David Attewell

I'm very excited to see our paper on group appeals finally formatted and published online with the JoP! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

Includes panel analysis that links within person changes in Fox viewership to changes in GRT belief.

If after reading @gelliottmorris.com's excellent piece on how most voters are non-ideologues you want to know how these non-ideologues still reason about politics in a halfway predictable way - we have a paper on that:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Greens overtake Labour in sensational poll The Greens have polled higher than Labour in the latest poll by YouGov, which puts them only two points off Reform UK and five ahead of the governing party.

"The YouGov weekly voting intention poll puts Reform UK on 23%, down one, Greens on 21%, up four, Labour and the Tories tied on 16, both down two, and the Lib Dems unchanged on 14."

the US once again sending the message loud and clear: never negotiate, just get nukes. Never compromise, just get nukes. Never give in to sanctions, just get nukes.

what could go wrong

Let Faculty Teach!

Let Students Learn!

The UNC Board of Governors just voted to rewrite the definition of academic freedom to effectively limit students' ability to fully engage in a variety of scholarly topics & limit open inquiry & academic debate in NC higher education.

@ncaaup.bsky.social

I feel so seen.

Call for applications for a 3 years doctoral contract For the ERC GREENLOSS Project - Application deadline: May 17, 2026

📢 JOB ALERT! Fully funded 3-year PhD in Climate & Comparative Politics at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social. Starting in September.
The project is on the political consequences of climate policies in carbon-intensive communities across Europe.
🗓 Deadline: May 17
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

🚨 New WP w/ @leonardocarella.bsky.social on OSF

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

We usually think that social identities precede preferences

We show the reverse is also true: people update their social identities to match their immigration preferences

Focus: class identity in 🇬🇧 + Christian identity in 🇮🇹

Third American death linked to ice uncovered by Newsweek While the 23-year-old's death was reported in March 2025, it was not made clear that a federal agent fired the fatal shot.

DHS successfully—until now—covered up the murder of a third US citizen on Texas' Padre Island, the sort of thing that can only happen in GOP-ruled Texas. ICE agents shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, last year, but DHS covered up the whole incident, Newsweek reports.

Congratulations, Peter!!!

Why does mainstream accommodation of far-right and Eurosceptic parties often electorally backfire? In my 3rd dissertation paper, just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social, I argue that voters specifically punish internally divided parties for accommodation: doi.org/10.1080/0140...
1/13 🧵

New publication in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social!

Who perceives feminism as a threat, and why do a lot of women perceive feminism as threatening?

With @evaanduiza.bsky.social, we explore these questions in the context of Spain.

We find: ⬇️
doi.org/10.1017/S174...

Von der Arbeiter- zur Expertenstadt: Neue Studie erklärt den radikalen Wandel der Berufe in Berlin Die Arbeit in Berlin hat sich in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten extrem verändert. Hat die Stadt sich in Arm und Reich aufgespalten? Eine neue Studie zeigt einen anderen, positiveren Trend. Er ist auch in...

🗞️ From working-class to expert city: How has Berlin's employment structure changed over the past 30 years?

I discussed our study on polarized upgrading (with Daniel Oesch and @katymorris.bsky.social ) with @tagesspiegel.de

👉 Full article (in German): www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/von-d...

“Allowing for variance , a query for “transgender” before:2017-01-01 returns around 300-400 results. The same query, restricted to after that time returns 51,200, 48,400 of which are after New Year’s day 2023. 44,800 of which appear to be tagged in the index as being from just this year?”

Why Affordability and the Vibecession Are Real Economic Problems There are many ways inflation makes people worse off even when real incomes recover, especially for essentials.

Really good stuff from @mtkonczal.bsky.social on empirically quantifying the “vibecession” … a combination of price volatility/more income going to essentials despite rising wages substack.com/app-link/pos...

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

NEW: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.

Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.

For the FES, I wrote a short brief about how mainstream party strategies have fueled far-right success. They move toward more anti-immigration positions to win voters back. This does not work, but shifts public opinion to the right. Parties then react to shifts in public opinion. A vicious cycle.

Are the Politically Active Better Represented? - Political Behavior Political participation is considered an important path for people to influence politics. However, whether those who participate actually see more of their preferred policies implemented remains an op...

🧵I am happy to announce a new article in Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social, “Are the Politically Active Better Represented?”, co-authored with @jenny-oser.bsky.social, @rdassonneville.bsky.social, @professormpersson.bsky.social, and Anders Sundell.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New publication in the Journal of Public Policy!🚨

⚖️It shows how feminist advocacy pushed for a reform entitling mothers and fathers to equal parental leave in Spain.

👉This also unveils that descriptive representation matters because it can open access for feminist groups.

doi.org/10.1017/S014...

image of a report cover, with a US flag in the background, and the text "The Political Disconnect: Working-Class and Low-Income People on What Politics Means to Them and How They Might be Mobilized”

Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone.
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!

This part of our response essay is where I'm at. Boiling down all of politics to electoralism has been absolutely terrible for resisting rising authoritarianism.

www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...

The same people who claim they want to "defend women." Gender studies departments have incredibly committed instructors. They get students to read, write, and think, exposing them to interdisciplinary coursework that helps them make sense of the world. They do this with limited resources & support.

🚨 Deadline Soon (***February 5, 2026***): 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science 🚨

I am seeking applicants for a 3-year postdoc related to my @erc.europa.eu research project EQUILIBRIUM that focuses on state-citizen interactions.

The application link and further information are in the post below. ⬇️

Populist Radical Right Parties and Pension Privatization Populist radical right parties (PRRP) have experienced notable electoral success across Europe in recent decades. While their preferences regarding public social policy have been widely studied, thei...

Very happy to share that the first single-authored paper of my PhD titled "Populist Radical Right Parties and Pension Privatization" has just been published in Swiss Political Science Review.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

En France, tenir ses promesses électorales ne rapporte rien Une analyse des mandats présidentiels entre 1995 et 2022 montre que le respect – ou non – des promesses de campagne n’a aucun impact mesurable sur la popularité des présidents français.

En France, tenir ses promesses électorales ne rapporte rien

Avec @egrossman.bsky.social, on revient pour @france.theconversation.com sur ce résultat contre-intuitif et ce qu’il dit de la représentation & de la responsabilité des gouvernants de la Ve République 👇

theconversation.com/en-france-te...

Postdoctoral Position at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” Deadline: 20 February 2026, 12:00 pm CET

🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨

We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.

4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026

Please share widely 🙏

The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...

📢 We’re hiring @vuamsterdam.bsky.social

PhD position in my ERC project: Welfare State Transformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Interested in how AI is reshaping labor markets, social protection, and the politics of redistribution?

Apply here: lnkd.in/eCcAXsaS

Please share widely!