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Today is the last day of the @dvpw 2024 and finally it's “Affective Polarization Day!” In two panels we will have great papers presented by Mahmoud Farag, @AnnaKurella, @HartlandAlex, @ortutt, @StefanChristoph, @verbalyte, @M_Filsinger and Felix Jäger

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We find significant correlations not with current, but with past unemployment rates: In municipalities where many people were unemployed in 2001, the AfD vote share is higher today, while the BSW vote share is lower. (2/3)

The elections in Saxony and Thuringia have shifted Germany's political landscape further to the right. In our recent study, we used structural data at the municipal level to test the influence of various socio-demographic and socio-economic factors on the election outcome. (1/3)

@ForumMIDEM Does the BSW have the potential to significantly weaken the AfD?

We are rather skeptical. A rivalry between BSW and AfD arises primarily with regard to politically disillusioned voter groups, especially in eastern Germany. (4/5)

@ForumMIDEM Overall, in terms of their socio-econ. left-right orientation, BSW supporters are close to voters of the social democratic SPD, while regarding their socio-cult. views they are most similar to supporters of the CDU/CSU. Rather large is the ideolog. distance to the Linke....

Based on new survey data from @ForumMIDEM, we analyzed polit. positions of BSW supporters.

We found that, on average, BSW supporters can indeed be considered "left-conservative" even if the econ. left-orient. is more decisive than the cult. position for BSW affinity. (2/5)

Today is the third day of our workshop on #hate, its foundations, contexts, and variants - like #extremism and #antisemitism, by @tudresden_de @GSW_TUDresden @ForumMIDEM @TelAvivUni & @GifResearch. Looking forward to a continuation of the last days' great presentations & debates!

What is the relation btw. democratic backsliding and the popularity of conspiracy theories? How does polarization impact this relation? Find some answers at #CESConf in #Reykjavík today where I present a paper about #conspiracy belief in EU. @CES_Europe @ForumMIDEM @tudresden_de

Delighted that my new book has arrived: "The Good Economic Citizen" examines the premodern relation of civic and economic thought unveiling economic ideas of classical republicanism/roots of a republican tradition in economics. @Campusverlag @tudresden_de...

Happy to be in the beautiful city of Prague today where I teach about "Populism, Polarization and Political Alienation in Germany" this semester at one of the oldest universities in the world @CharlesUniPRG, supporting the wonderful team at @imsfsvuk @FSV_UK as a guest lecturer.

Interested in the effects and politics of emigration in Europe? Join our panel at #CESConf in #Lisbon with J. Rone, C. Bruzelius, @anna_kyriazi et al. where I present a paper by @CyrillOtteni and me on the impact of #emigration on #RadicalRight vote in GER @CES_Europe @ForumMIDEM

Wir haben uns gefragt, welche politisch-kulturellen Orientierungen ein solches coronabezogenes Verschwörungsdenken begünstigen und dabei vier verschiedene Einstellungsmuster geprüft: Populismus, Nativismus, Autoritarismus und subjektive Deprivation. (3/5)

Radikale Formen der Corona-Kritik sind in Sachsen stark verbreitet. So stimmt eine relative Mehrheit von 44 Prozent etwa der Aussage zu, dass "die Regierung mögliche Nebenwirkungen und Langzeitschäden" der Covid-19-Impfstoffe "aus Rücksicht auf die Pharmalobby" verschweigt. (2/5)

Coronabezogenes Verschwörungsdenken wird durch populistische Einstellungen und Benachteiligungsgefühle befördert. Das zeigen @CyrillOtteni und ich in der heute erschienenen Jahresstudie2021 @ForumMidem mit Umfragedaten aus #Sachsen #CoronaSN. Das Wichtigste dazu in Kürze: 👇(1/5)

Für #Ostdeutschland gilt: Wo seit 1990 viele Menschen abgewandert sind, ist heute die #AfD stark. Dass dabei weniger die 1990er Jahre, sondern vor allem die Wegzüge nach der Jahrtausendwende entscheidend waren, zeige ich mit @CyrillOtteni im neuen @ForumMIDEM Jahresbericht 2020.