[
  {
    "source_id": "AXIOS_2026A",
    "author_name": "Alex Thompson",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "Axios",
    "evidence": "Axios national political correspondent; bylined the DNC autopsy scoop reporting (per Axios article and follow-up X posts). Public Axios bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "FORWARD_2026",
    "author_name": "Jacob Kornbluh",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "The Forward",
    "evidence": "Senior political reporter at The Forward; bylined the article. Public bio identifies him as an Orthodox Jewish journalist (categorized as White per US Census ethnoracial categories).",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "DNC_LEAKED_2025",
    "author_name": "Paul Rivera",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "Latino / Hispanic",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Campaign / Party Committee",
    "institution_name": "Democratic National Committee (contract author)",
    "evidence": "Publicly identified as author of the DNC's 2024 autopsy per CNN, NBC, NPR coverage of the report's release. Veteran Democratic strategist; name and public coverage indicate Latino heritage.",
    "confidence": "Medium"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "NBC_2025",
    "author_name": "Natasha Korecki",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "Latino / Hispanic",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "NBC News",
    "evidence": "NBC News senior national political reporter; bylined the article. Wikipedia documents her Argentine immigrant parents (citing Tolchin & Tolchin, *Pinstripe Patronage*, 2011), making her Latina by US Census / OMB definition.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "BULWARK_2025",
    "author_name": "Lauren Egan",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "The Bulwark",
    "evidence": "Bulwark staff writer; bylined the article. Public Substack/Bulwark bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "SEMAFOR_2025",
    "author_name": "David Weigel",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "Semafor",
    "evidence": "Semafor politics reporter; bylined the article. Widely known journalist with extensive public profile.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "PEW_2025",
    "author_name": "Hannah Hartig",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Pew Research Center",
    "evidence": "Senior Researcher at Pew Research Center; first-named author on the validated voters 2024 report. Public Pew staff page + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "PEW_2025",
    "author_name": "Scott Keeter",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Pew Research Center",
    "evidence": "Senior Survey Advisor at Pew; veteran pollster. Public Pew staff page + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "PEW_2025",
    "author_name": "Andrew Daniller",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Pew Research Center",
    "evidence": "Research Associate at Pew. Public Pew staff page + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "PEW_2025",
    "author_name": "Ted Van Green",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Pew Research Center",
    "evidence": "Research Analyst at Pew. Public Pew staff page + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "MIT_2025",
    "author_name": "Charles Stewart III",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Academic / University",
    "institution_name": "MIT Election Lab",
    "evidence": "Founding director of MIT Election Lab; Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science. White per official MIT political science faculty page photo and the 2008 MIT SHASS Soundings biographical profile (raised Winder, GA \u2192 Orlando, FL; Yale Divinity; Stanford PhD). The earlier Black coding was based on a fabricated evidence string and was not supported by any public source.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "SUNRISE_2024",
    "author_name": "Aru Shiney-Ajay",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "Asian American",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Community Organizing",
    "institution_name": "Sunrise Movement",
    "evidence": "Executive Director of Sunrise Movement; publicly identified as South Asian American in multiple profiles, interviews, and Sunrise bio.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "SUNRISE_2024",
    "author_name": "Stevie O'Hanlon",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Non-binary",
    "institution_type": "Community Organizing",
    "institution_name": "Sunrise Movement",
    "evidence": "Communications director of Sunrise Movement; current Common Dreams author page and journalistic coverage use they/them pronouns. (Older 2018 Brower Youth Awards bio used she/her; current pronouns govern.) Race coding White stands.",
    "confidence": "Medium"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "COOKPOLITICAL_2025",
    "author_name": "Amy Walter",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "Cook Political Report",
    "evidence": "Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of Cook Political Report; longtime political analyst with extensive public profile.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "COOKPOLITICAL_2025",
    "author_name": "Carrie Dann",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "Cook Political Report",
    "evidence": "Managing editor of Cook Political Report; former NBC News political editor. Public bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "THIRDWAY_2025A",
    "author_name": "David de la Fuente",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "Latino / Hispanic",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Third Way",
    "evidence": "Senior Political Analyst at Third Way; chair of the Latino Alumni of SMU Board per his Third Way bio. Self-identifies as Latino.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "THIRDWAY_2025A",
    "author_name": "Lanae Erickson",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Third Way",
    "evidence": "Senior Vice President for Social Policy, Education, and Politics at Third Way. Public bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "THIRDWAY_2025B",
    "author_name": "William A. Galston",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Brookings Institution / Third Way",
    "evidence": "Senior Fellow at Brookings, Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies; co-authored the Third Way report 'Renewing the Democratic Party.' Widely-known political scientist; public bio.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "THIRDWAY_2025B",
    "author_name": "Elaine C. Kamarck",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Brookings Institution / Third Way",
    "evidence": "Senior Fellow at Brookings; founding director of the Center for Effective Public Management. Co-author of 'Renewing the Democratic Party.' Public bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "CAP_2025",
    "author_name": "Aurelia Glass",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Center for American Progress Action Fund",
    "evidence": "Policy analyst on the American Worker Project / Inclusive Economy team at CAP. Publicly identifies as a transgender woman per Johns Hopkins SAIS / PIRL bio. Coded White / Female.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "CAP_2025",
    "author_name": "David Madland",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Center for American Progress Action Fund",
    "evidence": "Senior Fellow and Senior Adviser at CAP's American Worker Project; longtime CAP scholar. Public bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "DFP_2024",
    "author_name": "Rob Todaro",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Data for Progress",
    "evidence": "Communications Director at Data for Progress; publishing author/coordinator on the post-election memo. Public DFP page + LinkedIn.",
    "confidence": "Medium"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "NAVIGATOR_2024",
    "author_name": "Bryan Bennett",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Navigator Research / Hub Project",
    "evidence": "Lead pollster on Navigator Research; founder of Loft Beck Strategies. White per Loft Beck Strategies 'About' page headshot and the Substack profile photo. Born and raised in the Texas Hill Country; UT Austin graduate. The earlier Black coding was based on a fabricated evidence string and was not supported by any public source.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "BLUEPRINT_2024A",
    "author_name": "Evan Roth Smith",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Blueprint",
    "evidence": "Head pollster and co-founder of Blueprint research; Democratic strategist. Public bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "BLUEPRINT_2024A",
    "author_name": "Alyssa Cass",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Blueprint",
    "evidence": "Partner/co-founder at Slingshot Strategies / Blueprint; Democratic strategist. Public bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "BLUEPRINT_2024B",
    "author_name": "Evan Roth Smith",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Blueprint",
    "evidence": "Same author as BLUEPRINT_2024A; co-bylined this report.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "BLUEPRINT_2024B",
    "author_name": "Alyssa Cass",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Blueprint",
    "evidence": "Same author as BLUEPRINT_2024A; co-bylined this report.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "AFLCIO_2024",
    "author_name": "AFL-CIO",
    "author_type": "institutional",
    "race_ethnicity": "Unknown / Institutional",
    "gender": "Unknown",
    "institution_type": "Advocacy Organization",
    "institution_name": "AFL-CIO",
    "evidence": "Institutional document released as a labor federation policy document; no individual byline. President Liz Shuler is the public face but the document is an organizational position statement.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "LVF_2024",
    "author_name": "Sindy Benavides",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "Latino / Hispanic",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Advocacy Organization",
    "institution_name": "Latino Victory Fund",
    "evidence": "CEO and President of Latino Victory Fund; publicly identified as Latina (Honduran-American) in extensive media coverage.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "NAACP_2024",
    "author_name": "NAACP",
    "author_type": "institutional",
    "race_ethnicity": "Unknown / Institutional",
    "gender": "Unknown",
    "institution_type": "Advocacy Organization",
