Maggie Macdonald
Maggie Macdonald is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science department at the University of Kentucky. She was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at CSMaP and received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Emory University in August 2020.
Macdonald’s research focuses on American politics, with a focus on campaigns and elections. Her main area of interest is how political actors, such as politicians and their campaigns, strategically use new technologies like social media to achieve their goals and what the online and offline effects (if any) of these behaviors are.
Related Research & News
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Journal Article
To Moderate, or Not to Moderate: Strategic Domain Sharing by Congressional Campaigns
Electoral Studies, 2025
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Working Paper
Reaching Across the Political Aisle: Overcoming Challenges in Using Social Media for Recruiting Politically Diverse Respondents
Working Paper, August 2024
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Analysis
Republicans Are Increasingly Sharing Misinformation
Republican candidates have dramatically increased how much they share from unreliable sources in just two years.
August 29, 2022
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Analysis
Twitter Banned Marjorie Taylor Greene. That May Not Hurt Her Much.
She’s gaining followers and ‘likes’ on other social media platforms, our research finds.
January 14, 2022
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Report
Issue Discussion in the Georgia Senate Elections
Taking Twitter data, we want to better understand which issues matter most to voters in the Georgia Senate election. We find that voters pick up on topics mentioned in attack ads and that voters tend to not view this as a national election.
December 22, 2020