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💸🦠 #PublicOpinion on #Covid19 economic cris?
Jeffrey M. Chwieroth & Andrew Walter's Australia–UK 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 conjoint study shows support for wage subsidies but mixed or negative reactions to financial-sector aid, highlighting the importance of #PolicyDesign
🗳️ Why don’t people vote corrupt 🦹♀️ leaders out?
Romania 🇷🇴 study by Nicholas Charron & Andreas Bågenholm find many stay home 🏡 because they think others won’t vote either – but can more information improve turnout? 🤷
Authoritarian nostalgia is key in the success of the far right.
Rather than an obstacle, it is a mobilising factor.
People who have fond (personal or indirect) memories of the right-wing authoritarian past vote far right.
Full data & replication materials available here: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...
🆕 Why do junior coalition parties sometimes dodge voter anger? 😤
Lasse Aaskoven & @shane-martin.bsky.social study 36 🇪🇺 & OECD countries to show how strong legislative committees help smaller parties protect their policy brand and navigate electoral costs
🆕 Side income impacts trust in politicians? 💰
@ohuwyler.bsky.social @stefaniebailer.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social
study voters across 7 🇪🇺 countries to see how transparency about parliamentarians’ extra income shapes #VoterPerceptions, #Trust, and electability
🆕 #VoterPerceptions on minority governments? 🤔
@jwaeckerle.bsky.social & @sopro.bsky.social survey citizens in 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇩🇪 Germany, and 🇸🇪 Sweden to explore what #Voters know about minority governments and how they perceive their representational qualities. 📊
🆕 Can climate policy shape who fights for it? 🌍
Karl Magnus Møller looks at how the 🇪🇺 EU’s green industrial policies may shift corporate support by targeting different industries changing the politics of #ClimateAction
🆕 🇪🇺 How do different kinds of European identity shape views on immigration?
@twoeffray.bsky.social & Fabio Wasserfallen 👀 at civic and cultural European 🇪🇺 #Identity introducing the idea that value congruence between Europeans and immigrants may matter 💭
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Marc van de Wardt,
P.Bundi, P.J.Loewen,
@annerasmussen.bsky.social,
@liorsheffer.bsky.social
& F.Varone
🆕 What kind of personalities are drawn to politics? 🗳️
This cross-national study across 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇮🇱🇳🇱🇨🇭 explores #Representation and how honesty-humility and other HEXACO personality traits shape people’s ambition to run for office 🧵1/2
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🆕 🗣️ Good discussion needs good facilitation — but is that enough?
@afsounafsahi.bsky.social explores how to make #Deliberation fairer and more balanced with “deliberative worth” exercises and “simulated representation” games to boost empathy and reflection #CivicEngagement 🤝
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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 memories of 🇪🇸 and 🇵🇹 authoritarian eras. #Populism
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🆕 How do parties decide who wins what in #coalition talks? 🤝
Drawing on data 📊 from five government formations, David M. Willumsen & @simonotjes.bsky.social study how #PolicyPayoffs are negotiated and distributed in coalition governments.
Are you interested in #Elections, #GovernmentComposition and #Referenda? 🏛️🗳️
Why not give @pdyearbook.bsky.social a follow and catch up on its newest publications? 🤷
👀 Look out for posts about the 2025 issue 🤫
🆕 #Polarization: barrier or bridge? 🌉
Using 🇨🇭 survey data📊, Ursina Kuhn & Lionel Marquis explore how changes in political views affect engagement and trust — and how living with someone who becomes more polarized can shape your own political behavior
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🚨Correction to an earlier post on 📘 64.4
🧠 Can we measure #AffectivePolarization without long surveys?
A 39-country study 📊 by @jakobkas.bsky.social @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & B.Baker find that brief, smartly chosen measures still work if they span major ideological divides
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🆕 🗳️ Using surveys across 🇪🇺 & 🇩🇪 @fguelzau.bsky.social Marc Helbling & @snmorgenstern.bsky.social compare migrants from democratic vs. non-democratic countries to see whether support for #LiberaDemocratic values differs between migrants in Europe and non-migrants
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🆕 Representation and resentment 🙅
R.Hlatky @dramyhliu.bsky.social Y.Li & A.Pitre-Young expand on how ethnic minorities politically succeed in #CEE by explaining:
1️⃣ Types of #representation
2️⃣ #MinorityMobilization vs #AllyAdvocacy
3️⃣ Political activity or social marginalization
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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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🆕 Why adopt costly #SupplyChainRegulations? 💸
Dennis Kolcava @ekeithsmith.bsky.social & Thomas Bernauer show that citizens underestimate costs and expect benefits when backing these stringent supply chain rules due to low #TradeExposure in 12 OECD countries.
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Delighted to see @theguardian.com covering the findings of a 🇩🇪 study by @dasalgon.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social on how political opponents can unintentionally amplify far-right narratives #AfD 🗞️
📘 Read their article in our First View, or check out the coverage 📰
🆕 Perceived #Inequality and #Populism
Evidence from 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇮🇹 show that people who perceive great inequality are more likely to hold populist attitudes according to @lstoetze.bsky.social, Johannes Giesecke & @heikekluever.bsky.social 🗣️
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