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Can voluntary gender quotas shift views on women in politics? Vladimir Chlouba’s study of Namibia’s SWAPO finds that a 50/50 quota increased women’s belief in equal political access—without backlash from men, reshaping perceptions of leadership.
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Seeing is believing: Voluntary gender quotas change female leadership stereotypes - Vladimir Chlouba, 2025
Can gender quotas voluntarily adopted by political parties alter stereotypical views about women in politics? This article examines Namibia’s SWAPO, an electora...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Can voluntary gender quotas shift views on women in politics? Vladimir Chlouba’s study of Namibia’s SWAPO finds that a 50/50 quota increased women’s belief in equal political access—without backlash from men, reshaping perceptions of leadership.
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@landgravephd.bsky.social, Nicholas R. Jenkins & Aubree J. Hardesty show that voters across parties trust, donate to & support candidates who reject PAC money—penalizing those who accept it. Campaign financing choices clearly shape perceptions.
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Do congressional candidates benefit from rejecting PAC contributions? Evidence from a pre-registered candidate evaluation survey experiment - Michelangelo Landgrave, Nicholas R. Jenkins, Aubree J. Har...
Do congressional candidates benefit electorally from the public’s disdain of political action committees (PACs)? Despite the large sums of money given by PACs, ...
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October 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
@landgravephd.bsky.social, Nicholas R. Jenkins & Aubree J. Hardesty show that voters across parties trust, donate to & support candidates who reject PAC money—penalizing those who accept it. Campaign financing choices clearly shape perceptions.
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New research by Baccini, @costinciobanu.bsky.social & Pelc: Offshoring shocks can increase support for leaders with authoritarian traits, while automation does not. A reminder that different economic changes shape politics in very different ways.
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September 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New research by Baccini, @costinciobanu.bsky.social & Pelc: Offshoring shocks can increase support for leaders with authoritarian traits, while automation does not. A reminder that different economic changes shape politics in very different ways.
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Hansol Kwak’s study finds protest mobilization depends not on absolute repression, but on how it deviates from expectations. Results show a U-shaped pattern: participation rises when repression is higher *or* lower than established baselines.
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September 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Hansol Kwak’s study finds protest mobilization depends not on absolute repression, but on how it deviates from expectations. Results show a U-shaped pattern: participation rises when repression is higher *or* lower than established baselines.
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New study by Ko, Downes, Leung & Ming shows populist governments weaken climate readiness, with left-wing populists driving the sharpest decline. Findings highlight how ideology shapes whether nations advance or regress in climate preparedness.
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September 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New study by Ko, Downes, Leung & Ming shows populist governments weaken climate readiness, with left-wing populists driving the sharpest decline. Findings highlight how ideology shapes whether nations advance or regress in climate preparedness.
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Andreas Graefe’s Issues and Leaders model shows how voter perceptions of competence and leadership shape elections. Forecasting the 2024 race, it captured a tight contest and highlights the value of dynamic, forward-looking electoral analysis.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Andreas Graefe’s Issues and Leaders model shows how voter perceptions of competence and leadership shape elections. Forecasting the 2024 race, it captured a tight contest and highlights the value of dynamic, forward-looking electoral analysis.
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In a new study by Ishaan S. Prasad & @zacharyst.bsky.social, they analyze 37k+ faces from protests in 10 countries, showing emotions like anger, fear & happiness co-occur and covary with protest dynamics, rather than directly causing them.
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Taken at face value: Emotion expression and protest dynamics - Ishaan S. Prasad, Zachary C. Steinert-Threlkeld, 2025
Understanding the role of emotions in protest is a growing field of research, but existing research does not address the role of emotions once protests start. B...
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September 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
In a new study by Ishaan S. Prasad & @zacharyst.bsky.social, they analyze 37k+ faces from protests in 10 countries, showing emotions like anger, fear & happiness co-occur and covary with protest dynamics, rather than directly causing them.
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Nils-Christian Bormann and Simon Hug ask:
Do proportional representation rules induce power-sharing coalition and thereby decrease conflict risk? No! But formally mandated executive power-sharing institutions do.
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Do proportional representation rules induce power-sharing coalition and thereby decrease conflict risk? No! But formally mandated executive power-sharing institutions do.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Nils-Christian Bormann and Simon Hug ask:
Do proportional representation rules induce power-sharing coalition and thereby decrease conflict risk? No! But formally mandated executive power-sharing institutions do.
