Álvaro Canalejo-Molero
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Álvaro Canalejo-Molero
@canalejoalvaro.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lucerne. PhD from the European University Institute.

Interested in elections, democratic attitudes and digitalization politics.

More on https://acanalejo.github.io/
October 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
🎉 The lineup for the Spring 2025 Brown Bag Seminar at PolSem – @uniluzern.bsky.social is set!

🗺️This year, we are opening up to external presenters for the first time, and it has been a great success.

Excited to host them and looking forward to the discussions ahead! Check the calendar below 👇
March 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Just built a Shiny app for my Research Design course! It visualizes how regression coefficient p-values depend on coefficient size, standard errors, and degrees of freedom.

I post it here in case others find it useful: acanalejo.shinyapps.io/12_session12/
November 23, 2024 at 12:53 PM
But is SWD important?

Our qualitative analysis suggests so! It reveals the meaning of decreasing SWD in context, where Zemmour voters think that Macron's associates have co-opted the media and state apparatus, rigging the elections.
January 11, 2024 at 3:52 PM
A qualitative analysis of an open-ended question provides additional evidence of the affective mechanism.

Asked about their feelings after the elections, Zemmour supporters overwhelmingly display negative emotions which almost exclusively focus on Macron. 😡
January 11, 2024 at 3:52 PM
In an additional survey experiment after the election's first round, Zemmour voters express lower SWD and stronger negative affects toward LREM when primed with Macron's likely win.

Instead, highlighting the utility of Zemmour's outcomes has no effect.
January 11, 2024 at 3:52 PM
We test the argument in the 2022 🇫🇷 presidential elections, where the radright candidate Zemmour competed for the first time.

Despite obtaining 7% of the vote share and surpassing the two traditional candidates, a panel data analysis confirms decreasing SWD after the election.
January 11, 2024 at 3:51 PM
🚨 Working paper alert! 🚨

Why does radical party entry reduce its voters' satisfaction with democracy (SWD)?

In a new preprint with @morganlcj.bsky.social, we argue this is because of the downstream effect of a disliked party win, and provide evidence consistent with our argument.

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January 11, 2024 at 3:50 PM