Rick Whitaker
@rickwhitaker.bsky.social
Professor of Politics at University of Leicester, UK. Research on legislatures. Reviews editor @govandopp.bsky.social. Views are my own.
Great evening. Thanks for arranging this!
May 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Great evening. Thanks for arranging this!
Many congratulations to you both!
April 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Many congratulations to you both!
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A Representative European Parliament? Members of European Parliamentary Party Groups and the Representation of Citizens' Preferences
The link between citizens' and representatives' preferences is central to representative democracy. Research on representation of citizens' preferences in the European Parliament (EP) has primarily c....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Apologies, link to article contained an error. Here is the correct link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Over time, centrist party MEPs have become
more pro-EU compared to their groups’ voters.
more pro-EU compared to their groups’ voters.
April 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Over time, centrist party MEPs have become
more pro-EU compared to their groups’ voters.
more pro-EU compared to their groups’ voters.
Looking at median MEP and voter positions by party group at 4 time points shows they are closer in more cases on left-right than on EU integration dimension. Most EP groups’ voters are more clustered around the middle of the EU integration scale than are their groups’ MEPs.
April 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Looking at median MEP and voter positions by party group at 4 time points shows they are closer in more cases on left-right than on EU integration dimension. Most EP groups’ voters are more clustered around the middle of the EU integration scale than are their groups’ MEPs.
We find that the median voter tends to be more Eurosceptic than the median MEP.
April 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We find that the median voter tends to be more Eurosceptic than the median MEP.
I hope you weren't rudely awoken by the dustmen.
December 2, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I hope you weren't rudely awoken by the dustmen.