Daniel Markovits

Phd student in political science @Columbia studying voter responses to democratic threat in America.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

I am happy to share two pieces of news:

For the 2026-2027 academic year. I will join the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement @KelloggSchool as a postdoc working with @EliJFinkel and Nour Kteily.

Then, in Fall 2027, I will join @LSEGovernment as an Assistant Professor.

I am incredibly excited about both positions and grateful to friends, family, mentors and co-authors who have helped me along the way.

I am excited to be doing more work on strategic voting, democratic norms, field experiments and many other topics. So please reach out if you are Evanston or London (or anywhere else I suppose).

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@seanjwestwood I don't understand why the proposal would reduce gerrymandering. It would make it harder to do by hand I suppose.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@RobbWiller I don't think this fraud problem is all that hypothetical.

The biggest risk is probably from an R-run state trying to throw out the votes from a big Dem county on a pretext.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

This paper makes by far the best argument for the electoral college.

[QJPS Editors @qjps_editors]

From the latest issue of the QJPS, "Electoral College and Electoral Fraud" by Georgy Egorov and @k_sonin. A thread.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@dhopkins1776 It's funny to imagine something like a an out-of-office office 2028 contender running in a house special in 27 to show they can out-perform. But even that is different in 5 ways.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@jon_m_rob Yes true deliverism means good outcomes, not good policies.

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@dov_levin Yeah I think it's possible there won't be lockdowns at a time when they are needed, but something even 5 times as deadly as COVID will create totally different politics very quickly.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

This is a very strange argument. If there is a 30% fatality virus spreading in the population the public demand for extreme measures will be overwhelming. No one will care about COVID era grudges about public health.

[Ilya Shapiro @ishapiro]

@asymmetricinfo You only get one lockdown every 100 years or so. Our public health authorities beclowned themselves and wasted it on a relative nothingburger (for the general population, not the elderly or those with comorbidities), so if/when we get an actual severe pandemic, we’re screwed.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@SierraThomander @KelloggSchool @EliJFinkel @LSEGovernment Thanks Sierra, congrats to you as well!

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

I am happy to share two pieces of news:

For the 2026-2027 academic year. I will join the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement @KelloggSchool as a postdoc working with @EliJFinkel and Nour Kteily.

Then, in Fall 2027, I will join @LSEGovernment as an Assistant Professor.

I am incredibly excited about both positions and grateful to friends, family, mentors and co-authors who have helped me along the way.

I am excited to be doing more work on strategic voting, democratic norms, field experiments and many other topics. So please reach out if you are Evanston or London (or anywhere else I suppose).

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@dilanesper Yes but it's not clear how much the parties should care about having 180 seats vs 200. What matters is winning control in close years.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@alicemalmberg1 @SNFAgora Congrats!

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@BrendanNyhan Yes, we took our comps in a room with no internet access, many AI-proof hours of writing essays.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@SeanTrende I don't think it's an accident that 90% of the discourse is about partisan fairness, and I suspect that's what really matters to voters. Especially for districts/states other than their own.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

Why do state parties that routinely lose all their elections not make even cursory attempts to appeal to their state's median voter?

There are many plausible answers but not clear what combination of them is most accurate.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@MattKRibar @KelloggSchool @EliJFinkel @LSEGovernment Thanks Matt!

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@benyoel_ @KelloggSchool @EliJFinkel @LSEGovernment Thanks Ben, congrats to you as well!

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@NotLipset @chagai_weiss @KelloggSchool @EliJFinkel @LSEGovernment Thanks Martin! I will reach out.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@zacharylhertz @mfrmarcel @KelloggSchool @EliJFinkel @LSEGovernment Thanks! No trivia can compare, but pub trivia sounds like a solid second best.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@EliJFinkel Thanks Eli! I am very, very excited about the opportunity to work with you and Nour and about the projects we will do together.

[Daniel Markovits @markovitis]

@sethbwarner @KelloggSchool @EliJFinkel @LSEGovernment Thank you Seth! I have really enjoyed chatting at the polarization conferences, and I am sure there will be more to come.