Milena Rapp

@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:

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07.10.2025 11:27 — 👍 101    🔁 52    💬 4    📌 7

Honoured to be part of the @psapolpsychology.bsky.social seminar and to present some *still-steaming* findings. See you there (registration link below), looking forward to a great discussion!

And don't miss the other fascinating talks in the autumn seminar series! ➡️ www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

02.10.2025 12:13 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Abstract of the article "Unfolding GAL-TAN: the multi-dimensional nature of public opinion in Western Europe" by Anna-Sophie Kurella and Milena Rapp. Published online first in West European Politics.

Figure 1, displaying the average structuring strength of latent conflicts across regions (north, central west, south).

@annakurella.bsky.social & @milenarapp.bsky.social show that public opinion on new cultural policy issues is not strongly aligned with preferences on traditional economic & moral policies.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Part of forthc. SI "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies"

26.02.2025 09:54 — 👍 25    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1

The role of issue salience and competitive advantages in spatial models of political competition | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

Super happy to finally find this paper with @milenarapp.bsky.social on @thejop.bsky.social website! We analyze under what conditions far right parties benefit electorally from increasing importance of immigration issues/ green parties benefit from increasing importance of environmental issues.

12.12.2024 13:50 — 👍 49    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 2

How Important is European Integration for Pro-European Voters in Times of Politicization? - Politische Vierteljahresschrift The increasing success of Eurosceptic parties and multiple European crises have fostered the politicization of European integration. However, we know little about how pro-European voters behave in thi...

Very happy to see my first solo-authored paper published! I show that pro-European voters are increasingly considering European issues in their voting decisions. However, they still do so to a much lesser extent than Eurosceptic voters. Open access available: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

02.07.2024 15:04 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Had a great time at #PSA2024 in Glasgow this week presenting an early version of a paper on survey cooperativeness in changing political environments. I also presented joint work with @milenarapp.bsky.social on how perceived voter-party environmental policy congruence affects voter attachment.

28.03.2024 18:27 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Combining voter preferences with party position estimates from different sources for studying voting... Researchers interested in policy voting and substantive representation face the challenge to combine party positions with voter preference data on a c…

New paper, together with @milenarapp.bsky.social : We discuss how voter preference data can be combined with party position estimates from expert surveys or manifesto data, and provide a rescaling technique to improve the fit. Hope this is useful for many!  www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

22.12.2023 13:12 — 👍 21    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 0