Research Director @statesunited | Formerly Associate Professor of Political Science @yale | She/her | #firstgen #fgli | opinions all mine
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Kelly Rader retweeted
Careful polling shows that Americans overwhelmingly reject political violence - see e.g. brightlinewatch.org/tempered…, brightlinewatch.org/accelera…, and pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pna….
Unfortunately, it only takes one person with a gun to create a tragedy like what've seen today.
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14 Sep 2025
Support for political violence is very low, and this holds true across parties. Survey data can easily overstate support for political violence. This is a case where not attending to measurement can create a dangerous impression of where Americans are right now.
13 Sep 2025
Using actually comparable questions over time from @PRL_Tweets there has been no change in support for political violence. Even if that weren't true, @ProfessorPape has no evidence (or research design) to connect any changes in opinion to the horrendous acts of violence (in Minnesota, Utah, or elsewhere). We need careful expertise right now, not buzzy talking points.
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Kelly Rader retweeted
16 Jan 2024
“Promoting truthful information about elections, recognizing the dedication of election officials, and even getting involved as a poll worker are all ways to help,” says @SUAction Research Director @kellyrader.
16 Jan 2024
“We have a long way to go until the 2024 election,” explains @statesunitedaction Research Director, @kellyrader. “We want ElectionDeniers.org to be there to help voters understand the full picture, no matter where they live or when they tune into the election."
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15 Nov 2023
Excited to share that @SUAction just launched electiondeniers.org, mapping the full election denier threat in every state and across multiple levels of government.
electiondeniers.org/
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15 Nov 2023
Coming in 2024: we'll track sitting election deniers in Congress and any election deniers who run. We already know 128 sitting MCs voted to overturn the 2020 election results.
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15 Nov 2023
You can read more about what we're tracking, how we're tracking, how states run elections, and how we got here at electionsdeniers.org
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18 Sep 2023
Election denial continues to threaten our democracy. Read all about States United’s new Replacing the Refs report in Rolling Stone! #SUAction
17 Sep 2023
Fully one-third of U.S. states have election deniers in some of the highest positions overseeing elections. trib.al/69bmW5e
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Kelly Rader retweeted
2 Aug 2023
The @FitchRatings downgrade of US sovereign debt cites persistent concerns with governance.
As I write about in the @BrookingsGov & @statesunited report, the erosion of democratic institutions leads to a higher cost of capital, for governments as well as the private sector.
11 Jul 2023
🇺🇸 Mitigating political risk in the U.S. is crucial for institutional investors, so institutions must adopt frameworks that include political risk assessment, argues @LaynaMosley.
Check out a new report published in collaboration with @statesunited:
statesuniteddemocracy.org/re…
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Kelly Rader retweeted
New research from #SPIA's @LaynaMosley: Threats to Democracy in the U.S. Pose Financial and Economic Risks for Investors statesuniteddemocracy.org/ne…
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Kelly Rader retweeted
27 Jun 2023
So proud of this team!
27 Jun 2023
BREAKING: THE PEOPLE WON! In Moore v. Harper, the Supreme Court rejected the radical independent state legislature theory and reaffirmed the most central principle of our democracy: that the people, not politicians, have political power. 1/2
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28 Jun 2023
So proud of my @statesunited colleagues who helped secure a serious victory for democracy in Moore v. Harper! Just in awe of the talent here.
28 Jun 2023
We are extremely proud to have served as pro bono counsel to the State of North Carolina in Moore v. Harper. The Supreme Court’s decision is a major victory for voters, for fair elections, and for our democracy.
More from our CEO @JLydgate: statesuniteddemocracy.org/mo…
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25 May 2023
Great thread of evidence that election denialism is a losing electoral strategy. Includes @ahall_research, @janetmalzahn, @Catalist_US, and our own @statesunited.
18 May 2023
Election denial is a losing issue, politically. Here's some recent evidence:
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23 May 2023
cc: @cwarshaw @DevinCaughey citing your work.
23 May 2023
JUST IN: Former Governors Christine Todd Whitman (NJ), Mike Easley (NC), Bill Weld (MA) and Utah state legislator Rep. David R. Irvine are urging the Utah Supreme Court to hold that extreme partisan gerrymandering violates the state constitution.
statesuniteddemocracy.org/ut…
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16 May 2023
Election-deniers running for statewide races in 2022 cost themselves 2.3-3.7 percentage points of the vote, enough to tip several races. Read about our new report in the NYT!
@statesunited #SUAction
nytimes.com/2023/05/15/us/po…
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