Ruth Dassonneville

@rdassonneville.bsky.social

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Prof at KU Leuven
CRC in Electoral Democracy at Université de Montréal
https://ruthdassonneville.netlify.app/

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Samenleving & Politiek @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social · 5h

Op woensdag 14 januari verschijnt SamPol New Style, ons totaal vernieuwd magazine.
💳 www.sampol.be/abonneer

Reposted by Will Jennings, Ruth Dassonneville, Carl Henrik Knutsen , and 7 more Will Jennings, Ruth Dassonneville, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Alexander Wuttke, Kurt Vandaele, Henning Finseraas, Alessandro Nai, Jens Rydgren, Patrick Präg, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte

Peter Egge Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social · 3d

Very happy to see this out in CPS! We study class identities and their social and political relevance over several decades in Britain, Denmark, Norway, and the US. A small thread:

journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 3d

🤷‍♀️ More work is needed, though, to determine which factors and dynamics have triggered this activation of the rural-urban identities in US politics.

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 3d

🤔 Because the change was abrupt, it’s hard to explain with slow economic or demographic trends. Instead, our findings point out that the current rural-urban divide in US politics results from an activation of place around 2016.

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 3d

📊 We also use panel data to provide further individual-level evidence of realignment based on positions on the rural-urban divide. We find that especially in 2016, previous Democratic in rural areas switched to the Republican party while urban Republicans switched to support the Democratic Party.

Reposted by Will Jennings, Samuel L. Perry, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 3d

📈 Our key finding: the rural–urban divide didn’t grow gradually. It *jumped* in 2016. Support for Republicans became much more strongly associated with living in rural areas in 2016—and this pattern then remained stable in 2020.

Reposted by Paul G. Lewis

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 3d

🔎 We study the rural–urban divide in US politics—with a focus on when it emerged. Using longitudinal @electionstudies.bsky.social, CES and GSS data, we examine how the association between place of living and voting has developed over time in US presidential elections.

Reposted by Serge Guimond

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 3d

‼️ New paper out at @electoralstudies.bsky.social with the fantastic Valentin Pautonnier, Michael Lewis-Beck and Richard Nadeau!

doi.org/10.1016/j.el...

A short 🧵 on what it's about and what we find

Redirecting

doi.org

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Jochen Müller, Markus Wagner , and 2 more Ruth Dassonneville, Jochen Müller, Markus Wagner, Thomas M. Meyer, Sophie Lecheler

Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik @laurenzennser.bsky.social · 4d

We (@stawi-univie.bsky.social) are hiring a PhD researcher:

- focus: representation, party competition, pol behavior, pol institutions, pol econ, or related
- 4 years, starting 1 Oct 26
- 30h/week, incl some teaching
- deadline: 28 Jan 26

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

jobs.univie.ac.at

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Tom van der Meer, Tom Louwerse

Stuk Rood Vlees @stukroodvlees.bsky.social · 4d

Nieuwe blog: Zijn Vlaamse en Waalse kiezers uit elkaar gegroeid? https://stukroodvlees.nl/?p=18374

Reposted by David Lazer, Ruth Dassonneville, Nils B. Weidmann , and 3 more David Lazer, Ruth Dassonneville, Nils B. Weidmann, Ingo Rohlfing, Nazita Lajevardi, Matthijs Rooduijn

Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 5d

🧵 PhD position (75%) in Political Behavior / Political Communication / CSS
📍 LMU Munich | ⏳ 3 years | 🗓 start March–May 2026

We’re hiring for DemocraGPT, a @bidt.bsky.social-funded project developing an AI-based training for difficult conversations in times of growing polarization

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 6d

Big thanks to Daniel Stockemer, Stephen Sawyer and @audreygagnon.bsky.social for masterfully editing the Companion!

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 6d

The companion includes chapters on the 200 most important concepts in political science, with each chapter reviewing the 20 most cited texts on that topic from the past decade. You can access all chapters here link.springer.com/referencewor...

IPSA Companion to Political Science

This open access companion is a comprehensive reference work for political science, detailing the 200 most central concepts of the discipline.

link.springer.com

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 6d

❗Glad to share the entry on 'Economic voting' that Chloé De Grauwe and I contributed to the brand new @ipsa.org Companion to Political Science !

link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...

Economic Voting

link.springer.com

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GASPAR UGent @gasparugent.bsky.social · 6d

What better way to kick off the year than with a new GASPAR Lecture? 🥳

Curious about the effects of (abolishing) compulsory voting? 📉Dr. @dieterstiers.bsky.social will guide us through the latest academic insights.

Join us on 14 January! Registration: event.ugent.be/registration...

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Staffan Kumlin

Dr. Silke Goubin @silkegoubin.bsky.social · 6d

Starting the new year with a new #openaccess #publication!

