🚨 NEW PAPER: When low-income Americans get $1,000/month for 3 years, what happens to their political views & behavior?
The OpenResearch Unconditional income Study reveals surprising findings about the effects of income on politics... 🧵
David Broockman
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- Today we released the first papers from OpenResearch's Unconditional income Study, which gave 1k ppl $1k/mo for 3 yrs & had a N=2k control group This 🧵 is for RCT nerds: how did we measure the cash's fx? Learn about 96% response rates, blood draws, changing a state law & more..
- NEW w @j_kalla Skeptics say partisan TV doesn't matter b/c few watch, viewers extreme anyway & they watch other news w/ new data, we show this is WRONG 1 in 7 Americans watch >8hrs/mo partisan TV They're not already extreme They're in echo chambers osf.io/b54sx/ 🧵
- NEW w @j_kalla at @mattyglesias' "Slow Boring": What's better than calling Trump weird? Convincing voters Harris is normal In survey testing 76 messages w >100k people, we find: - anti-Trump messages doesn't work - pro-Harris messages do, especially "typical" Dem messages 🧵
- New study from UCLA finds that: - 5-unit buildings aren't feasible in SF no matter what the City does - 10-unit buildings only become feasible if the City cuts fees to almost zero escholarship.org/content/qt0211…
- The last three dinner parties I’ve been at in SF, with completely non-political people, have all at some point descended into everyone exclaiming some version of “so thankful for @DanielLurie”
- NEW PAPER w/ @eriksantoro @j_kalla @ronchuli There's a widespread idea that we will persuade other people more effectively if we listen to them first The NYT has said it, social psych says it, & my previous research has assumed it In a new study, we find it's likely wrong 🧵..
- NEW: in @apsrjournal we report a treasure trove of data from inside dozens of campaigns’ own experiments on persuasion The data reveal experimentation at a vast scale that is revolutionizing campaigning challenges academic theories & could have implications for democracy 🧵
- Today I filed a challenge with @SFElections to @DeanPreston's candidate statement. In it, he claims he "voted to approve 30,000 new homes." Almost all those homes are made up---& City data shows they're not "approved" either. Dean: stop being a NIMBY, and stop lying to voters.
- A great article on the non-profit industrial complex's takeover of---and failure in---cities like SF. In my view one of the biggest questions in urban politics is why cities outsource public services to underperforming nonprofits.
- At 400 Divisadero Street we are currently holding a funeral for the thousands of units of housing Dean Preston has blocked. All are welcome to join us in mourning.
- 🚨NEW PAPER: Why are Members of Congress so extreme? We conducted a 4-wave panel of thousands of voters in 27 districts during last year’s primary AND general elections to trace polarization’s roots The results challenge conventional wisdom… and suggest lessons for parties🧵👇
- Curious why @aaronpeskin is getting crushed in the SF mayor's race? Because SF voters are *extremely* pro-housing! Very cool new poll results from @GrowSF.
