Christopher Wlezien

Hogg Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin, #1stGen

[John V. Kane @UptonOrwell]

🚨 Do you use @Stata? Want to learn some tricks for better graphs?

If so, I'm hosting a seminar with Instats on June 8 and 9! Lots of tips, tricks & guidance for clearer, prettier, publication-quality data viz for descriptive & inferential analyses. Pls spread the word! 🙏

[John V. Kane @UptonOrwell]

🎉🎉🎉NOW AVAILABLE for Pre-Order! 🥳

So much thought, time, energy and love went into writing this. For those kind enough to order it, I genuinely hope you enjoy and find value in it. I tried my best to write for those who want to learn how to do quant social science research.

[G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris]

Good post from Krugman on the economic vibes again, esp the last chart:

https://t.co/UVacSt7Rg8

In my piece last week I shared a new paper from Chris Wlezien and Derek Epp at UT Austin showing he's exactly right, that people respond to inflation worse during good times vs bad:

[Jack Santucci @jacksantucci]

The declarations of independents: Open‐ended survey responses and the nature of non‐identification - Allamong - American Journal of Political Science - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/iRjaOYMp1B

[Christopher Wlezien @CBWlezien]

@adamgendzwill @UniWarszawski @WNPiSM @pobvidubuw Hi from Krakow, Adam, circling back to let you know that I had a great time visiting; I want to thank you and the others, especially my host, @NLetkiNatalia, and also say that I look forward to collaborating!

[Christopher Wlezien @CBWlezien]

Excited about a new paper with https://t.co/QaE2fOf2VB in https://t.co/wq1RVpZgdb: "durable biases in information processing, by media organizations and humans more generally, can produce misinformation and misperceptions..." https://t.co/DmhCtbUpjO

[Christopher Wlezien @CBWlezien]

@NLetki @WNPiSM @UniWarszawski @adamgendzwill @Maciej76718052 Hi and looking forward!

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The U.S. trade deficit rose sharply in November, as President Trump’s tariffs generated intense volatility. https://t.co/fOPSZrMN1N

[Christopher Wlezien @CBWlezien]

@jmrphy Hi there Justin, happy new year, and congratulations; I really look forward to reading!

[Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto]

Fake news tend to be more negative.
"variation in accuracy is associated with variation in the tendency to overweight negative information relative to positive information".
https://t.co/SI0kLhLJgz

[Christopher Wlezien @CBWlezien]

@acllive @robertearlkeen Was a great show!

[Heather Long @byHeatherLong]

The US economy is in a hiring recession.

Almost no jobs have been added since April.
Wage gains are slowing.
710,000 more people are unemployed now versus November 2024.

November +64,000 jobs
October -105,000 (impacted by shutdown)
September +108,000
August -26,000
July +72,000
June -13,000
May +19,000

I believe it's a combination of tariff impacts, AI, and cost cutting. Americans are feeling it. #jobs

[Christopher Wlezien @CBWlezien]

https://t.co/xIa79rWqgZ

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

The obsession with getting your kids into an Ivy+ college is overrated.

The same kids who are able to get into an elite school will earn just as much money if they get into a good public school. The income gain is literally 0%

Why are people obsessed with it then?

Because those schools offer access to the *most prestigious* jobs, like elite law firms and grad schools. https://t.co/yI3gh2w8Al

[Christopher Wlezien @CBWlezien]

@JakeMGrumbach Thx for posting. Changes have put a lot of pressure on voters, that's for sure!

[Simon Bazelon @simon_bazelon]

Tracks with public polling data showing a spike in the share of voters saying Republicans are too extreme.

Policy overreach has consequences!

But we can't get complacent—voters still trust Rs more on their top three issues, and a greater share still see us as "too liberal."

[Christopher Wlezien @CBWlezien]

@ahall_research @namalhotra @robinhanson Thx and looking forward to reading!

[Christopher Wlezien @CBWlezien]

@JakeMGrumbach In "academic political science"?

[Christopher Wlezien @CBWlezien]

@ChazNuttycombe Greater choice; more to respond to/balance...?

[Christopher Wlezien @CBWlezien]

@ahall_research Hi and thx, and this now-dated article might be of some interest: https://t.co/oQyRn09NNi