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Happy to share two pieces of good news: first, my job market paper is online @The_JOP
I find that younger mayors increase spending on child welfare for young families, especially through long-term investments, but do not cut elderly welfare spending
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/74…
I find that younger mayors increase spending on child welfare for young families, especially through long-term investments, but do not cut elderly welfare spending
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/74…
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Charles McClean retweeted
@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.
We also include historical results (1990–2024) on a separate tab, and some statewide stats.
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Charles McClean retweeted
Our results are released here -- please feel free to download and use. We record "% reported" in each contest so you can apply your own filter
x.com/cantstopkevin/…
x.com/cantstopkevin/…
On election night @cantstopkevin @jeremiahbcha and I + others will be entering all congress/gov final results at the CD/state-level into a spreadsheet that anyone can download on Wed morning.
Data will come with incumbency and 1990-2024 results for comparison
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Charles McClean retweeted
Students in my elections class had to turn in forecasts for the midterms. Throughout the first 8 weeks of the semester, we learned how to build models and make forecasts for all House and Senate races in this year's midterms elections. Here's how they turned out 1/n
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Charles McClean retweeted
On election night @cantstopkevin @jeremiahbcha and I + others will be entering all congress/gov final results at the CD/state-level into a spreadsheet that anyone can download on Wed morning.
Data will come with incumbency and 1990-2024 results for comparison
Data will come with incumbency and 1990-2024 results for comparison
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Charles McClean retweeted
The first release of my R package `fourthirtyfive` makes congressional district maps (2005-27, incl. those for next week's election) easily downloadable and mergeable, with hex/dotmaps, real shapefiles, descriptive names, and interactive overlays with #mapbox:
shirokuriwaki.com/fourthirtyfive/
shirokuriwaki.com/fourthirtyfive/
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Now published in @BJPolS!
Aksel Sundström, Daniel Stockemer, and I find that including younger representatives in decision-making bodies can enhance perceptions of procedural fairness and institutional trust, even among older adults.
Open access: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Aksel Sundström, Daniel Stockemer, and I find that including younger representatives in decision-making bodies can enhance perceptions of procedural fairness and institutional trust, even among older adults.
Open access: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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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/
👤 223,561 candidates
🗳️ 21,111 elections
🗾 2,027 municipalities
🗓️ 2005–2025
Explore the map or download the data: charlesmcclean.com/jmed/
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Pick any municipality to see its election record. JMED records turnout, uncontested elections, and each candidate's name, age, sex, party, incumbency status, vote total, and outcome. Available in English and 日本語.
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Charles McClean retweeted
Now published at @apsrjournal. Check out "The Symbolic Politics of Housing" doi.org/10.1017/S00030…
New results!
In "The Symbolic Politics of Housing," @dbroockman @j_kalla & I showed that public opinion about housing policies correlates w/ affect towards the groups that the policies make salient (via framing or criteria in the policy itself).
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Delighted to serve again on the selection committee for the @usjf_ Young Mayors of Japan Award alongside @kumagai_chiba and @linkobayashi!
Applications are now open for the 2026 award.
2026年度「若手首長賞」の応募受付が始まりました！若手首長の皆さま、ぜひご応募ください。
Applications are now open for the 2026 award.
2026年度「若手首長賞」の応募受付が始まりました！若手首長の皆さま、ぜひご応募ください。
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Details and how to apply / 詳細・応募方法はこちら：
English: us-jf.org/en/young-mayor…
日本語: us-jf.org/ja/young-mayor…
English: us-jf.org/en/young-mayor…
日本語: us-jf.org/ja/young-mayor…
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Second piece of good news: my paper with Aksel Sundström and Daniel Stockemer is now forthcoming @BJPolS
We find that including younger representatives in decision-making bodies can boost perceptions of fairness and trust, even among older adults
charlesmcclean.com/s/Youth-Repres…
We find that including younger representatives in decision-making bodies can boost perceptions of fairness and trust, even among older adults
charlesmcclean.com/s/Youth-Repres…
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Charles McClean retweeted
JSQPS 2027年冬季研究集会の報告募集が公開されました。1月5−6日、大阪大学中之島センターでの開催です。企画委員長として、多くの皆さまのご応募をお待ちしております。詳細は下記URLをご覧ください。
sites.google.com/view/jsqps/202…
sites.google.com/view/jsqps/202…
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Charles McClean retweeted
The Watson School and the Dept of Political Science at Brown are searching for a postdoc in comparative politics. The search is broadly defined with respect to region, substantive focus, and methodological approach. Please spread the word!
apply.interfolio.com/191974
apply.interfolio.com/191974
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Charles McClean retweeted
The Yale Population Studies Workshop 2026–27 schedule is up! We have a fantastic interdisciplinary lineup this year!
The workshop brings together scholars working across demography, population health, economics, sociology, and related fields. If you’re at Yale—or passing through New Haven—we hope you’ll join us for some great conversations this year.
See the full schedule here: isps.yale.edu/calendar/works…
The workshop brings together scholars working across demography, population health, economics, sociology, and related fields. If you’re at Yale—or passing through New Haven—we hope you’ll join us for some great conversations this year.
See the full schedule here: isps.yale.edu/calendar/works…
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Charles McClean retweeted
📢Call for Papers!
NYU Politics will host the fifth "Frontiers in Empirical Research on East Asia" conference on Jan. 14–15, co-organized by @EHWpolisci, @amycatalinac, and me. Please submit your application by Aug. 17: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…. Look forward to your submissions!
NYU Politics will host the fifth "Frontiers in Empirical Research on East Asia" conference on Jan. 14–15, co-organized by @EHWpolisci, @amycatalinac, and me. Please submit your application by Aug. 17: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…. Look forward to your submissions!
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Charles McClean retweeted
Yale Political Science has 3 open-rank searches this year: 1) Quantitative Political Science (scholars who might teach a course in quant methods and who uses quant methods in their applied research); 2) International Political Economy; (3) IR/CP/PE. Links in thread
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Charles McClean retweeted
Applications are open for the CSIS Japan Chair fall internship. For priority considerations, applications should be submitted by August 2 at 11:59pm.
For more information, visit bit.ly/4yncC8F
For more information, visit bit.ly/4yncC8F
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Charles McClean retweeted
Excited to announce that jpmap + jpmapdata are now ready on CRAN! 🇯🇵🗺️📦
From initial idea to CRAN submission took less than 24 hours with OpenAI Codex running GPT-5.5 in Extra High Intelligence mode. 🤖⚡
yhoriuchi.github.io/jpmap/
From initial idea to CRAN submission took less than 24 hours with OpenAI Codex running GPT-5.5 in Extra High Intelligence mode. 🤖⚡
yhoriuchi.github.io/jpmap/
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