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Angry losers? The (null) effects of feeling electoral loss on anti-democratic attitudes | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Angry losers? The (null) effects of feeling electoral loss on anti-democratic attitudes

Sore losers? 😓

@katharinalawall.bsky.social, @katerinamichalaki.bsky.social & @mtsakiris.bsky.social use survey experiments after major U.S. elections to test whether reminding people of a party's loss, and their reactions to it 🤬, makes them more or less supportable 📣

Does ideology trump geography? Political divides and MEP responses to democratic backsliding | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Does ideology trump geography? Political divides and MEP responses to democratic backsliding

It’s ideology, not geography 🗺️

New research by Natasha Wunsch of @ecprsgeu.bsky.social & @mihailchiru.bsky.social show conflicts over democratic backsliding in the EP are driven more by ideology (pro-EU vs Eurosceptic) than by a simple East–West split

Women talking: Bringing the environment into UK parliamentary speeches | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Women talking: Bringing the environment into UK parliamentary speeches

Women MPs and climate action 🌍👩‍💼

@hannahsalamon.bsky.social's new research from the UK Parliament shows women MPs talk about the environment more than men helping embed #Climate issues across politics

Compensating the losers: The (limited) elite–public gap in trade politics | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Compensating the losers: The (limited) elite–public gap in trade politics

Who should compensate trade losers? 🌍💸

@andduer.bsky.social, @robert-a-huber.bsky.social & Gemma Mateo find across 19 European countries that political elites and the public think differently about how to help those hurt by trade 🎁

Preaching conservative ideas: The speech-act theory of value conflict | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Preaching conservative ideas: The speech-act theory of value conflict

When liberal values hit their limits 🕌⚖️

Lise Lund Bjånesøy, Peter Esaiasson, Elisabeth Ivarsflaten & Paul M. Sniderman
find support for Muslims’ civil liberties across Europe drops sharply when religious freedom is used to preach conservative values

Pics or it didn’t happen! EU institutions’ visual communication and user engagement on Facebook and Instagram | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Pics or it didn’t happen! EU institutions’ visual communication and user engagement on Facebook and Instagram

Pics or it didn't happen! 📱

@olgaeisele.bsky.social, @hdnrch.bsky.social & @phoebemaares.bsky.social
look at a decade of EU social media posts to show that how images are used strongly shapes user engagement

Everything for the fans: Party responsiveness across the EU over time | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Everything for the fans: Party responsiveness across the EU over time

Who do parties really listen to? 🎧

@felixlehmann.bsky.social finds that EU-wide evidence shows parties mostly respond to their own supporters, not the public at large, holding across issues, regions, party types, and over time.

Unity makes strength: Patterns of democratic resistance against autocratization | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Unity makes strength: Patterns of democratic resistance against autocratization

How democracies survive autocratization 🛡️

New comparative research by @gpanzano.bsky.social & @lucatomini.bsky.social
show that democracies don’t survive backsliding because of single heroic actions. Survival depends on coordinated resistance 💪

Out-group homogeneity as evidence of left-right identification in multi-party democracies | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Out-group homogeneity as evidence of left-right identification in multi-party democracies

Left vs Right is becoming personal 🔴🔵

New cross-national evidence by N. Lin, L.P. Santoso & R.T. Stevenson shows voters in Western democracies are developing emotional attachments to the Left and Right as social groups, but how will this impact voting?

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Coalition government formation and policy payoffs | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Coalition government formation and policy payoffs - Volume 65 Issue 1

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How do parties decide who wins what in #Coalition talks? 🤝

Drawing on data 📊 from five government formations, David M. Willumsen of @ecprsgeu.bsky.social & @simonotjes.bsky.social study how #PolicyPayoffs are negotiated and distributed in coalition governments

European integration and transformed parliamentary opposition: Evidence from five decades of legislative politics | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core European integration and transformed parliamentary opposition: Evidence from five decades of legislative politics

How does the EU shift political battles?

@brigittepircher.bsky.social and Karl Loxbo present research Sweden shows EU membership dampens conflict on economic issues, while sharpening debates on welfare and identity 🧩

Chosen (not) to win? Party nomination strategies and the unequal class representation in parliament | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Chosen (not) to win? Party nomination strategies and the unequal class representation in parliament - Volume 65 Issue 1

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Chosen (not) to win? 🥈

@leaelsaesser.bsky.social & Jonas Wenker use data from Germany to suggest that working-class candidates are less likely to be placed in safe or winnable positions on party lists, and that career politicians might be favoured instead 🧍💼

Welfare by design: Public responses to the distribution of old-age pensions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Welfare by design: Public responses to the distribution of old-age pensions

Welfare politics is about who gets what 🎁😌

@petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social & Timothy Hellwig find evidence from Europe which shows economic security shapes welfare preferences, linking policy design directly to voter approval and electoral incentives

Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support - Volume 65 Issue 1

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Resentment and democracy under strain ✊

@mfilsinger.bsky.social & Steffen Wamsler of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social show how #SGRD shapes not only radical political support, but also citizens’ commitment to democracy 🏛️ drawing on survey data 📊 across six European countries

Congenial messages from politicians reduce affective polarization among citizens | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Congenial messages from politicians reduce affective polarization among citizens - Volume 65 Issue 1

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Do Respectful Politicians Make Less Polarized Citizens? 🤝

@rtpedersen.bsky.social @julianchr.bsky.social & Niels Bjørn Grund Petersen use survey data to test whether positive rhetoric 🗣️ ✅ can reduce #polarization in the same way negative rhetoric 🗣️ ❎ increases it

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Are elected representatives’ intimate ties representative? Examining their socio-economic status in 13 countries | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Are elected representatives’ intimate ties representative? Examining their socio-economic status in 13 countries - Volume 65 Issue 1

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Is representation out of touch? 🤔

Nino Junius & Stefaan Walgrave comment on a #RepresentationGap between high and low SES backgrounds in politics, suggesting that those who benefit the most from inclusion in their personal networks often lack it the most 🤝

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Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream - Volume 65 Issue 1

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#FarRight amplifiers 🔊

@dasalgon.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social show how far-right actors increasingly shape the agendas of mainstream parties, particularly around Islam, migration & cultural issues. #AfD

Perceived inequality and populism | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Perceived inequality and populism - Volume 65 Issue 1

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🆕 Perceived #Inequality and #Populism 🗣️

Evidence across Denmark, Germany and Italy show that people who perceive great inequality are more likely to hold #Populist attitudes according to @lstoetze.bsky.social, Johannes Giesecke & @heikekluever.bsky.social

Beyond partisanship: Ideological identities and affective evaluations | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Beyond partisanship: Ideological identities and affective evaluations

#AffectivePolarization ≠ only #Partisanships 🎉

Ida Bæk Hjermitslev & @markuswagner.bsky.social widen the lens on political identity, looking in Germany, where ideological identities (left/right) are as strong as party IDs and shape how people judge others 🤔

Representation matters: Technocracy, populism, and attitudes towards international organisations | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Representation matters: Technocracy, populism, and attitudes towards international organisations - Volume 65 Issue 1

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Attitudes toward international organisations? 🌍

Exploring #Technocratic & #Populist attitudes, Reinout van der Veer & @profonderco.bsky.social use survey data across five European 🏤 countries to explain how people view #InternationalOrganisations

Who prioritises what? Determinants and measurement of voters’ issue prioritisation | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Who prioritises what? Determinants and measurement of voters’ issue prioritisation - Volume 65 Issue 1

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What issues matter most to #Voters? 😬

@gefjonoff.bsky.social & @fedetrastulli.bsky.social study 6 European countries to find that different groups prioritise different issues. But are issue importance and personal attitudes driven by the same factors? 🧭🗳️

High emissions, low engagement? How members of parliament represent the carbon footprint of their constituents | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core High emissions, low engagement? How members of parliament represent the carbon footprint of their constituents

High emissions and low admission? 🏭️

@lucasgeese.bsky.social and @chantal-st.bsky.social use rare data to understand what impact the carbon footprint of voters has on the decarbonisation focus of MPS, asking whether politician's prioritize #NetZero, or short-term electoral gains 🌍️

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Authoritarian nostalgia and support for (populist radical) right parties | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Authoritarian nostalgia and support for (populist radical) right parties - Volume 65 Issue 1

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What happens when the #RadicalRight looks fondly to the past? 🕰️ 👀

@populismblog.bsky.social & @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social introduce #AuthoritarianNostalgia exploring how supporters of VOX and Chega connect today’s politics with Spanish & Portuguese eras

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Campaigns do matter: The impact of campaigns in reducing framing effects | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Campaigns do matter: The impact of campaigns in reducing framing effects - Volume 65 Issue 1

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Do campaigns matter? 🤔

Denmark’s 2022 EU defence opt-out vote show that #Campaign information matters. While fear-based messages influences #Voters at the start, their effect declines as voters learn more.

@rsenninger.bsky.social, J.Fenger & D.Beach of @ecprsgeu.bsky.social

From context to congruence: Immigration salience and voter socialization | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core From context to congruence: Immigration salience and voter socialization

Impressionable years and lasting votes 👶

@leonardocarella.bsky.social & @fraraffaelli.bsky.social argue that people exposed to high #Immigration salience when young are more like to consider a party's standing later in life, highlighting generation difference in #Voting patterns

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