    "institution_name": "NAACP",
    "evidence": "Institutional press release / impact report; no individual byline. President Derrick Johnson is quoted but the document is organizational.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "MVP_2024",
    "author_name": "Billy Wimsatt",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Community Organizing",
    "institution_name": "Movement Voter Project",
    "evidence": "Founder & Executive Director of Movement Voter Project; identified as the author of the report. White (Jewish) male per public bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "BROOKINGS_2024A",
    "author_name": "William A. Galston",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Brookings Institution",
    "evidence": "Sole author per Brookings article. Senior Fellow with extensive public bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "CNN_2024",
    "author_name": "Edward-Isaac Dovere",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "CNN",
    "evidence": "Senior reporter at CNN; bylined the article. Well-known political journalist with public profile.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "BROOKINGS_2024B",
    "author_name": "E.J. Dionne, Jr.",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Brookings Institution",
    "evidence": "Senior Fellow at Brookings, W. Averell Harriman Chair; longtime Washington Post columnist with extensive public profile.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "BROOKINGS_2024B",
    "author_name": "Max Keeney",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Brookings Institution",
    "evidence": "Project Coordinator and Research Analyst in Governance Studies at Brookings; co-author with E.J. Dionne. Public Brookings staff page.",
    "confidence": "Medium"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "ROLLINGSTONE_2024A",
    "author_name": "Andrew Perez",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "Unknown / Not identified",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "Rolling Stone",
    "evidence": "Senior politics editor at Rolling Stone; previously The Lever / Sludge. Exhaustive public search (Rolling Stone bio, Lever bio with photo, LinkedIn, Twitter @andrewperezdc, Democracy Now! transcript, Muck Rack, podcast appearances) found no public source stating his race, ethnicity, or family heritage. Hispanic surname unresolved either way; coded Unknown rather than guessed.",
    "confidence": "Low"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "ROLLINGSTONE_2024A",
    "author_name": "Asawin Suebsaeng",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "Asian American",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "Rolling Stone",
    "evidence": "Rolling Stone reporter; publicly identified as Thai American in multiple bios and interviews.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "NPR_2024A",
    "author_name": "Deepa Shivaram",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "Asian American",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "NPR",
    "evidence": "NPR political reporter; bylined the article. Publicly identified as South Asian American in NPR bio + media coverage.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "NPR_2024B",
    "author_name": "Leila Fadel",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "MENA",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "NPR",
    "evidence": "NPR Morning Edition host who conducted the interview; publicly identified as Lebanese-Egyptian American in NPR bio + extensive coverage. (Coded MENA per author's public self-identification.)",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "HARVARD_2024",
    "author_name": "Christina Pazzanese",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Academic / University",
    "institution_name": "Harvard Gazette / Harvard Kennedy School",
    "evidence": "Harvard Staff Writer; bylined the Harvard Gazette piece. Public Harvard staff bio.",
    "confidence": "Medium"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "NPR_2024C",
    "author_name": "Scott Horsley",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "NPR",
    "evidence": "NPR Chief Economics Correspondent; bylined the article. Public NPR bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "THEHILL_2024",
    "author_name": "Colin Mortimer",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Advocacy Organization",
    "institution_name": "Center for New Liberalism",
    "evidence": "Director of the Center for New Liberalism; opinion contributor. Public byline + bio at byline of Hill piece.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "NPR_2024D",
    "author_name": "Domenico Montanaro",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "NPR",
    "evidence": "NPR Senior Political Editor; bylined the article. Public NPR bio + photo. (Italian-American, coded White per census category.)",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "NPR_2024D",
    "author_name": "Elena Moore",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "NPR",
    "evidence": "NPR political reporter; co-bylined the article. Public NPR bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "Medium"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "JACOBIN_2024A",
    "author_name": "Dustin Guastella",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "Jacobin (Teamsters Local 623; Center for Working-Class Politics)",
