Electoral Studies
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An International Journal on Voting and Electoral Systems and Strategy
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🚨 New report! 📊 Last week we published our 2024 annual journal summary with data on acceptance rates and average review and publication timings. Here are some highlights.
🚨 New research spotlight! 🚨
Check out this paper by Andrew Saab, which finds that candidates who narrowly lose to political allies are more likely to withdraw from future municipal races, renounce party memberships, and switch party affiliations.
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Check out this paper by Andrew Saab, which finds that candidates who narrowly lose to political allies are more likely to withdraw from future municipal races, renounce party memberships, and switch party affiliations.
Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🚨 New research spotlight! 🚨
Check out this paper by Andrew Saab, which finds that candidates who narrowly lose to political allies are more likely to withdraw from future municipal races, renounce party memberships, and switch party affiliations.
Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Check out this paper by Andrew Saab, which finds that candidates who narrowly lose to political allies are more likely to withdraw from future municipal races, renounce party memberships, and switch party affiliations.
Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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2/6 🧵In @electoralstudies.bsky.social, @fedetrastulli.bsky.social argues while left parties lost working-class votes between 2002-2020, those emphasizing cultural issues still attract working-class voters. Culture but not class explain workers’ support for the left. doi.org/qcs2
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
2/6 🧵In @electoralstudies.bsky.social, @fedetrastulli.bsky.social argues while left parties lost working-class votes between 2002-2020, those emphasizing cultural issues still attract working-class voters. Culture but not class explain workers’ support for the left. doi.org/qcs2
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🔍How does a prime minister’s popularity affect party support in the UK? 🗳️ A new blog on @3streamsblog.bsky.social explains research from @electoralstudies.bsky.social, finding that PM approval correlates with vote intentions for the governing party across four decades. medium.com/3streams/how...
How a Prime Minister’s Popularity Shapes Party Support
From Thatcher to Starmer, UK PMs remain the strongest signal of party support
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November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🔍How does a prime minister’s popularity affect party support in the UK? 🗳️ A new blog on @3streamsblog.bsky.social explains research from @electoralstudies.bsky.social, finding that PM approval correlates with vote intentions for the governing party across four decades. medium.com/3streams/how...
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In this @electoralstudies.bsky.social piece, @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social examines the causality between education and voter-turnout, finding that education does not affect voter turnout in Swedish elections but does matter for the #Europeanelections.
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Education and voter turnout revisited: Evidence from a Swedish twin sample with validated turnout data
The association between education and voter turnout is well-established in almost a century of research. The causal status of this correlation, howeve…
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November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In this @electoralstudies.bsky.social piece, @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social examines the causality between education and voter-turnout, finding that education does not affect voter turnout in Swedish elections but does matter for the #Europeanelections.
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Per Adman uses Swedish panel data to examine whether poor #health causes political passivity, even in a Scandinavian #welfare state. @electoralstudies.bsky.social
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Does poor health cause political passivity even in a Scandinavian welfare state? Investigating the impact of self-rated health using Swedish panel data
Poor health is generally believed to cause political passivity. Prior studies that satisfactorily acknowledge the causality problems involved are main…
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November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Per Adman uses Swedish panel data to examine whether poor #health causes political passivity, even in a Scandinavian #welfare state. @electoralstudies.bsky.social
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A new paper from @fedetrastulli.bsky.social published in @electoralstudies.bsky.social comes to an important conclusion: "[...] workers’ electoral support for left parties is higher when they put greater emphasis on cultural issues [...]"
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See here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Left parties’ strategies and working-class vote in contemporary Western Europe (2002–2020)
What should the left do strategically to retain workers' vote? This paper provides extensive empirical evidence on the relationship between left parti…
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October 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A new paper from @fedetrastulli.bsky.social published in @electoralstudies.bsky.social comes to an important conclusion: "[...] workers’ electoral support for left parties is higher when they put greater emphasis on cultural issues [...]"
