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Using machine learning on 1M UK tweets, @giulianoformisano.bsky.social, Jörg Friedrichs, Florian S. Schaffner & Niklas Stoehr seperate #Populist from #Governmentalist rhetoric and track how emotions drive #PoliticalCommunication
Using machine learning on 1M UK tweets, @giulianoformisano.bsky.social, Jörg Friedrichs, Florian S. Schaffner & Niklas Stoehr seperate #Populist from #Governmentalist rhetoric and track how emotions drive #PoliticalCommunication
Warm wishes for a restful holiday season to our authors, reviewers, and readers!
Warm wishes for a restful holiday season to our authors, reviewers, and readers!
Ingrid Faleide & @astanordo.bsky.social show that citizens, elected officials, and public administrators all underestimate #PublicSupport for meat-free days, with elected elites misreading voters the most
Ingrid Faleide & @astanordo.bsky.social show that citizens, elected officials, and public administrators all underestimate #PublicSupport for meat-free days, with elected elites misreading voters the most
British 🇬🇧 experiment by Alan Duggan, Caitlin Milazzo, Harry Applestein & John Barry Ryan shows that attacks on personal traits, even if paired with positive messaging, can backfire and hurt how #Voters view the sponsor
British 🇬🇧 experiment by Alan Duggan, Caitlin Milazzo, Harry Applestein & John Barry Ryan shows that attacks on personal traits, even if paired with positive messaging, can backfire and hurt how #Voters view the sponsor
Both feel cities get too much, both want more support for working people, and both back redistribution. 🤝
There’s real political potential in this shared outlook according to Marta R. Eidheim 🗳️
Both feel cities get too much, both want more support for working people, and both back redistribution. 🤝
There’s real political potential in this shared outlook according to Marta R. Eidheim 🗳️
@celinejhonegger.bsky.social's study of Germany’s 2021 #COVID🦠 comms finds the Health Minister dodged blame and claimed wins with citizen-blaming peaking during the “emergency brake.”
@celinejhonegger.bsky.social's study of Germany’s 2021 #COVID🦠 comms finds the Health Minister dodged blame and claimed wins with citizen-blaming peaking during the “emergency brake.”
@indubioproreto.bsky.social & @lhaffert.bsky.social conducted a long-term Swiss study to find the biggest divide is amongst younger generations who hold very different views depending on where they grew up 👶 🔎
@indubioproreto.bsky.social & @lhaffert.bsky.social conducted a long-term Swiss study to find the biggest divide is amongst younger generations who hold very different views depending on where they grew up 👶 🔎
@gefjonoff.bsky.social & @fedetrastulli.bsky.social study 6 European countries to find that different groups care about different issues--and that what people care about isn’t the same as what they think about those issues. 🧭🗳️
@gefjonoff.bsky.social & @fedetrastulli.bsky.social study 6 European countries to find that different groups care about different issues--and that what people care about isn’t the same as what they think about those issues. 🧭🗳️
Werner Pitsch & Georg Wenzelburger use an anonymous survey method borrowed from #SportsDoping research.
The result? A rare glimpse into lobby influence among German MPs. 🗳️🔍
Werner Pitsch & Georg Wenzelburger use an anonymous survey method borrowed from #SportsDoping research.
The result? A rare glimpse into lobby influence among German MPs. 🗳️🔍
Ming M. Boyer @carolinaplescia.bsky.social & André Blais finds two kinds of negativity:
⚡ #Voting against a candidate
⚡ Feeling like voting doesn’t matter at all
Only one threatens #Democracy--and it’s not the one you think. 👀
Ming M. Boyer @carolinaplescia.bsky.social & André Blais finds two kinds of negativity:
⚡ #Voting against a candidate
⚡ Feeling like voting doesn’t matter at all
Only one threatens #Democracy--and it’s not the one you think. 👀
@mascakir.bsky.social finds that with low turnout, regular voters dominate but could boosting participation could reduce bias in #PolicyRepresentation?
@mascakir.bsky.social finds that with low turnout, regular voters dominate but could boosting participation could reduce bias in #PolicyRepresentation?
Poland’s Constitutional Court 🇵🇱 shifted sharply after 2015 not due to judge behavior, but because the government reshaped the bench according to L. Pellegrina, J.Kantorowicz, N.Garoupa & J.Lewkowicz.
Poland’s Constitutional Court 🇵🇱 shifted sharply after 2015 not due to judge behavior, but because the government reshaped the bench according to L. Pellegrina, J.Kantorowicz, N.Garoupa & J.Lewkowicz.
Jingjing Huo looks at today’s low-rate, high-concentration economy and find that the shift is helping protect workers’ income. 📈
Jingjing Huo looks at today’s low-rate, high-concentration economy and find that the shift is helping protect workers’ income. 📈
Benjamin Ferland, Valere Gaspard & Johan Savoy compare citizens’ vs. politicians’ satisfaction with #Democracy #ComparativeCandidatesSurvey data to uncover key drivers shaping politicians’ #DemocraticAttitudes.
Benjamin Ferland, Valere Gaspard & Johan Savoy compare citizens’ vs. politicians’ satisfaction with #Democracy #ComparativeCandidatesSurvey data to uncover key drivers shaping politicians’ #DemocraticAttitudes.
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
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
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? 🤷
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? 🤷
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/...
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/...
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
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
@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
@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
@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. 📊
@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. 📊
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
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
@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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@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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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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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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@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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@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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