Noam Lupu

Professor @VandyPoliSci | Director @VU_CGD | Author

[Center for Global Democracy @VU_CGD]

🇧🇷 Ahead of a presidential runoff, what do Brazilians think about democracy?

Join us Thurs., Oct. 22 at @usponline for new #AmericasBarometer findings with @RobbVidi, Marta Arretche, & Nara Pavão.

🕠 5:30 p.m. Brasília | 4:30 p.m. ET
🔴 Watch live: https://t.co/SEuPKSJaks

[Gerardo L. Munck @GerardoMunck]

Democracia y la clase trabajadora

Este nuevo libro de Nicholas Carnes y @NoamLupu aborda la pregunta: ¿Por qué tan pocas personas de la clase trabajadora acceden a cargos electos? Analiza las democracias en todo el mundo.

Este es el tipo de análisis que no veía desde hace tiempo y que nos ayuda a comprender por qué las democracias generan los resultados que vemos.

Para más información sobre el libro: https://t.co/xbvec0XcbZ

[Gerardo L. Munck @GerardoMunck]

Democracy and the Working Class

This new book by Nicholas Carnes and @NoamLupu addresses the question, Why do so few working-class people go on to hold elected office? It considers democracies across the globe.

This is the sort of analysis I have not seen in quite a while and that helps us understand why democracies yield the outcomes they do.

For information on the book: https://t.co/xbvec0XcbZ

[Center for Global Democracy @VU_CGD]

📅 To mark the book’s release, join us at @VanderbiltU's NYC campus on Oct. 15 for a conversation on working-class representation & U.S. democracy.

Featuring Noam Lupu, Nick Carnes, Oren Cass & Emily Cherniack, moderated by Bill Adair.

🎟️ Register: https://t.co/OuvGYa6sQ3

[Center for Global Democracy @VU_CGD]

📚 New from CGD Director @NoamLupu & Nick Carnes!

Keeping Workers Off the Ballot examines why working-class people make up much of the labor force, yet remain dramatically underrepresented in democracies around the world.

Learn more: https://t.co/1nnd1qhoau

[Noam Lupu @NoamLupu]

There's an old saying in politics: If you're not at the table, you're on the menu. This book concludes with some ideas for how to build political institutions that give everyone a seat at the table.

https://t.co/LbnrQlzsOv

[Noam Lupu @NoamLupu]

It's finally publication day for this decade-in-the-making book.

Nick Carnes and I explain why working-class jobs make up 70% of the average democracy's labor force, but only 2% of the average democracy's national lawmakers had working-class jobs when they got into politics.

[Noam Lupu @NoamLupu]

Party leaders and other gatekeepers pass over workers in favor of candidates who will have an easier time. There are rare historical exceptions, but they never last. Working-class representation in electoral democracies is always pulled down towards zero--by elections themselves.

[Center for Global Democracy @VU_CGD]

What do Cubans themselves want for their country’s future?

New in @AmerQuarterly, Orlando J. Pérez draws on 2026 #AmericasBarometer data from Cuba to explore views on the economy, political change, sovereignty & who holds power on the island.

Read more 👇

[Vanderbilt University Political Science @VandyPoliSci]

🌟 It's Job Market Season! 🌟

Over the next week we're highlighting all of our amazing PhD candidates, postdocs, and recent alumni entering the job market. You can learn more about the candidates and their research on their websites.

Today we highlight PhD candidate Preeti Nambiar. Preeti focuses on Comparative Politics and Political Methodology.

Website: https://t.co/EglAgES62v

Preeti's research focuses on three topics:
- How large-scale crises transform local state capacity
- The durable networks among bureaucrats, politicians, and citizens that shape local state functioning.
- 18 months of fieldwork across four Indian states, including surveys of over 3,000 citizens, bureaucrats, politicians, and social organisations, alongside over 100 elite interviews.

[Center for Global Democracy @VU_CGD]

📢 Call for Papers!

CGD & the University of Haifa are convening a workshop on Political Behavior and Democracy During Conflict at Vanderbilt.

📅 Jan. 29, 2027
📝 Proposals due Oct. 25
🌎 All regions & methods welcome

Submit: https://t.co/0wCzdFC7YU

[ExpertFile @ExpertFile]

Covering politics and the state of the country?

Here's a must-read #ExpertS;potlgiht from the #experts @VanderbiltU .

'New AmericasBarometer report finds modest but widespread recovery in support for democracy across the Americas'

Connect with Noam Lupu today if you're looking to know more.

https://t.co/w9sRCxUqvd

[Vanderbilt University Political Science @VandyPoliSci]

🌟 It's Job Market Season! 🌟

Over the next week we're highlighting all of our amazing PhD candidates, postdocs, and recent alumni entering the job market. You can learn more about the candidates and their research on their websites.

Today we highlight PhD candidate Martín Gou Durante. Martín works in Comparative Politics, with a focus on Latin America

Website: https://t.co/0cW9FhjtZV

Martín's research focuses on:
- How citizens interpret and enforce the boundaries of democracy in Latin America
- Why democratic violations become politically consequential when citizens expect others to punish them too, tested in preregistered experiments with over 6,000 respondents across Mexico and Argentina
- Whether institutional arbiters, such as courts and electoral authorities, shape how citizens respond to violations
- How democratic institutions shape citizens on the ground, in ongoing work on Mexico's poll workers, using a natural experiment in how they are appointed, and on participatory budgeting in Mexico City

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes. https://t.co/oCahGd4lgY

[RLOP @RevistaLOP]

📢CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue
LATIN AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES: Patterns, Determinants & Consequences
CO-EDITORS
Orlando J. Pérez @Perez1oj
Dinorah Azpuru
Gerardo Maldonado @yogerardomh
Federico Merke
Proposal deadline 1 Dec 2026 https://t.co/MF0hUneQQ7

[Noam Lupu @NoamLupu]

“Of the 919 candidates running as major-party nominees for the US House and Senate this November, only seven had a working-class job when they got into politics.”

Nick Carnes and I explain why working-class people are numerically underrepresented.

https://t.co/yTLwVU2m7a

[Vanderbilt University Political Science @VandyPoliSci]

🌟 It's Job Market Season! 🌟

Over the next week we're highlighting all of our amazing PhD candidates, postdocs, and recent alumni entering the job market. You can learn more about the candidates and their research on their websites.

Today we highlight PhD candidate Lucas Borba. Lucas focuses on Comparative Politics and Political Methodology.

Website: https://t.co/qU6iyPONQt

Lucas's research focuses on three topics:
- How spatial inequalities erode citizens’ tax compliance and local state capacity (link: https://t.co/QzLamKbkbS)
- How local politics and institutions shape the consequences of policies designed by national governments (link: https://t.co/ZYZ3yRkWA1)
- Economic informality and voter politician linkages (link: https://t.co/hEWcuTLMv6)

[Center for Global Democracy @VU_CGD]

New in @ForeignAffairs: Will Freeman draws on 2026 #AmericasBarometer data to examine Cuba’s deepening economic and institutional crisis.

This is the first AmericasBarometer round to include Cuba, offering new insight into public opinion on the island.