Weekly updates tracking how members of Congress communicate with constituents, highlighting messaging trends, issue emphasis, and emerging language patterns. I focus on primary source trends over "takes".
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Socialism & Women explaining their votes
One of my very first insights (truly - this was back in 2016(!)) from studying DCinbox was that women tended to reveal and explain more votes than men did in official e-newsletters.
I haven’t done a full update of that paper, aside: if yo...
Who Kept “Defund the Police” Alive?
The phrase “Defund the Police” is associated with the political left in America. It first entered the political lexicon when some activists within the broader Black Lives Matter movement rise starting in 2020 used the phrase as a way to res...
DCinbox Office Hours, Round Two!
Today at 1 pm
I had a good time doing my first DCinbox office hours with paid subscribers, today is the second round, and I want to make it better.
Same Country, Different Dangers
This DCinbox Insight was supported by the research of Róisín Tsang, a cybersecurity student at Stevens Institute of Technology. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Róisín for two summers in a row, and each time I’ve been impressed.
For...
Corruption in Communications
Note: We had our first DCinbox Office Hours last week. I had fun answering questions and learning about the people subscribing. Thanks for supporting this work! The next office hours will happen October 8, at 1 pm.
Since the beginning of t...
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Lindsey Cormack is a political scientist, author, and creator of DCinbox — the only comprehensive archive of constituent e-newsletters sent by members of Congress. She is an Associate Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology.
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