Professor of Political Science; co-director, Ludwig Program on Public Leadership, Yale Law School; co-leader, Consortium on American Political Economy (CAPE); director, Yale American Political Economy eXchange (APEX); jacobhacker.com
Jacob Hacker
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We tracked the preferences of 500,000+ voters against their members' votes over 20 years. Outside the South, Black voters need to make up 7% of a district to get equal representation. In the South: 40%. The South can now keep Black voters below that. @apsrjournal.bsky.social
The conservative SCOTUS majority just gutted the VRA. The obvious consequence: fewer Black legislators. The less obvious one: Black voters in the South losing the mechanism that made Congress actually vote their way. @prospect.org with Zoli Hajnal @markarianga.bsky.social @maclockhart.bsky.social
You can read my take on Trump's illegal invasion of Venezuela here: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
In case you missed Jacob S. Hacker’s lecture on the crisis of the Democratic Party and the future of American democracy, you can find an audio transcript on our website:
www.mpifg.de/1445466/2025...
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The 6th Annual CAPE Research Conference program is live! Join us virtually July 27-29 at 12:00 PM ET for the latest (and greatest) in American Political Economy (APE) research.
Free registration and full schedule: americanpoliticaleconomy.org/events/annual-conference 👇
NEW STUDY shows party control shapes racial representation in U.S. Lawmaking: bit.ly/4rKdKQB @maclockhart.bsky.social @jacobhacker.bsky.social @markarianga.bsky.social
So thrilled to share this overview of a timely new book from @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social, as she talks with APEX about "The Price of Democracy" and how battles over taxes define who belongs in 'We the People' bit.ly/4aXIBSj @jacobhacker.bsky.social
