The heat of a presidential campaign is always a delicate time for the relationship between political scientists and political journalists. While there’s been more dialogue and understanding between these two types of analysts in recent years (much of it prompted by the ease of communication between the two worlds on social media and blogs), a basic division remains. The biggest difference in political outlook is that journalists are always more willing to say that things have changed in recent years and the old rules don’t apply. Political scientists are much more likely to say that politics works similarly to how it did in the past. CONT.
Jonathan M. Ladd (Georgetown), Mischiefs of Faction