Lukas Warode
@lwarode.bsky.social
Political Science PhD Student, University of Mannheim.
Dissertation: How political elites view and semantically associate the ideological labels “left” and “right” across the political spectrum.
lwarode.github.io
Dissertation: How political elites view and semantically associate the ideological labels “left” and “right” across the political spectrum.
lwarode.github.io
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Implications for political behaviour, communication, and representation are manifold, as 'left' and 'right' are central categories in polarised public discourse – which is particularly evident in pejorative usage, such as labelling political opponents as 'racist' or 'socialist'.
August 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Implications for political behaviour, communication, and representation are manifold, as 'left' and 'right' are central categories in polarised public discourse – which is particularly evident in pejorative usage, such as labelling political opponents as 'racist' or 'socialist'.
Both in- and out-ideological associations are externally validated by serving as seed words to scale parliamentary speeches. The resulting ideal points reflect party ideology across different specifications in the German Bundestag.
August 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Both in- and out-ideological associations are externally validated by serving as seed words to scale parliamentary speeches. The resulting ideal points reflect party ideology across different specifications in the German Bundestag.
The mapping is based on associations from open-ended survey responses in German candidate surveys. Words are mapped into a semantic space using word embeddings and weighted by frequency. Construct validity is ensured by using alternative embeddings and frequency weightings.
August 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The mapping is based on associations from open-ended survey responses in German candidate surveys. Words are mapped into a semantic space using word embeddings and weighted by frequency. Construct validity is ensured by using alternative embeddings and frequency weightings.
Words associated with both left and the right are mapped to the semantic centre, where connotations can vary: 'freedom' has a positive connotation (it is primarily used by the respective in-group to describe left and the right), while 'politics' has a rather neutral connotation.
August 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Words associated with both left and the right are mapped to the semantic centre, where connotations can vary: 'freedom' has a positive connotation (it is primarily used by the respective in-group to describe left and the right), while 'politics' has a rather neutral connotation.
This framework yields associations that are driven by positive (in-ideology) and negative (out-ideology) associations. Examples: 'justice' (left) and 'patriotism' (right) are in-ideological associations; 'socialism' (left) and 'racism' (right) are out-ideological associations.
August 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This framework yields associations that are driven by positive (in-ideology) and negative (out-ideology) associations. Examples: 'justice' (left) and 'patriotism' (right) are in-ideological associations; 'socialism' (left) and 'racism' (right) are out-ideological associations.
Left and right are essential poles in political discourse. We know little about how they are associated across the spectrum. I propose a 2-dimensional model that accounts for both semantics – is a term left or right – and position – are associations coming from the left or right.
August 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Left and right are essential poles in political discourse. We know little about how they are associated across the spectrum. I propose a 2-dimensional model that accounts for both semantics – is a term left or right – and position – are associations coming from the left or right.
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August 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Ja, die goldene Twitterzeit ist leider over
Congrats, that is very interesting and great work! I work on something similar, but from a broader ideological perspective, in other words how ideological associations are asymmetrically used across the spectrum. Your work adds strong particular evidence for my overall argument, happy to see that!
July 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Congrats, that is very interesting and great work! I work on something similar, but from a broader ideological perspective, in other words how ideological associations are asymmetrically used across the spectrum. Your work adds strong particular evidence for my overall argument, happy to see that!
2/2 In the second paper, which I will present in Barcelona @sgparliaments.bsky.social next week, @ortuttnauer.com and I investigate the dynamics of how and when parliamentary voting and speech-making align. I’m only hoping for good air conditioning, as I‘m sure about an amazing crowd again 🙂↔️
June 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
2/2 In the second paper, which I will present in Barcelona @sgparliaments.bsky.social next week, @ortuttnauer.com and I investigate the dynamics of how and when parliamentary voting and speech-making align. I’m only hoping for good air conditioning, as I‘m sure about an amazing crowd again 🙂↔️
2/2 In the second paper, which I will present in Barcelona @sgparliaments.bsky.social next week, @ortuttnauer.com and I investigate the dynamics of how and when parliamentary voting and speech-making align. I’m hoping for good air conditioning, as I’m sure the crowd will be amazing again!
June 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
2/2 In the second paper, which I will present in Barcelona @sgparliaments.bsky.social next week, @ortuttnauer.com and I investigate the dynamics of how and when parliamentary voting and speech-making align. I’m hoping for good air conditioning, as I’m sure the crowd will be amazing again!