See here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
See here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🆕 Latest article out @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Left parties' higher salience on cultural issues associated w/ higher support from working-class voters. Social democrats much more sensitive to different strategies, should pursue more left/salient economics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Left parties’ strategies and working-class vote in contemporary Western Europe (2002–2020)
What should the left do strategically to retain workers' vote? This paper provides extensive empirical evidence on the relationship between left parti…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🆕 Latest article out @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Left parties' higher salience on cultural issues associated w/ higher support from working-class voters. Social democrats much more sensitive to different strategies, should pursue more left/salient economics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚨🚨🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨🚨🚨
Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns, co-authored with U Daxecker, and published in the @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
Is misinformation an effective campaign tool — or just noise? See 🧵
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Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns, co-authored with U Daxecker, and published in the @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
Is misinformation an effective campaign tool — or just noise? See 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns
Politicians frequently sponsor misinformation during election campaigns, but its effectiveness in shifting voters' policy preferences and beliefs rema…
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October 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
🚨🚨🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨🚨🚨
Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns, co-authored with U Daxecker, and published in the @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
Is misinformation an effective campaign tool — or just noise? See 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns, co-authored with U Daxecker, and published in the @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
Is misinformation an effective campaign tool — or just noise? See 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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@electoralstudies.bsky.social If you’re interested in academic studies of political polarisation we have loads of great papers at Electoral Studies. Check out this one by Joseph Phillips www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Affective polarization and habits of political participation
Affective polarization, or relative dislike of opposing partisans, is associated with several negative outcomes for democracy. However, a number of st…
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October 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@electoralstudies.bsky.social If you’re interested in academic studies of political polarisation we have loads of great papers at Electoral Studies. Check out this one by Joseph Phillips www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Today is #WorldPostDay, marking the establishment of the Universal Postal Union—a UN agency coordinating postal policies globally. The post revolutionised communication and is an increasingly common voting method, so to mark the occasion, here are some of our recent articles on postal voting... 📫 ✉️
October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today is #WorldPostDay, marking the establishment of the Universal Postal Union—a UN agency coordinating postal policies globally. The post revolutionised communication and is an increasingly common voting method, so to mark the occasion, here are some of our recent articles on postal voting... 📫 ✉️
New research spotlight! 📢❗🚨
Check out this paper by Michael Herron & @electionsmith.bsky.social on disability and voter turnout. Drawing on Florida administrative data, they find that voters needing assistance are more likely to both abstain and have their postal ballots rejected.
Check out this paper by Michael Herron & @electionsmith.bsky.social on disability and voter turnout. Drawing on Florida administrative data, they find that voters needing assistance are more likely to both abstain and have their postal ballots rejected.
October 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New research spotlight! 📢❗🚨
Check out this paper by Michael Herron & @electionsmith.bsky.social on disability and voter turnout. Drawing on Florida administrative data, they find that voters needing assistance are more likely to both abstain and have their postal ballots rejected.
Check out this paper by Michael Herron & @electionsmith.bsky.social on disability and voter turnout. Drawing on Florida administrative data, they find that voters needing assistance are more likely to both abstain and have their postal ballots rejected.
New research spotlight! 🚨
Check out this recent paper by José Pedro Lopes on educational expansion, (the lack of) upward mobility, and radical left support in Europe.
Available open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Check out this recent paper by José Pedro Lopes on educational expansion, (the lack of) upward mobility, and radical left support in Europe.
Available open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
New research spotlight! 🚨
Check out this recent paper by José Pedro Lopes on educational expansion, (the lack of) upward mobility, and radical left support in Europe.
Available open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Check out this recent paper by José Pedro Lopes on educational expansion, (the lack of) upward mobility, and radical left support in Europe.
Available open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The myth of an EU-hating #countryside may be overstated.
Research by @pmaneuvre.bsky.social, @leoazzollini.bsky.social & Anne-Marie Jeannet in @electoralstudies.bsky.social shows that #EU structural funds investment has nurtured trust in the Union across #Europe's rural areas
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Research by @pmaneuvre.bsky.social, @leoazzollini.bsky.social & Anne-Marie Jeannet in @electoralstudies.bsky.social shows that #EU structural funds investment has nurtured trust in the Union across #Europe's rural areas
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September 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The myth of an EU-hating #countryside may be overstated.
Research by @pmaneuvre.bsky.social, @leoazzollini.bsky.social & Anne-Marie Jeannet in @electoralstudies.bsky.social shows that #EU structural funds investment has nurtured trust in the Union across #Europe's rural areas
doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Research by @pmaneuvre.bsky.social, @leoazzollini.bsky.social & Anne-Marie Jeannet in @electoralstudies.bsky.social shows that #EU structural funds investment has nurtured trust in the Union across #Europe's rural areas
doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
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Our latest @chesdata.bsky.social dataset on party positions was announced in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. They have a great dataset section.
September 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Our latest @chesdata.bsky.social dataset on party positions was announced in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. They have a great dataset section.
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👉Check out our new publication in @electoralstudies.bsky.social (with Toth & Chytilek)! Using eye-tracking and surveys, we test whether framing political issues in moral terms attracts more attention than presenting them with facts. Surprisingly, facts hold a slight advantage doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
👉Check out our new publication in @electoralstudies.bsky.social (with Toth & Chytilek)! Using eye-tracking and surveys, we test whether framing political issues in moral terms attracts more attention than presenting them with facts. Surprisingly, facts hold a slight advantage doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
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🚨 New publication alert! 🚨
Why do some people keep voting throughout their lives while others drop out? And how do authoritarian elections - even uncompetitive ones- shape citizens’ habits?