In our article, we explore why citizens oppose taxes while simultaneously demanding more redistributive social policies, aka want "something for nothing".

@olivierjacques.bsky.social @staffankumlin.bsky.social @dweisstanner.bsky.social

Why Some Want Something for Nothing: Three Explanations for Unfunded Spending Demand

Several studies have documented ‘something for nothing’ (SFN) attitudes among citizens: preferences for increased government spending and lower taxes. Such a demand for unfunded public spending may g...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Lucy Barnes, Sara Wallace Goodman

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 11d

A huge thank you to the authors who contributed to Volume 55, our first year of continuous publication.

If you're logged into @bsky.app, our 2025 authors on Bluesky can be found here - https://cup.org/4oLdTRR

If you are on Bluesky and we have missed you, let us know.

🎈 All the best for 2026! 🎈

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville

Dr. Silke Goubin @silkegoubin.bsky.social · 20d

🎁 Just got pre-Christmas academic gift from @electoralstudies.bsky.social. In our research note, Chloé de Grauwe and I document income-based differences in #economic voting. In a nutshell: the rich punish governments (somewhat) more for perceived economic downturns.

Free author copy 👇

authors.elsevier.com

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Damien Bol, Jens Rydgren

S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 23d

Why do citizens who say they support democracy tolerate leaders who dismantle it? Delighted to share my paper “Framing Democracy: How Elite Discourse Shapes Citizens' Understandings of Democracy and Enables Backsliding” is forthcoming in World Politics...(1/5, link at the end)

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 24d

Congratulations Sven!!

Reposted by Thorsten Faas, Markus Wagner

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 24d

🎄 Now if this isn't the perfect Christmas gift for scholars of elections! A fresh @cses.bsky.social Module 6 Advance Release for you all to analyze and explore!

Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) @cses.bsky.social · 24d

Announcement: The Second Advance Release of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) Module 6 dataset is now available for download! For more information, please see: cses.org/2025/12/16/m...

The Second Advance Release of CSES Module 6 is now available. Download for free at www.cses.org ... Includes 18 election studies, 17 countries/provinces, and 33,871 respondents.

Reposted by David M. Farrell, Ruth Dassonneville

Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) @cses.bsky.social · 24d

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 26d

In his dissertation, Nadjim studies (1) what Canadians’ views are on issues and policies affecting Black Canadians and (2) what influences voting behaviour of Black Canadians.   

The dissertation uses of a wealth of novel data and makes a *huge* contribution to the literature!

Reposted by Frédéric Mérand

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 26d

Incredibly proud of @nadjim10.bsky.social who *brilliantly* defended his PhD dissertation "Black Canadians Through the Prism of Public Opinion" yesterday!

Really happy I was able to come back to @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social for the occasion and celebrate Nadjim!

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks *so much* for coming over!!

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Emilie van Haute @emilievh.bsky.social · Dec 11

New article out in JEPOP with @bjarneck.bsky.social and @eliemichel.bsky.social

We study how individual voters’ policy congruence with parties shapes their sympathy to other voters (horizontal AP), using matched data of a Voting Advice Application in Belgium

Paper: tinyurl.com/4skwumdr

The impact of party-voter congruence on affective polarization: evidence from Belgium

Ideology drives affective polarization, yet research often overlooks horizontal polarization – emotions toward other voters – and struggles to disentangle ideology from partisanship. This study shi...

tinyurl.com

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Voting & Democracy Research Group - KU Leuven @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social · Dec 10

The Voting and Democracy Research Group welcomes Professor Rune Stubager (Aarhus University) for a keynote presentation.

🗓️ Friday 23 January 2026, 11h00
📍 Aula Emma Vorlat (campus Faculty of Social Sciences KU Leuven)
ℹ️ Info: lnkd.in/dMvzG36U
📝 Registration (by 14 January 2026): lnkd.in/dZ3ZBSGh

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · Dec 10

Yay, congrats!!

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Chris Hanretty, Jean‐François Daoust , and 2 more Ruth Dassonneville, Chris Hanretty, Jean‐François Daoust, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, David Darmofal

Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Dec 10

Over the moon 😍. My paper "Renewing Democracy:
How Exposure to Electoral Turnovers Reinforces Citizens’ Democratic Support" is accepted in World Politics. LINK: osf.io/preprints/os....

First paper fully conceived since my second child was born 4 years ago. For those who know, big milestone.

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Title and abstract of the accepted paper.

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Jochen Müller, Damien Bol , and 5 more Ruth Dassonneville, Jochen Müller, Damien Bol, Christian Breunig, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Claudia Landwehr, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Florence So @floriso.bsky.social · Dec 10

🌟 PHD FELLOWSHIP ALERT! 🌟

I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!

Doctoral student in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior

Doctoral position in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior The Department of Political Science

web103.reachmee.com

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