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Álvaro Sánchez-García
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Political scientist 👨🏽‍💻🏛 | PhD in comparative politics at the University of Salamanca (Spain). Currently, visiting researcher at the @ic3jm.bsky.social.

🗺️Political geography, rural-urban divide, and electoral behaviour

🔗 https://asanchezgarcia.github.io
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Álvaro Sánchez-García @asanchezgarcia.es · Sep 28
I take this opportunity today to make my debut in Bluesky by sharing my latest article with @tonirodon.bsky.social and Maria on a very special day. A few months ago we published "Where has everyone gone? Depopulation and voting behaviour" in EJPR.

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Where has everyone gone? Depopulation and voting behaviour in Spain
In many European countries, people increasingly leave rural or small municipalities to live and work in urban or metropolitan environments. Although previous work on the ‘left behind’ places has exam...
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🥳 Really happy to share that I have been selected by the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (@cepcgob.bsky.social) to join as a García-Pelayo Researcher.

I am very much looking forward to beginning this new stage!
cepcgob.bsky.social Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales @cepcgob.bsky.social · 13d
Resolución por la que se publican la relación de aspirantes que han superado el proceso selectivo y la adjudicación de tres plazas de personal investigador García-Pelayo
Enhorabuena a Digno José Montalván Zambrano, María Soledad Escobar Villegas y @asanchezgarcia.es
cepc.gob.es/sites/defaul...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Title page of the book "The Fascist Zeitgeist. Authoritarian Legacies and the Iberian Far Right" Table of contents of the book "The Fascist Zeitgeist. Authoritarian Legacies and the Iberian Far Right"
October 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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cpa-usal.bsky.social
¡Nueva publicación!

Urban jungle, radical roar: sprawl, economic decline and the success of populist radical right in metropolitan Spain
Journal: Contemporary Politics
Autores: Álvaro Sánchez-García e Iván Llamazares
URL: doi.org/10.1080/1356...
Urban jungle, radical roar: sprawl, economic decline and the success of populist radical right in metropolitan Spain
In recent years, Populist Radical Right Parties (PRRPs) have gained significant ground in many Western democracies. While most studies focus on rural areas, this paper examines the role of populati...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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🚨 Super happy to see our article (w/ Iván Llamazares) out in Contemporary Politics!

“Urban jungle, radical roar: sprawl, economic decline and the success of the PRR in metropolitan Spain”.

Grab one of the first 50 free downloads, hurry up! 🆓

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/D24ND...
Urban jungle, radical roar: sprawl, economic decline and the success of populist radical right in metropolitan Spain
In recent years, Populist Radical Right Parties (PRRPs) have gained significant ground in many Western democracies. While most studies focus on rural areas, this paper examines the role of populati...
www.tandfonline.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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piedrasdepapel.bsky.social
Hoy tenemos post de @javiermcanto.bsky.social sobre la preocupación por la inmigración.

"Los datos del CIS indican que los hombres, los jóvenes, quienes tienen un nivel educativo medio y las personas de clase trabajadora son los más preocupados por la inmigración."

www.eldiario.es/132_c068b4?u...
¿A quién le preocupa la inmigración en España?
La preocupación por la inmigración ha crecido entre los españoles en los últimos meses. Los datos del CIS indican que los hombres, los jóvenes, quienes tienen un nivel educativo medio y las personas d...
www.eldiario.es
September 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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turnbulldugarte.com
Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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sespjournal.bsky.social
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢

The young, the radical and the dissatisfied: the transformation of the Portuguese right-wing electorate in the 21st century

Read the article by L. Heyne, L. Manucci & @marinacostalobo.bsky.social here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
August 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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dkarpa.bsky.social
Public Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right:

