, & our statistical methods from “If a Statistical Model Predicts That Common Events Should Occur Only Once in 10,000 Elections, Maybe It’s the Wrong Model” with @DannyCEbanks and @Jonathan_N_Katz. GaryKing.org/electit We make these forecasts available (including all the input data, methods, and procedures), not only for their possible public interest, but because academics learn by making themselves vulnerable to being proven wrong. We will make no changes to our post-primary forecasts (which do not use polls) but will update two other sets on this site incorporating poll results as new ones appear. Comments on the paper or forecasts are welcome!

ElectIt: forecasts for all US House and Senate seats in the 11/3/2026 election

By Danny Ebanks, Jonathan N. Katz, and Gary King. We make these forecasts (including all data, methods, and procedures) public because academics learn by making themselves vulnerable to being proven...

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From our FirstView: "The Representation Trap: How Minority Power Shapes Electoral Politics in India" by @FeyaadAllie. buff.ly/sEa2MlQ
APSR abstract for "The Representation Trap: How Minority Power Shapes Electoral Politics in India," by Feyaad Allie, Studying Muslim representation in India, the author shows electing a Muslim representative divides Muslim votes while consolidating Hindu votes for the majoritarian party, driven by sub-identity and super-ordinate identity mobilization. Full abstract is available in linked article.

ALT APSR abstract for "The Representation Trap: How Minority Power Shapes Electoral Politics in India," by Feyaad Allie, Studying Muslim representation in India, the author shows electing a Muslim representative divides Muslim votes while consolidating Hindu votes for the majoritarian party, driven by sub-identity and super-ordinate identity mobilization. Full abstract is available in linked article.

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あさひな@aaiashnSep 29
causalweight: Estimation Methods for Causal Inference Based on Inverse Probability Weighting and Doubly Robust Estimation cran.r-project.org/web/packa…

causalweight: Estimation Methods for Causal Inference Based on Inverse Probability Weighting and...

Various estimators of causal effects based on inverse probability weighting, doubly robust estimation, and double machine learning. Specifically, the package includes methods for estimating average...

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APSA@APSAtweetsSep 22
One month left to apply! The Rapoport Family Foundation Dissertation #Grants provide up to $15,000 for US-based PhD candidates conducting American politics survey research. Apply Now! Application Deadline: 10/21/26,11:59PM PT buff.ly/HfkdGGX
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We hope you can join us for the Political Science Undergraduate Association Graduate School Workshop! September 24, 2026 4-5:30p MH 113 Thinking about graduate school? Join PSUA to learn about applications, choosing the right program, funding opportunities, and how to prepare!
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Derek Wakefield@DerekJWakefieldSep 23
I’m really excited to have been quoted in a recent news story about the behavior of Latino voters based on my recent research, particularly on the importance of economic considerations. We’ll see how this manifests in the upcoming midterms! cnhi.com/rss_feed/latinos-vi…

Latinos viewed as key swing vote in midterms - CNHI

More than 36 million Latinos are now eligible to vote in the United States — the nation’s fastest-growing electorate — and political analysts say they will play a major role in the upcoming midterm...

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Yiqing Xu
@xuyiqingSep 21
Happy to share slides for six lectures on "causal panel analysis" based on my recent short course at Waseda. github.com/xuyiqing/panel-le… Written for applied researchers.

GitHub - xuyiqing/panel-lectures

Contribute to xuyiqing/panel-lectures development by creating an account on GitHub.

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A little late, but I had to share some photos from my third APSA in Boston! :) I was so happy to present “Political Geography and Congressional Campaign Rhetoric” with Jennifer. Rob Oldham gave us really helpful comments and even shared his written notes afterward. So grateful!
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It was also so nice to reconnect with my Yonsei folks after a long time. I really enjoyed chairing and discussing the Representation, Candidate Appeals, and Group Messaging panel. I especially enjoyed Paru’s paper! And of course: good food,beautiful weather, and Boston geese 🪿💜
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APSA@APSAtweetsSep 10
Meet Lucia Lopez, 2026 Advancing Research Grants for Early Career Scholars Recipient buff.ly/tzEowvP

Meet Lucia Lopez, 2026 Advancing Research Grants for Early Career Scholars Recipient -

Meet Lucia Lopez, North Carolina State University Project Title: Race-Neutral Design?: Policy Design and the Racialization of Welfare Opinion Lucia Lopez is a licensed attorney and assistant profes...

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We are excited to announce that we will be hiring in American politics for two positions open as to specialty. One can be at the associate level. Stay tuned for the application link, which will be posted next week!
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Eddie Yang@ey_985Sep 9
I shared some evidence of models doing motivated reasoning in this paper: arxiv.org/abs/2608.00339. Never thought it’d manifest with such severity.

Bayesian and Motivated Reasoning in AI Agents

AI agents increasingly perform open-ended tasks in settings where their conclusions can guide consequential decisions. We provide evidence that AI agents draw different conclusions from identical...

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Anthropic
@AnthropicAISep 9
We’re sharing our alignment assessment of incidents in which Claude models gained unauthorized access to real systems during third-party cybersecurity evaluations mistakenly connected to the internet. METR will also conduct an independent investigation, with wide-ranging access, including to transcripts beyond the window in which the incidents occurred, and to Anthropic employees permitted to share confidential information. Our initial agreement runs for eight weeks, and we intend to give METR as much time as it deems necessary to complete a thorough investigation. anthropic.com/research/align…

An alignment assessment of recent cybersecurity incidents

We present an alignment assessment of four incidents in which Claude models gained unauthorized access to real third-party systems.

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Michael Kistner@MichaelRKistnerSep 4
How has Congressional rhetoric evolved in the social media age? To answer that, we collected over 7 million Facebook & Twitter posts from 2009 on, scaled them by text partisanship (far-left to far-right), and classified them by purpose. Three findings are worth emphasizing:
American Political Science Review@apsrjournalSep 4
From our FirstView: Measuring Partisanship and Representation in Online Congressional Communications by @MichaelRKistner, @MJHeseltine, @RobertAlvarez05, Maya Fitch, @Lucas_Lothamer, and @beth_simas. doi.org/10.1017/S00030554261…
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Elizabeth Simas@beth_simasSep 4
So excited this out
American Political Science Review@apsrjournalSep 4
From our FirstView: Measuring Partisanship and Representation in Online Congressional Communications by @MichaelRKistner, @MJHeseltine, @RobertAlvarez05, Maya Fitch, @Lucas_Lothamer, and @beth_simas. doi.org/10.1017/S00030554261…
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