John Sides

@johnmsides

Professor of political science at Vanderbilt University. Publisher of @goodauth. Co-author of THE BITTER END (amazon.com/dp/0691213453?…).

Nashville TN johnsides.org Joined June 2018

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John Sides @johnmsides 4d

Virtually every demographic in the country shifted toward the Democrats in 2026.

But, sure, let's have a thousand takes about The Weird Reason That One Group Shifted.

John Sides @johnmsides 4d

Looking forward to this @NiskanenCenter election post-mortem! We are all coauthors of @NortonPoliSci elections textbook.

Event page: niskanencenter.org/beyond-the-res…

Registration link: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

John Sides @johnmsides Nov 4

Hugely valuable!

Kevin DeLuca 🗞 @cantstopkevin Nov 4

@shirokuriwaki, @jeremiahbcha, and I have collected candidate- and contest-level data for the 2026 election, which you anyone can access here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

We also include historical results (1990–2024) on a separate tab, and some statewide stats.
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John Sides @johnmsides Nov 4

There were models out there predicting 55-56 Democratic Senate seats and/or ~250 Dem House seats. Just floating under the radar in a polisci journal. See my piece:

substack.com/home/post/p-22…

Will write more on those models. Of course, no one election proves any model is right!

johnsides.substack.com What 64 midterm election forecasts can tell us With the midterm election only days away, there are endless polls and forecasts to consult.

Lakshya Jain Verified account @lxeagle17 Nov 4

An early postmortem on our models and polls — namely, Republicans did worse than *anyone* predicted.

theargumentmag.com/p/republicans-…
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John Sides @johnmsides Oct 31

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Vanderbilt University Political Science Verified account @VandyPoliSci Oct 31

Yet another issue of the APSR with multiple pieces by Vanderbilt political science faculty. First up, Alan Wiseman of @TheLawmakers and coauthors with "Legislative Effectiveness, Progressive Ambition, and Electoral Success."

cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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