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Do proportional representation rules induce power-sharing coalition and thereby decrease conflict risk? No! But formally mandated executive power-sharing institutions do.
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@landgravephd.bsky.social, Nicholas R. Jenkins & Aubree J. Hardesty show that voters across parties trust, donate to & support candidates who reject PAC money—penalizing those who accept it. Campaign financing choices clearly shape perceptions.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Do congressional candidates benefit from rejecting PAC contributions? Evidence from a pre-registered candidate evaluation survey experiment - Michelangelo Landgrave, Nicholas R. Jenkins, Aubree J. Har...
Do congressional candidates benefit electorally from the public’s disdain of political action committees (PACs)? Despite the large sums of money given by PACs, ...
journals.sagepub.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
@landgravephd.bsky.social, Nicholas R. Jenkins & Aubree J. Hardesty show that voters across parties trust, donate to & support candidates who reject PAC money—penalizing those who accept it. Campaign financing choices clearly shape perceptions.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New research by Baccini, @costinciobanu.bsky.social & Pelc: Offshoring shocks can increase support for leaders with authoritarian traits, while automation does not. A reminder that different economic changes shape politics in very different ways.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New research by Baccini, @costinciobanu.bsky.social & Pelc: Offshoring shocks can increase support for leaders with authoritarian traits, while automation does not. A reminder that different economic changes shape politics in very different ways.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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A new study by Niels Bjørn Grund Petersen, Rasmus Tue Pedersen & Mads Thau shows that while info on online abuse doesn’t reduce tolerance, it boosts willingness to support politicians or report abusive comments.
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August 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A new study by Niels Bjørn Grund Petersen, Rasmus Tue Pedersen & Mads Thau shows that while info on online abuse doesn’t reduce tolerance, it boosts willingness to support politicians or report abusive comments.
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Hansol Kwak’s study finds protest mobilization depends not on absolute repression, but on how it deviates from expectations. Results show a U-shaped pattern: participation rises when repression is higher *or* lower than established baselines.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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September 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Hansol Kwak’s study finds protest mobilization depends not on absolute repression, but on how it deviates from expectations. Results show a U-shaped pattern: participation rises when repression is higher *or* lower than established baselines.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New study by Ko, Downes, Leung & Ming shows populist governments weaken climate readiness, with left-wing populists driving the sharpest decline. Findings highlight how ideology shapes whether nations advance or regress in climate preparedness.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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September 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New study by Ko, Downes, Leung & Ming shows populist governments weaken climate readiness, with left-wing populists driving the sharpest decline. Findings highlight how ideology shapes whether nations advance or regress in climate preparedness.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Andreas Graefe’s Issues and Leaders model shows how voter perceptions of competence and leadership shape elections. Forecasting the 2024 race, it captured a tight contest and highlights the value of dynamic, forward-looking electoral analysis.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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September 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Andreas Graefe’s Issues and Leaders model shows how voter perceptions of competence and leadership shape elections. Forecasting the 2024 race, it captured a tight contest and highlights the value of dynamic, forward-looking electoral analysis.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In a new study by Ishaan S. Prasad & @zacharyst.bsky.social, they analyze 37k+ faces from protests in 10 countries, showing emotions like anger, fear & happiness co-occur and covary with protest dynamics, rather than directly causing them.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Taken at face value: Emotion expression and protest dynamics - Ishaan S. Prasad, Zachary C. Steinert-Threlkeld, 2025
Understanding the role of emotions in protest is a growing field of research, but existing research does not address the role of emotions once protests start. B...
journals.sagepub.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
In a new study by Ishaan S. Prasad & @zacharyst.bsky.social, they analyze 37k+ faces from protests in 10 countries, showing emotions like anger, fear & happiness co-occur and covary with protest dynamics, rather than directly causing them.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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@sysilviakim.bsky.social finds that in 2020 U.S. races, extreme candidates didn’t ask for smaller donations—supporting the view that small donors aren’t more ideologically extreme than large ones.
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August 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
@sysilviakim.bsky.social finds that in 2020 U.S. races, extreme candidates didn’t ask for smaller donations—supporting the view that small donors aren’t more ideologically extreme than large ones.
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Can a 2nd far-right party thrive in Spain? SALF shocked in the 2024 EU elections, scoring 4.6% in its debut. New study by Javier Padilla Moreno-Torres, @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social and @bertous.bsky.social analyzes who voted for them—and why.