    "evidence": "Director of operations for Teamsters Local 623 and research associate at the Center for Working-Class Politics; frequent Jacobin contributor with public bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "BROOKINGS_2024C",
    "author_name": "Jonathan Rauch",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Brookings Institution",
    "evidence": "Senior Fellow at Brookings, Governance Studies; longtime journalist/author. Publicly identified as gay; coded male/white per his own public statements and bio.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "GALLUP_2024",
    "author_name": "Jeffrey M. Jones",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Gallup",
    "evidence": "Gallup Senior Editor overseeing U.S. polling and analysis; longtime author of Gallup election-environment analyses. Public Gallup bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "AEI_2025A",
    "author_name": "Ruy Teixeira",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "American Enterprise Institute",
    "evidence": "Nonresident Senior Fellow at AEI. Of continental Portuguese extraction (father born in Portugal); coded White per US Census / OMB definition (Portuguese ancestry is not Hispanic/Latino, which refers to Spanish-speaking origin). Teixeira himself stated in a Niskanen Center interview that he is 'not really qualified as Hispanic.' Co-author of 'Where Have All the Democrats Gone?' with John Judis.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "AEI_2025A",
    "author_name": "John B. Judis",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "Independent (formerly New Republic / TPM)",
    "evidence": "Veteran political journalist and author; longtime co-author with Teixeira. Public profile + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "AEI_2024B",
    "author_name": "Daniel A. Cox",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "American Enterprise Institute (Survey Center on American Life)",
    "evidence": "Director of the Survey Center on American Life at AEI. Public AEI bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "AEI_2024B",
    "author_name": "Ruy Teixeira",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "American Enterprise Institute",
    "evidence": "Co-author of the AEI report. Same person as AEI_2025A \u2014 see that entry for identification and the Portuguese/Census/self-ID reasoning.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "MANHATTAN_2024",
    "author_name": "Jesse Arm",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Manhattan Institute",
    "evidence": "Sole author per Manhattan Institute publication page. Director of External Affairs and Senior Fellow at MI. Public MI bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "FEDERALIST_2024",
    "author_name": "Mark Hemingway",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "The Federalist",
    "evidence": "Book Editor at The Federalist; longtime journalist. Public bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "PSQUARTERLY_2025",
    "author_name": "Gary C. Jacobson",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Academic / University",
    "institution_name": "University of California, San Diego",
    "evidence": "Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at UC San Diego; longtime author of post-election analyses in Political Science Quarterly. Public university bio + photo.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "NPR_2024E",
    "author_name": "Michel Martin",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "Black / African American",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "NPR",
    "evidence": "NPR Morning Edition host who conducted the interview; publicly identified as African American with extensive public profile.",
    "confidence": "High"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "EPI_2024",
    "author_name": "Emma Cohn",
    "author_type": "individual",
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    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Economic Policy Institute",
    "evidence": "Research Assistant, EARN team at EPI; first-named co-author on the Nov 2024 ballot measures blog post. EPI staff page lists pronouns she/her.",
    "confidence": "Medium"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "EPI_2024",
    "author_name": "Jennifer Sherer",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Female",
    "institution_type": "Think Tank",
    "institution_name": "Economic Policy Institute",
    "evidence": "Deputy Director, EARN at EPI; co-author of the Nov 2024 ballot measures blog post. PhD, University of Iowa; longtime labor researcher.",
    "confidence": "Medium"
  },
  {
    "source_id": "NATREV_2024",
    "author_name": "George Leef",
    "author_type": "individual",
    "race_ethnicity": "White",
    "gender": "Male",
    "institution_type": "Journalism / Media",
    "institution_name": "National Review",
    "evidence": "Sole author of the Nov 6, 2024 Corner post 'Why Did the Democrats Lose So Badly?' per the article's HTML meta tags (sailthru.author = 'George Leef'). Director of editorial content at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal; longtime Corner contributor; JD Duke Law.",
    "confidence": "High"
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]