PhD Student, Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Research Assistant, European Union Center | Comparative politics & EU politics
On this day in 1967, the Supreme Court announced its ruling in the historic Loving v. Virginia case—legalizing interracial marriage nationwide.
Turns out, love won then and love wins today.
Today — and every day — I stand with trans Georgians young and old who deserve the right to live safely and fully as their authentic selves.
Together, we can build #OneGeorgia where all know that they belong.
CRISIS SPOTLIGHT: Big rally for #Sweden PM Magdalena #Andersson after her bid to join NATO. Published @EuropeElects. Now available in our newsletter - subscribe for free! Thanks @KelsiQuick3 for the piece & @RuairidhIrwin for working w/us! #SwedenNATO
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The Australian federal election is tomorrow, and the results will decide Scott Morrison's fate as Prime Minister. The Campaign Tracker is back to visualize his approval's journey and analyze the contested political scene! #AusVotes22#Elections2022
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If you don’t already, go and follow two awesome projects led by Ryan making fantastic use of YouGov’s international data streams: @ExecApproval and @Pollitik_Lab
Who's hot and who's not? In January, Moon Jae-in and Olaf Scholz found themselves on different ends of the spectrum. @21tuckera and the team show us how and why!
France’s elections are heating up. Valerie Pecresse, moderate-conservative candidate of the Soyons Libre party is leading in the bloc of Macron’s opponents as France’s conservative candidates fight for the presidency. @opinionway@imanrmohamed
#PedroCastillo went from peasant to president! How was his honeymoon? National representative data on four popularity-elected Peruvian presidents show Castillo is the weakest & shortest honeymoon across their first four @ipsosperu surveys readings.
When we marched in Ferguson, white supremacists would hide behind a hill near where Michael Brown Jr. was murdered and shoot at us.
They never faced consequences.
If Kyle Rittenhouse gets acquitted, it tells them that even 7 years later they still can get away with it.
Suga pushed #2021OLYMPICS forward ignoring warnings that #COVID cases would soar. @benasci1 claims it cost Suga the PMship (https://t.co/xSoBMeAOLn). Indeed, despite a strong Japanese showing in the medal count, Suga's popularity kept falling.
How absurd is it that the Republicans who tell us over and over how much they care about “freedom” are also defending book burning, homophobia and racism. That is not what "freedom" is about. That's authoritarianism and bigotry.
Will Russians & Ukrainians rally behind their respective leaders amid escalating tensions in #Donbas and #Crimea? A similar threat in Spring 2021 did NOT boost approval ratings for Vladimir Putin @KremlinRussia or Volodymyr @ZelenskyyUa
UK approves a #Covid_19 vaccine in pill form, while other European countries begin a new round of #lockdowns. Our @aditi1006 tracks PM @BorisJohnson's popularity thru each of UK's 3 lockdowns. 1/4👇
Is Moon Jae-in @TheBlueHouseENG@moonriver365 the most popular president in the history of #Korea? According to @ExecApproval his approval ratings began at an estimated 85% & never dropped below 30%. Though his presidency is in its twilight, his support still hovers ~ 40% 👇(1/4)