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When the party is over: Explaining the rise of the Spanish far-right SALF - Javier Padilla Moreno-Torres, Álvaro Canalejo-Molero, Alberto López Ortega, 2025
Can a second far-right party succeed in a country where the radical right was, until recently, absent? Spain’s 2024 European Parliament elections provided a str...
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August 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Can a 2nd far-right party thrive in Spain? SALF shocked in the 2024 EU elections, scoring 4.6% in its debut. New study by Javier Padilla Moreno-Torres, @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social and @bertous.bsky.social analyzes who voted for them—and why.
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@abbymatthews.bsky.social & Rachael Hinkle's analysis of judicial citations demonstrates that diversity in race, gender, *and* partisanship plays a critical role in the evolution of legal doctrine, with judges sharing all 3 salient traits experiencing a 25% increase in citation probability.
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August 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
@abbymatthews.bsky.social & Rachael Hinkle's analysis of judicial citations demonstrates that diversity in race, gender, *and* partisanship plays a critical role in the evolution of legal doctrine, with judges sharing all 3 salient traits experiencing a 25% increase in citation probability.
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What drives differences between the conflict events datasets UCDP and ACLED? Contrary to previous claims, @magnusoberg.bsky.social and Mert Can Yilmaz find most differences are due to auxiliary coding rules and standards for source evaluation, not sourcing strategies or inclusion thresholds.
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August 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
What drives differences between the conflict events datasets UCDP and ACLED? Contrary to previous claims, @magnusoberg.bsky.social and Mert Can Yilmaz find most differences are due to auxiliary coding rules and standards for source evaluation, not sourcing strategies or inclusion thresholds.
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Sebastian Rivera, Fernando Severino and Giancarlo Visconti find that protest exposure in Chile briefly reduces support for state violence, but doesn’t change views on protester violence. A nuanced look at attitudes in unrest.
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Exposure to protests and support for different forms of violence: Evidence from the 2019 social outburst in Chile - Sebastian Rivera, Fernando Severino, Giancarlo Visconti, 2025
People living in communities where protests occur are exposed to various forms of violence, including state-perpetrated violence, such as police brutality, as w...
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July 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Sebastian Rivera, Fernando Severino and Giancarlo Visconti find that protest exposure in Chile briefly reduces support for state violence, but doesn’t change views on protester violence. A nuanced look at attitudes in unrest.
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Political science suggests liberals are more tolerant of the Supreme Court when it makes decisions they don't like. Kathryn Haglin, Soren Jordan, Alison Higgins Merrill and @joeura.bsky.social ask: does that still hold up with the new-look Court?
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July 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Political science suggests liberals are more tolerant of the Supreme Court when it makes decisions they don't like. Kathryn Haglin, Soren Jordan, Alison Higgins Merrill and @joeura.bsky.social ask: does that still hold up with the new-look Court?
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New research by Laurel Elder, @hankgreene.bsky.social, and Mary-Kate Lizotte shows Americans see 6- and 12-week abortion bans as effectively the same, challenging the idea of "moderate" restrictions. Post-Dobbs, abortion is a binary debate: ban vs. no ban, with framing crucial to public reception.
July 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
New research by Laurel Elder, @hankgreene.bsky.social, and Mary-Kate Lizotte shows Americans see 6- and 12-week abortion bans as effectively the same, challenging the idea of "moderate" restrictions. Post-Dobbs, abortion is a binary debate: ban vs. no ban, with framing crucial to public reception.
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Kirill Zhirkov & Robert H. Brehm find that calling immigrants “illegal” or “undocumented” doesn’t affect perceptions in experiments. However, people’s preferences for these terms do reflect their broader attitudes toward immigration policy.
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July 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Kirill Zhirkov & Robert H. Brehm find that calling immigrants “illegal” or “undocumented” doesn’t affect perceptions in experiments. However, people’s preferences for these terms do reflect their broader attitudes toward immigration policy.
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Sarah Maxey and Taryn Butler ask: does it matter if officials handle classified documents responsibly? Yes, even more than you might think! Classification scandals udermine public confidence in democratic institutions across party lines.
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July 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Sarah Maxey and Taryn Butler ask: does it matter if officials handle classified documents responsibly? Yes, even more than you might think! Classification scandals udermine public confidence in democratic institutions across party lines.
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