Blogs about: Posted By Jp Faletta

Truthiness in action: The "Colbert Bump" in campaign donations

professorsrsquared wrote 1 day ago: Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert has been quite eager to promote the “Colbert Bump … more »

Tags: PoliSci: The Discipline, Campaigns and Elections, Academia, Miscellaneous, Posted by Jon Taylor

Is voting inherited?

professorsrsquared wrote 3 days ago: So, is voting behavior inherited? According to three fellow Political Science professors, the answe … more »

Tags: Academia, Campaigns and Elections, PoliSci: The Discipline, Posted by Jon Taylor

Gallup's Congressional generic ballot: Democrats favored to gain House seats in November

professorsrsquared wrote 5 days ago: There is a new post on Gallup’s website today about the Congressional generic ballot.  Given … more »

Tags: Campaigns and Elections, PoliSci: The Discipline, Posted by Jon Taylor

Is Mayor White ready for state politics?3 comments

professorsrsquared wrote 6 days ago: Gardner Selby, writing in today’s Austin American-Statesman poses that question… If the … more »

Tags: Campaigns and Elections, houston, Houston and Texas, PoliSci: The Discipline, Posted by Jon Taylor, Posted by Michelle Carnahan

Humor Aside II: Statistics

professorsrsquared wrote 1 week ago: From the good folks at the always humorous “Stuff White People Like” Blog.  As statist … more »

Tags: PoliSci: The Discipline, Academia, Miscellaneous, Posted by Jon Taylor, Posted by Michelle Carnahan

Explaining the wild differences in the polls... maybe.

professorsrsquared wrote 1 week ago: CQ’s Andrew Satter provides a good discussion about all of the volatility in recently release … more »

Tags: PoliSci: The Discipline, Campaigns and Elections, Academia, Posted by Jon Taylor

Does McCain have more of a base problem than Obama?2 comments

professorsrsquared wrote 1 week ago: The graph above is from data compiled from Rasmussen Reports, consisting of over 7,000 likely vote … more »

Tags: PoliSci Departmental Stuff, Posted by Jon Taylor, Posted by Michelle Carnahan, Posted by Bob Warren

Rational Choice: The economics of bad decisions

professorsrsquared wrote 1 week ago: McKinsey Consulting has made some good stuff available on rational choice/public choice at their M … more »

Tags: PoliSci: The Discipline, Academia, Miscellaneous, Posted by Jon Taylor, Posted by Bob Warren

Popping the Tuition Bubble

professorsrsquared wrote 1 week ago: Kevin Carey and Frederick Hess, writing in The American, pose the following question: What if stude … more »

Tags: Academia, Miscellaneous, PoliSci: The Discipline, UST, Posted by Jon Taylor

The Future of North America

professorsrsquared wrote 1 week ago: Don’t pass this along to the folks who think that a “North American Union” is rig … more »

Tags: PoliSci: The Discipline, Campaigns and Elections, Academia, Miscellaneous, Houston and Texas, Posted by Jon Taylor

Catholic edge for Democrats in 2008?1 comment

professorsrsquared wrote 1 week ago: Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate’s latest survey … more »

Tags: Campaigns and Elections, Posted by Jon Taylor, Posted by John Burke

Obama Newsweek Poll: Real bounce or flawed methodology?1 comment

professorsrsquared wrote 1 week ago: On Friday, Newsweek released a national poll showing Obama leading McCain by 15 points, 51%-36%. Th … more »

Tags: PoliSci: The Discipline, Campaigns and Elections, Posted by Jon Taylor, Posted by Michelle Carnahan

Why are Americans unhappy (about George W. Bush)?

professorsrsquared wrote 1 week ago: Probably because of this (graph courtesy of Stuart Thiel): Thiel notes that Bush has been below 50% … more »

Tags: PoliSci: The Discipline, Campaigns and Elections, Posted by Jon Taylor

Create your own Electoral College map

professorsrsquared wrote 1 week ago: The fine folks at RealClearPolitics have a new interactive feature that allows you to create your ow … more »

Tags: PoliSci: The Discipline, Campaigns and Elections, Posted by Jon Taylor, Posted by Michelle Carnahan, Posted by Bob Warren

Houston's Energized Economy

professorsrsquared wrote 1 week ago: Houston has been getting a load of good press lately — you can now include the Washington Pos … more »

Tags: houston, Houston and Texas, Posted by Jon Taylor

Pew Survey: The Internet and the 2008 Election

professorsrsquared wrote 2 weeks ago: The latest Pew Internet and Society poll has some interesting numbers on the use of the Internet an … more »

Tags: Campaigns and Elections, Academia, Miscellaneous, Posted by Jon Taylor

2008 Primaries and caucuses brought big increase in youth vote

professorsrsquared wrote 2 weeks ago: According to an analysis by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagem … more »

Tags: Academia, Houston and Texas, PoliSci Departmental Stuff, PoliSci: The Discipline, UST, Posted by Jon Taylor

Humor Aside: Why some of us are voting Republican...1 comment

professorsrsquared wrote 2 weeks ago: We figured that turnabout is fair play.  This is for our Republican colleagues… It’s f … more »

Tags: Campaigns and Elections, Posted by Rick Young

College students paying more attention to the election and favor Obama

professorsrsquared wrote 2 weeks ago: A recent survey of college students finds that students are dissatisfied with America’s leadershi … more »

Tags: Academia, Campaigns and Elections, UST, Posted by Jon Taylor


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