"Our findings underscore the role of public service decline as a driver of support for populist parties, especially in areas undergoing demographic change"
Abstract The rise of populist right parties is well-studied, but little attention has been given to how public service performance influences voter support. Given that public services are often the primary means through which citizens interact with the state, we argue that declining public services can create grievances that increase the appeal of populist right parties. Focusing on England’s National Health Service (NHS), we combine administrative data on local health facility closures with panel data on public preferences and voting intentions. Using a staggered difference-indifferences design, we find that closures reduce satisfaction with public services and increase support for populist right parties. These effects are moderated by migrant registrations at local health practices, highlighting the interaction between public service performance and immigration concerns in fueling populist right support. Our findings underscore the role of public service decline as a driver of support for populist parties, especially in areas undergoing demographic change.
July 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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sofiabrei.bsky.social
📢 Publication alert:
Our paper "Unpacking the rural–urban divide: Identities and stereotypes" - with @tonirodon.bsky.social, @griambau.bsky.social, ‬ and Andreu Rodilla - is now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
July 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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ehernandez.bsky.social
New paper @electoralstudies.bsky.social

With @gricoc.bsky.social and @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social we study the presence of legislators with urban and rural backgrounds in national parliaments

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Rural representation in Europe: The presence of place in national parliaments
Recent research shows a growing rural-urban divide in political attitudes and behavior, which has given currency to expressions like “places that don'…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Back at Puerta de Toledo for #EPSA2025, where it all began for me. What a pleasure! Great conference 😍
June 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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🎓🎓 New doctor in town!

Thrilled to have defended my PhD today. Big thanks to @priera.bsky.social, @turnbulldugarte.com, and Carolina Plaza for making it such a kind and lively discussion.
June 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Who does Spiderman vote for? Who you vote for.

In a new paper w/ @markuswagner.bsky.social we show that people engage in motivated projection of political identities. In the absence of explicit info on politics, individuals rely on valence to infer the politics of others

doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
March 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Bienvenidos al perfil oficial del Área de Ciencia Política de la Universidad de Salamanca.

Para más información y estar al día de todas las novedades, consultar también:
acpa-usal.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Excited to start my research stay at the ICS of the University of Lisbon! Thrilled to be in such a beautiful city and at a center with so many great researchers. Huge thanks to Pedro Magalhães for hosting me.

🍻If you’re in Lisbon and up for a chat (preferably with a Sagres in hand), let me know!
March 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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bonniefield.bsky.social
Please consider sending a special issue proposal for your comparative project on southern Europe
sespjournal.bsky.social South European Society & Politics @sespjournal.bsky.social · Feb 7
📢Call for Special Issue Proposals 2025📢👇
February 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Starting 2025 with ice, fog and lots of energy 💪🏼
January 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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juliusk.bsky.social
A commonly held notion is that Germany's far-right party AfD is especially successful in the country's more rural areas. However, a look at the party's election results in over 10,000 municipalities suggests that the link between rurality and AfD support is rather diffuse. A simple thread. 🧵👇
December 20, 2024 at 9:49 AM
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Research in Madrid is especially wonderful at Christmas ❄️
December 7, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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catherinedevries.bsky.social
New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social

Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹

Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?

We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out

shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
https://shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
December 5, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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asanromanpoz.bsky.social
🚨 The second round for #PAPERSS Seminars is here! 🥊 Early-career researchers in political science, sociology, and applied economics are invited to submit proposals for the Spring series by January 1st, 2025, through our online portal ⬇️. Let’s keep the momentum going! 📚✨
November 29, 2024 at 11:08 AM
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tabouchadi.bsky.social
New article accepted at CPS. @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I analyze how rental market risk affects radical right support. Combining data on local rent increases with the SOEP, we find that individuals facing increasing local rents become more likely to support the AfD. 🧵
November 28, 2024 at 8:21 AM
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pcmagalhaes.bsky.social
So happy to share an article co-written with @joaoc.bsky.social now out in Political Geography, a journal I always liked a lot. It's called "Political neglect and support for the radical right: The case of rural Portugal". It's open access. I hope you like it. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Political neglect and support for the radical right: The case of rural Portugal
Why are rural voters more likely to support radical right parties? This paper examines the mechanisms behind the relationship between living in a rura…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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Happy to present for the first time my working paper on occupations and electoral behaviour with a focus on farmers. Many thanks to ICCA for the organisation and to all colleagues for their comments - they have been a great help to me!
November 21, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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catherinedevries.bsky.social
Farmers are protesting in Westminster, what might the political consequences be?

Our research on farmer protests in 🇳🇱 provides some clues.

osf.io/preprints/os...

Bottom line: due to popularity of farmers + media bias, this likely creates major political headache for Starmer government.

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OSF
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November 20, 2024 at 9:21 AM