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17.6K
Account age
3 yrs
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🧰 Free analysis for Philip Bump
Known for
25 views
Why does DSA do well with young people? Because young people 1) aren't as committed to the Democratic Party and 2) aren't as opposed to socialism.
My newsletter:
https://link.ctinsider.com/view/6650ab5f44d4995cb1545c79rqb5g.1o8/3a82fb65
18 views
Having voter files publicly accessible is useful! For example, here's what Connecticut looks like when comparing Dem vs. Rep registration — and when you just look at the most common registration in an area.
https://www.ctinsider.com/columnist/article/connecticut-voter-map-democrats-republicans-22353206.php
📊 Post engagement
18
Avg engagement / post
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: I wrote about what it means to be American from the perspective · 38 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1.5 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 10 text · 2 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
178×
Follows 99 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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Having voter files publicly accessible is useful! For example, here's what Connecticut looks like when comparing Dem vs. Rep registration — and when you just look at the most common registration in an area.
https://www.ctinsider.com/column…
Why does DSA do well with young people? Because young people 1) aren't as committed to the Democratic Party and 2) aren't as opposed to socialism.
My newsletter:
https://link.ctinsider.com/view/6650ab5f44d4995cb1545c79rqb5g.1o8/3a82fb65
Not only is race often fungible, new research suggests that racial identity and political identity overlap.
https://www.ctinsider.com/columnist/article/politics-racial-identity-demographic-research-22335513.php
Rooted in part on research I did for my book, I wrote about how and why the U.S. is dependent on immigrant labor — including the overlap of an aging population with services provided by immigrants targeted by the administration's TPS moves…
I, like you, am tired of I-talked-to-a-Trump-voter-in-a-diner stories. But newly published research that involved weeks of contact with conservatives and their communities offered some novel insights that I hadn't considered.
So I wrote ab…
A two-month period in the summer of 1946 birthed Trump, W., Clinton — and the baby boom itself. A look at how the boom shaped U.S. politics and how it didn't.
Gift link: https://shorturl.at/ermkQ
Even when it’s not obvious, the 250th anniversary has been poisoned by commercialism, partisanship and a rejection of history.
Gift link: https://bit.ly/4ejc8r4
It is not California's fault that Trump and his allies are alleging fraud. It has nothing to do with the process or the timing any more than when he attacked Iowa in 2016 and Georgia in 2020. Making voting harder in response to bad-faith a…
Trump's presidency is centered on making the country look the way he wants it to look. Hegseth's taken that to heart, targeting "wokeness" in the military — officers in which are already more White and more male than the public overall.
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Tried to figure out which elected officials in the U.S. have the largest constituencies.
https://www.ctinsider.com/columnist/article/largest-constituencies-elected-officials-22278304.phphttps://www.ctinsider.com/columnist/article/largest-…
Prior to now, the biggest point differential through 3 playoff rounds since 1999 was the Warriors' +196 in 2017. The Knicks are at +271. They also have a bigger net win margin than any other 11-game streak in history — and a bigger margin …
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
journa.host
A journalists server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 18 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.5× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated58/100
Fair
Credibility score
81%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 81% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Washington Post: National columnist. Newsletter: "How To Read This Chart." Book: "The Aftermath."
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