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Who Leads in the Shadows? ERGM and Centrality Analysis of Congressional Democrats on Bluesky
Gordon Hew, Ian McCulloh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16858 https://

Who Leads in the Shadows? ERGM and Centrality Analysis of Congressional Democrats on Bluesky
Following the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Democratic lawmakers and their supporters increasingly migrated from mainstream social media plat-forms like X (formerly Twitter) to decentralized alternatives such as Bluesky. This study investigates how Congressional Democrats use Bluesky to form networks of influence and disseminate political messaging in a platform environment that lacks algorithmic amplification. We employ a mixed-methods approach that combines social network analysis, expo-ne…