People often think of politics (and markets) as self-correcting: when things move too far in one direction, rational forces push them back in the other direction. Gerrymandering and unregulated money have made Republican politics self-reinforcing, however, and weβre going to test new limits soon.
04.08.2025 03:17 β π 149 π 42 π¬ 5 π 0
Haagse Zaken in de zomer III: de normalisering van uiterst rechts
Het is zomerreces in Den Haag. In deze periode tussen de val van het kabinet en de start van een nieuwe verkiezingscampagne nodigen we in Haagse Zaken schrijvers, wetenschappers en denkers uit om het ...
Ik mocht aanschuiven bij Haagse Zaken en sprak met @guusvalk.bsky.social over de normalisering van uiterst rechts gedachtegoed, hoe je onderzoek doet naar uiterst rechts, hoe dat verschilt in π©πͺ en π³π±, en welke verantwoordelijkheid er ligt bij de wetenschap en journalistiek.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
02.08.2025 09:12 β π 182 π 62 π¬ 18 π 15
Weer vertrekt ervaren SP-Kamerlid: Van Kent uit Kamer
SPβer Bart van Kent zwaait na acht jaar af als Tweede Kamerlid. De partij verliest daarmee opnieuw een ervaren kracht. Het is tijd voor βeen nieuwe generatieβ. Daarbij viel de afgelopen kabinetsperiod...
Het is tijd om het stokje door te geven. In 2007 begon ik als fractiemedewerker sociale zaken. De laatste 8 jaar knokte ik als kamerlid voor sociale vooruitgang.
Eerst even nadenken en tijd voor mijn gezin. Daarna tijd voor iets nieuws.
www.ad.nl/politiek/wee...
03.08.2025 16:09 β π 22 π 3 π¬ 8 π 1
De gegevens/analyse waarop Van Lit, Meijers en Van Ham zich beroepen zijn van de Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten. Zou mooi zijn als zij weer zo'n analyse maken, maar kan natuurlijk pas als (alle) programma's er zijn.
03.08.2025 11:24 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!
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01.08.2025 07:09 β π 95 π 75 π¬ 2 π 17
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01.08.2025 06:30 β π 369 π 175 π¬ 4 π 2
Graph of voter move from last elections to most recent Verian poll. Source: EenVandaag.
From those three mostly from BBB and only a little from VVD and PVV (to CDA), according to Verian/EenVandaag. Don't forget about non-voters as well.
30.07.2025 11:41 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Graph with most recent scores of Peilingwijzer poll of poll (Netherlands)
The Peilingwijzer poll of polls for the Netherlands has been updated to include the latest polls of Verian/EenVandaag and Ipsos I&O.
π π All graphs & figures: https://peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl/
30.07.2025 11:28 β π 13 π 3 π¬ 0 π 4
Grafiek met meest recente scores Peilingwijzer
De Peilingwijzer is bijgewerkt met de nieuwste peilingen van Verian/EenVandaag en Ipsos I&O.
π π Alle cijfers & grafieken: https://peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl/
30.07.2025 11:28 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 3 π 2
This is the kind of article APSR used to be famous for. The ones that make your brain explode, that challenge you, confuse you, test your patience, and make you smarter by making you realize your limitations. Well done Erica Simmons and @nickrushsmith.bsky.socialβ¬ π
28.07.2025 20:35 β π 101 π 19 π¬ 5 π 1
Dear universities,
I am begging you to stop requiring letters of recommendation for master's programmes. You and I both know you don't read them, so stop asking for them.
Instead, have applicants list a name and get in touch if it's a borderline case.
Signed,
Everyone.
28.07.2025 18:28 β π 533 π 85 π¬ 16 π 24
Dat hangt ervan af wanneer Ipsos I&O en Verian/EenVandaag nieuwe peilingen publiceren. Ik verwacht dat in ieder geval Ipsos I&O binnenkort met een nieuwe peiling komt. Dan kan ik de Peilingwijzer ook bijwerken.
28.07.2025 19:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In een lokale democratie kun je verschillende keuzes maken op sociaal beleid. De VVD noemt dit een "postcodeloterij". De Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Postcodeloterij?
26.07.2025 08:15 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Niet op één plek, lijkt mij, gezien de versnippering van traditionele en sociale media. Uiteraard is BlueSky ook slecht een klein en selectief deel van dat debat.
25.07.2025 07:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Inderdaad, juist omdat men er te veel waarde aan hecht en dus gaat reageren, mee in de ophef, het ziet als "wat er speelt", in andere (sociale) media.
25.07.2025 06:39 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Uw vriendelijke herinnering dat het gesprek aan de talkshowtafels niet "het maatschappelijk debat" is of veel zegt over de publieke opinie. Het is een zeer selectief deel daarvan, m.n. gericht op kijkcijfers, aandacht, winst en/of een specifieke inhoudelijke agenda.
25.07.2025 05:28 β π 129 π 34 π¬ 6 π 2
OppositionCast
Discussion of political opposition with leading academics, politicians and commentators, presented by Dr Nigel Fletcher of the Centre for Opposition Studies.
It's a summer reshuffle #OppositionCast- as parliament breaks up, Kemi Badenoch has refreshed her frontbench team, Will the changes be enough to boost Conservative fortunes? Will anybody actually notice? And where are Nigel and Sarah going on the party conference roadtrip?
pod.link/oppositionca...
24.07.2025 13:09 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
The diaries of Victor Klemperer, a Jewish scholar married to a non-Jew in Nazi Germany, wrote extensive diaries covering his life from 1933-1945. I'm going to pull excerpts from the diaries from the same date, starting in 1933. (We'll see how long I can keep this up.)
28.03.2025 00:35 β π 138 π 40 π¬ 4 π 6
Today (w/ @ox.ac.uk @stanford @MIT @LSE) weβre sharing the results of the largest AI persuasion experiments to date: 76k participants, 19β― LLMs, 707 political issues.
We examine βleversβ of AI persuasion: model scale, post-training, prompting, personalization, & more!Β
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21.07.2025 16:20 β π 104 π 54 π¬ 10 π 17
I am sure these high disapproval ratings are something a Donald J. Trump from Palm Beach FL will boast about on Truth Social. NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE IT!
21.07.2025 18:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The percentage of Americans who disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president has just passed 54%, a new high for his second term. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data
21.07.2025 18:08 β π 740 π 175 π¬ 40 π 32
Itβs frustrating to see that smart journalists participate in these awful βpolitics as sportβ formats. Whatβs the purpose of this except for self-aggrandizing we prove that we are better? Has anyone learned something? Does it inform, help or empower those threatened the most by the far right?
21.07.2025 04:15 β π 103 π 13 π¬ 7 π 0
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Political scientist interested in gender & LGBTI+ policies, parliaments, populism, Italian politics. I work as a postdoctoral fellow at UiB, for @gendersuccess.bsky.social.
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PhD candidate at Queen's University Belfast. Looking at legislative drafting. Interested in devolution, public law, politics and climate change. Mostly unserious takes (anything on Stormont) + a few slightly serious ones (N. Tayto > S. Tayto). He/him
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