I'm thrilled to share the latest @chesdata.bsky.social paper "A Global Scale of Economic Left–Right Party Positions: Cross-National and Cross-Expert Perceptions of Party Placements", out now at JOP, where we compare expert ratings from Europe, Latin America, Australia, Israel, Canada, & the US.

❗The @chesdata.bsky.social team paper on the global economic left-right scale is now out in print at the JoP! Super happy to have contributed a tiny little bit to this huge effort by @ndelacerda.bsky.social, @rbakker.bsky.social and others!

Ryan Bakker@rbakker.bsky.social · 4w ago

Several years of data collection, 2 editorial teams and a few rounds of R&R were all well worth it to finally see this paper in print. Thanks to all the survey teams and the many experts who helped make this possible. doi.org/10.1086/736578

Very happy to be a part of this great team with @ndelacerda.bsky.social, @rbakker.bsky.social, @sethkjolly.bsky.social, @jonathanpolk.bsky.social, @rdassonneville.bsky.social, @jellekoedam.bsky.social, @palesl.bsky.social, and @jillesheppard.bsky.social.

Ryan Bakker@rbakker.bsky.social · 4w ago

Several years of data collection, 2 editorial teams and a few rounds of R&R were all well worth it to finally see this paper in print. Thanks to all the survey teams and the many experts who helped make this possible. doi.org/10.1086/736578

At chesdata.eu, we had a minor update to the 1999-2024 trend file to correct the 2024 seat share variable (it was raw seats instead of share), so V2 is out now. Also, we added a new graph to CHES interactive chesdata.shinyapps.io/Shiny-CHES/ that lets users look at change over time in a country!

At chesdata.eu, we had a minor update to the 1999-2024 trend file to correct the 2024 seat share variable (it was raw seats instead of share), so V2 is out now. Also, we added a new graph to CHES interactive chesdata.shinyapps.io/Shiny-CHES/ that lets users look at change over time in a country!

Check out chesdata.eu for the 1999-2024 CHES trend file, along with individual year surveys with both means and expert-level datasets. We are also happy to release an updated CHES Shiny (CHES Interactive on the website) at chesdata.shinyapps.io/Shiny-CHES/!

Jonathan Polk@jonathanpolk.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The 2024 EU @chesdata.bsky.social has been added to both the trend file (1999-2024) and the Shiny app. Please take both for a spin! www.chesdata.eu/ches-europe chesdata.shinyapps.io/Shiny-CHES/

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: 1/

How much do Britons and political scientists - via @chesdata.bsky.social - agree on parties' place on the left-right spectrum? Green: -55 Britons vs -59 experts Labour: -36 vs -24 Lib Dems: -23 vs -23 Cons: +51 vs +53 Reform UK: +69 vs +85 Scale where -100 is very left and +100 is very right

A bonus to being a member of the @chesdata.bsky.social team is being involved in *super* cool projects, like this one - led by @ndelacerda.bsky.social and just out in @thejop.bsky.social 👇

Seth Jolly@sethkjolly.bsky.social · last yr.

With much thanks to @ndelacerda.bsky.social & a great @chesdata.bsky.social team, we have a new JOP article (early access) comparing expert evaluations of party positions from Europe to Israel to North America to Australia. doi.org/10.1086/736578

The CHES is a survey of national party experts to place parties on political dimensions. It is generally considered the gold standard of comparative party research. The new data has just come you. You can check it out with the link below. Big thank you to the team! bsky.app/profile/ches...

Chapel Hill Expert Survey@chesdata.bsky.social · last yr.

We are thrilled to anounce the release of the 2024 CHES-Europe at chesdata.eu/2024-chapel-.... As always, the data are freely available on the website. Thank you to the hundreds of experts who share their expertise to make these data possible!

The @chesdata.bsky.social dataset is one of the most comprehensive sources on party ideology and positioning. It offers valuable insights into the evolution of political parties from 1999 (the first wave) to the present.

Chapel Hill Expert Survey@chesdata.bsky.social · last yr.

We are thrilled to anounce the release of the 2024 CHES-Europe at chesdata.eu/2024-chapel-.... As always, the data are freely available on the website. Thank you to the hundreds of experts who share their expertise to make these data possible!

