In taxpayer-funded email messages to constituents, Republicans prefer visual elements and strategic timing, and Democrats prefer more text-heavy missives.
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Stevens Institute of Technology
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Research Fellow, German Institute of Global and Area Studies
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Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
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Professor of Public Policy and Politics, University of Virginia
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Economy, Professor of Political Science and Law, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Professor in Communication & Public Policy, Michigan State University
