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Graduate, Research

DOGE Contract Cuts Tracked Which Counties Opposed Trump

A peer-reviewed analysis by Lukas Alexander of nearly 700,000 federal contracts finds cancellations under Trump's cost-cutting initiative fell hardest on counties that gave him the weakest support in 2024, even after accounting for population, income and prior federal spending.

10.8.26 | Scholar Peer

Graduate, Awards and Notables, Research

PhD Candidate Alex Avery selected as a 2026 Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence Awardee

10.5.26

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Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy
Center for Empirical Research in the Law
TRIADS
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Research

Research

DOGE Contract Cuts Tracked Which Counties Opposed Trump

PhD Candidate Alex Avery selected as a 2026 Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence Awardee

Partnering Groups

Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy

Center for Empirical Research in the Law

TRIADS

Incubator for Interdisciplinary Futures