Europe's political parties in the new CHES data @chesdata.bsky.social at a glance: the political compass space. With apologies to Iceland, which didn't fit onto the chart In this space, the party systems fall into two broad patterns 1) 🟦 vs 🟩 2) 🟥 vs 🟨 … 1/

We are thrilled to anounce the release of the 2024 CHES-Europe at chesdata.eu/2024-chapel-.... As always, the data are freely available on the website. Thank you to the hundreds of experts who share their expertise to make these data possible!

‼️ O, Canada is now in CHES! The data include party position estimates for federal parties in Canada + parties in Ontario and Quebec. It's also super easy to combine with other @chesdata.bsky.social data to compare positions with positions of parties in other countries!

Chapel Hill Expert Survey@chesdata.bsky.social · last yr.

Check out the latest addition to the CHES family, CHES-Canada 2023: www.chesdata.eu/chescanada Thanks to @jellekoedam.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social for their work on this project! More news to follow soon on CHES-Europe 2024!

I am looking to hire a post-doctoral researcher to work with me in a project on social cleavages and political party competition in Europe: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Happy to answer any questions, and thanks in advance for circulating the call!

Postdoctoral fellow in political science: party competition in Europe

Are you our next postdoc with a focus on using expert surveys to examine political party competition around cleavage politics? The Department of Political Science invites applications for a 2-year pos

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Check out the latest addition to the CHES family, CHES-Canada 2023: www.chesdata.eu/chescanada Thanks to @jellekoedam.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social for their work on this project! More news to follow soon on CHES-Europe 2024!

Check out this awesome postdoc opportunity with my friend @jonathanpolk.bsky.social at Lund: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... So much great work to be done in this area and working with Jon would be fantastic!

Postdoctoral fellow in political science: party competition in Europe

Are you our next postdoc with a focus on using expert surveys to examine political party competition around cleavage politics? The Department of Political Science invites applications for a 2-year pos

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@chesdata.bsky.social is an interesting data source for information about political parties. I made a small quiz website with its data for the upcoming german election: wahlquiz.de/ches/ When can I update it with 2024 data?

If you’re thinking about the upcoming German election, check out this data viz created by Tom Theile, which allows you to find which parties you’re closest to on several issues (based on CHES data): https://wahlquiz.de/ches/en.html

The 2024 CHES survey is well on its way to finalizing, and we hope to release it soon after closing the survey. In a preliminary look of western Europe, notice the continued presence of the inverted U of EU support and left-right.

The inverted U persists in Western Europe. Also, new @chesdata.bsky.social coming to a website near you (www.chesdata.eu) soon!!

While CHES 2024 is in the field, check out the shiny apps showcasing our data at chesdata.shinyapps.io/Shiny-CHES/ Suggestions welcome for new off the shelf graphs, @sethkjolly.bsky.social will create some new ones next spring with the new data!

CHES party positions are now also available for Canada! Thank you @rdassonneville.bsky.social and @chesdata.bsky.social for a great collaboration. See 🧵 below for more!

Ruth Dassonneville@rdassonneville.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to share CHES Canada! We (with @jellekoedam.bsky.social) published a note in the CJPS in which we present the data from this latest addition to the Chapel Hill Expert Survey. You can access the note here doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Check out the latest from the @chesdata.bsky.social Europe team: doi.org/10.1177/1465... Using expert data on party positions, we argue that perceived threat and ideology explains party positions on support for Ukraine.

The @chesdata.bsky.social ches_data team is happy to present our newest paper in EUP: The Russian threat and the consolidation of the West: How populism and EU-skepticism shape party support for Ukraine. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #polisky #EUsky

The 2024 Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis will soon be open for applications. We've got a great program of classes and, of course, our world famous social program as well. Lots of new and exciting stuff going on. Watch this space for updates. #ESS2024 #BestNerdySummerCamp

If you use CHES data in your polisky research or public facing work, let us know and we will share it and repost it!

“Miles ahead of the rest”: honorary doctorates for two political scientists and an economist at Maastricht University With my take on the exceptional scholarship of Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks ➡️ www.observantonline.nl/english/Home...

The 2023 @ches_data on political parties’ support for Ukraine after Russia’s full-scale invasion is freely available for download on our website at chesdata.eu/speedches. We thank the hundreds of respondents that provided their time and expertise, making this dataset possible.

Last week, we released a speed CHES dataset on European party positions towards Ukraine and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Those data can be found at chesdata.eu/speedches. Our paper on how ideology shapes party support for Ukraine can also be found at chesdata.eu!