Ksenia Northmore-Ball and I tackle these questions in my new paper, now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
Why do some people keep voting throughout their lives while others drop out? And how do authoritarian elections - even uncompetitive ones- shape citizens’ habits?
Ksenia Northmore-Ball and I tackle these questions in my new paper, now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
September 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🚨 New publication alert! 🚨
Why do some people keep voting throughout their lives while others drop out? And how do authoritarian elections - even uncompetitive ones- shape citizens’ habits?
Ksenia Northmore-Ball and I tackle these questions in my new paper, now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
Why do some people keep voting throughout their lives while others drop out? And how do authoritarian elections - even uncompetitive ones- shape citizens’ habits?
Ksenia Northmore-Ball and I tackle these questions in my new paper, now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
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New Publication 📖 with @aikowagner.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
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What did we find? 🧵
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
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What did we find? 🧵
Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany
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August 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
New Publication 📖 with @aikowagner.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What did we find? 🧵
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What did we find? 🧵
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My experiment on election outcomes, partisan identity & affective polarization is now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
Puzzle: From a group ID lens, outcomes could shift both perceived out-party threat & in-group status → ambivalent predictions for affective polarization.
Puzzle: From a group ID lens, outcomes could shift both perceived out-party threat & in-group status → ambivalent predictions for affective polarization.
August 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My experiment on election outcomes, partisan identity & affective polarization is now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
Puzzle: From a group ID lens, outcomes could shift both perceived out-party threat & in-group status → ambivalent predictions for affective polarization.
Puzzle: From a group ID lens, outcomes could shift both perceived out-party threat & in-group status → ambivalent predictions for affective polarization.
New research alert 🚨
Check out this recent publication by @tiemanng.bsky.social on the impact of certainty, risk, and uncertainty on voters' choices. Available open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Check out this recent publication by @tiemanng.bsky.social on the impact of certainty, risk, and uncertainty on voters' choices. Available open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New research alert 🚨
Check out this recent publication by @tiemanng.bsky.social on the impact of certainty, risk, and uncertainty on voters' choices. Available open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Check out this recent publication by @tiemanng.bsky.social on the impact of certainty, risk, and uncertainty on voters' choices. Available open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The CHES EU team has published a new research note in @electoralstudies.bsky.social describing some trends across the 25 years now covered by our trend file and exploring two new items included in the 2024 wave of the survey: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Here’s a summary thread:
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Here’s a summary thread:
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August 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The CHES EU team has published a new research note in @electoralstudies.bsky.social describing some trends across the 25 years now covered by our trend file and exploring two new items included in the 2024 wave of the survey: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Here’s a summary thread:
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Here’s a summary thread:
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Can one further improve the common (face-saving) turnout question in election surveys? Our new publication
@electoralstudies.bsky.social tested this w three alternative wordings & validated turnout data. Short answer is that the current version works already pretty good!
doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
@electoralstudies.bsky.social tested this w three alternative wordings & validated turnout data. Short answer is that the current version works already pretty good!
doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Redirecting
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August 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Can one further improve the common (face-saving) turnout question in election surveys? Our new publication
@electoralstudies.bsky.social tested this w three alternative wordings & validated turnout data. Short answer is that the current version works already pretty good!
doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
@electoralstudies.bsky.social tested this w three alternative wordings & validated turnout data. Short answer is that the current version works already pretty good!
doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
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In this video, I talk about a really neat study recently published in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. I recommend reading it!
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August 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In this video, I talk about a really neat study recently published in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. I recommend reading it!
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4/6 🧵In @electoralstudies.bsky.social Brännlund & @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social investigate causal effect of wealth on participation. Use twins & wealth registers in 🇸🇪. Results from twin pair FE models do not show effect on voting & effect on civic participation closer to negative doi.org/pz68
August 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
4/6 🧵In @electoralstudies.bsky.social Brännlund & @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social investigate causal effect of wealth on participation. Use twins & wealth registers in 🇸🇪. Results from twin pair FE models do not show effect on voting & effect on civic participation closer to negative doi.org/pz68
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Very happy to share our new publication with João Guedes-Neto in @electoralstudies.bsky.social! In this study we analyze inter- and intra-party differences and strategic salience in US representatives' tweets on immigrants and refugees in the 2020 election campaign. 🧵
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
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July 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Very happy to share our new publication with João Guedes-Neto in @electoralstudies.bsky.social! In this study we analyze inter- and intra-party differences and strategic salience in US representatives' tweets on immigrants and refugees in the 2020 election campaign. 🧵
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...