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Alexandria Davis, Ph.D.

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Assistant Professor at VCU | she/her | Political behavior, elections, REP, intersectionality http://alexandria-davis.com

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Democrats Want Younger Leaders. Republicans Don’t. Data shows that the parties diverge in how they judge their oldest leaders.

I've missed writing, so I wrote a piece on how the parties are judging their oldest leaders. And decided to hop on the substack trend where I'll write about American politics, public opinion, and (sometimes) tennis!

substack.com/home/post/p-...

19.11.2025 19:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Yesterday was a special day for the REPS Lab because one of our own, #EmilyOrtiz, is now a Doctoral Candidate (Political Science). She does research in political psychology, with emphasis on race and politics 😎

Committee: Me(chair), Natalie Masuoka, Matt Barreto, & Graeme Blair ❀️

13.11.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My first solo publication is officially out! Check out how benevolent sexism and modern sexism influence attitudes toward Trump and Harris.

10.11.2025 19:32 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIt’s kind of a shocking number."

The median age of first-time home buyers in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40 in 2025, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. nyti.ms/4hKc58V

06.11.2025 21:58 πŸ‘ 1135 πŸ” 400 πŸ’¬ 125 πŸ“Œ 78
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Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

19.10.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 2727 πŸ” 797 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 76
Reconciling Theories and Patterns in Black-White Voter Turnout Through a Mini Meta-Analysis | Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | Cambridge Core Reconciling Theories and Patterns in Black-White Voter Turnout Through a Mini Meta-Analysis

Super excited to share my first solo-authored paper! In this paper, I evaluate promote models of voter turnout to better understand the growing racial turnout gap between Black and white voters using mini meta-analysis of 2016 and 2020 datasets.

Here’s the link: cup.org/4n6joZy

17.10.2025 22:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Hand clasping meme: one arm with subtitle Efren's REPS lab, clasping another arm with subtitle Jin's PB&J Lab. It says Mutual citations at top where the hands are clasping

Hand clasping meme: one arm with subtitle Efren's REPS lab, clasping another arm with subtitle Jin's PB&J Lab. It says Mutual citations at top where the hands are clasping

16.10.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Reconciling Theories and Patterns in Black-White Voter Turnout Through a Mini Meta-Analysis | Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | Cambridge Core Reconciling Theories and Patterns in Black-White Voter Turnout Through a Mini Meta-Analysis

What happens when @jinxungoh.bsky.social ’s work on meta-analyses meets REP work on Black voter turnou?

You get a cool paper like this, from recent REPS Lab alum, #AlexDavis:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

16.10.2025 17:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0