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Political Science Research and Methods: The journal of the European Political Science Association, edited by John Griffin, published by Cambridge University Press
🤷Does tribal thinking toward ethnic out-groups shape policy support?

➡️Using visual conjoints in Germany and the Netherlands, @bertous.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com show that nativists support policies selectively based on group cues www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
December 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🫨How do voters respond to economic shocks from abroad?

➡️ @costinciobanu.bsky.social & @joostvanspanje.bsky.social show that after the 2008 Lehman collapse, economic satisfaction fell but voters rallied behind incumbents in several European countries www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
December 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🏛️Are U.S. presidential executive orders really unilateral?

➡️ @anniebenn.bsky.social shows that greater delegation and discretion in executive orders increase congressional oversight, revealing a hidden form of interbranch conflict www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
December 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🪙Do politicians signal partisan conflict through what they say?

➡️ Using Danish parliamentary debates, @mathiasoestergaard.bsky.social & @fghjorth.bsky.social show that vocal pitch signals partisan polarization, revealing the strategic use of nonverbal cues cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🪙Do economic sanctions negatively affect democracy and human rights in targeted countries?

➡️ @antonpeez.bsky.social re-examines the effects of Western sanctions to improve democracy and human rights from 1990-2021 and finds that negative effects persist www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🤖 Does GPT lean left or right across languages?

➡C. P. Walker & @joantimoneda.bsky.social find GPT output reflects local political attitudes: more conservative in Polish, more liberal in Swedish, and more pro-independence in Catalan www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🏘️ Does local exposure to refugee housing increase far right voting?

➡️ Using granular Berlin data, J Ferwerda & @riazsascha.bsky.social show refugee housing increased support for the far-right, but the backlash was geographically narrow in scope www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🗳️ How does having more than one citizenship shape political participation?

➡️ S Jung , Y Lee & C Wong find US born dual citizens are more active than naturalized dual citizens. Having dual citizenship plays a relevant role in civic engagement www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🧠 Do IO leaders help their countries gain staff influence?

➡️ Using data from 25 UN agencies (1996–2022), J Chen, T Gui & L Wang find that leaders increase national representation by using contributions and stronger institutional ties www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
December 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🧠 How inaccurate are public perceptions of immigration?

➡️ @lutzphilipp.bsky.social & M Bitschnau show that many supposed misperceptions are actually guesses, offering a sharper way to study how perceptions shape political attitudes www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚜 How does coercive social mobilisation shape political attitudes?

➡️ Using an RDD, A. Lee, W. Qi & D. Sun show that Chinese youth sent to labor in rural areas became more critical of local government but more supportive of the national regime www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
⚡ Can political signals push capital toward clean energy?

➡️ @patrickbayer.bsky.social @lorenzocrippa.bsky.social & @fgenovese.bsky.social show that EU Commission announcements during the early Ukraine war briefly moved markets toward greener energy firms www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 AM
🗳️ What drives democratic renewal in U.S. states?

➡️ Using Coincidence Analysis, @jesserhodesumass.bsky.social finds three routes to stronger democracy, centered on the Dem Party and unions, with roles for diverse populations and a liberal public mood www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🇺🇦What traits do citizens value in leaders during war?

➡L Laustsen, @honoratam.bsky.social @fvanleeuwen.bsky.social H Bartusevičius & M Vugt show war increases desire for dominant leaders, reducing warmth & competence. Anger amplifies all traits www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
October 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🤖How can we turn text into a reliable quantitative measure using supervised learning?

➡️Ju Yeon Park & J M Montgomery outline a framework, illustrated with the tone of questions in U.S. Senate confirmation hearings www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
October 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🗳️ Policy congruence is key for democratic accountability.

➡️Using a game theoretic model, @liviodilo.bsky.social & T Dragu show that when an issue is more salient in elections, representatives' policies align less with voters' preferences www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
October 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🏭 How can we measure firms' political influence across countries?

➡️Using surveys of 27,000+ firms in 41 countries and a Bayesian IRT model, D C. Francis & @rmkubinec.bsky.social estimate firm-level influence scores and show how they vary across regimes www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
October 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
📈Inequality is rising, but taxes have not become more progressive. Why?

➡️ C Ballard-Rosa, R Rogowski, K Scheve & @nicolajthor.bsky.social find that information on inequality alone cannot fully explain why income taxes have not increased www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
September 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🤔 Do surveys exaggerate democratic support due to social desirability bias (SDB)?

➡️ Using survey-mode variation & list experiments in 24 countries, @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social & @aarslew.bsky.social find no evidence that SDB inflates democratic attitudes www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
September 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
📊 Are populist attitudes evenly spread across the ideological spectrum?

➡️ Using CSES data from 43 countries, E Tamaki &
@drjungphd.bsky.social find a non-linear relationship: populism is strongest at the ideological extremes, forming a U-shape pattern www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
September 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
🗣️ Can speech sentiment predict MPs' behaviour?

➡️ Using Japan's parliamentary debates and a model trained on labelled debates, A Matsuo & K Fukumoto show opposition MPs speak more negatively with seniority and as elections near www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
September 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🏛️ How do US parties assign senators to committees?

➡️ A Thakur shows Republicans rely on seniority with little party influence, while Democrats use a process where leaders resolve seat clashes, shaping how power and policy develop in Congress www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
September 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
❤️Does partisanship shape online dating?

➡️ In a conjoint in the UK, Y. Sleiman @gmelios.bsky.social & P. Dolan find politics matter as much as looks, but openness to opposing views matters more. Labour voters show stronger in-group bias www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
September 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🇺🇸 Can watching dialogue across party lines reduce polarisation?

➡️ L-O Ankori-Karlinsky, @robert_a_blair, J. Gottlieb & @smooreberg show that a documentary of an intergroup workshop reduces polarisation and boosts faith in democracy www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
September 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🗳️ What are the effects of restrictive voting laws on turnout in the US?

➡️ Using variation from a tornado on Super Tuesday 2020, @scottfabramson.bsky.social & S Thrower show that being reassigned to a new polling site reduces turnout by 5.65 pts www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
September 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM