🔥 Trending on SciLove today 🔥 🔬 From instability to hostility: Coalition collapse and affective polarization 👤 Hormig & Otteni, 2026 📖 Electoral Studies @electoralstudies.bsky.social 🔗 https://www.scilove.app/article/10.1016/j.electstud.2026.103114 #PoliSci #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter

Visible Muslim MPs empower co-ethnics: turnout jumps, efficacy rises. This article by @nazita.bsky.social, @Moa Mårtensson and Kåre Vernby presents US–Swedish evidence that representation's empowerment ripples extend beyond ballots. doi.org/10.1016/j.el... @electoralstudies.bsky.social

🎉 NEWS FROM ELECTORAL STUDIES 🎉 We're thrilled to welcome @danjdevine.bsky.social as incoming Co-Editor-in-Chief of Electoral Studies. Welcome, Dan! He succeeds Nick Vivyan, who is stepping down. Our thanks to Nick for his service to the journal, its authors and its reviewers.

[OUT] 'Election salience revisited: How elections (do not) boost affective polarization', new paper by @bjarneck.bsky.social, researcher at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) with @eliemichel.bsky.social, in @electoralstudies.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Election salience revisited: How elections (do not) boost affective polarization

Research has shown that affective polarization is higher around election time. However, important questions remain about whether this election boost e…

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📢 New paper with @felixhormig.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social: From Instability to Hostility: Coalition Collapse and Affective Polarization How did the collapse of Germany's traffic-light coalition affect citizens’ attitudes toward parties? ➡️ Read Felix’s thread for our key findings

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Remember the collapse of Germany's "traffic light" coalition in November 2024? Ever wondered how this affects citizens' attitudes? Look no further: @cyrillotteni.bsky.social and I got you covered in our new article, out now in @electoralstudies.bsky.social 🧵 📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Remember the collapse of Germany's "traffic light" coalition in November 2024? Ever wondered how this affects citizens' attitudes? Look no further: @cyrillotteni.bsky.social and I got you covered in our new article, out now in @electoralstudies.bsky.social 🧵 📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Now Available! Elizabeth Evans and Stefanie Reher recently published, “Ableist institutions and party selection processes: Exploring the political recruitment of disabled candidates.” buff.ly/3omjzDb @electoralstudies.bsky.social

Ableist institutions and party selection processes: Exploring the political recruitment of disabled candidates

Political parties in the UK and elsewhere have, to varying degrees, tried to diversify the pool of candidates from which they can select. Attempts to eradicate the range of institutional and cultural barriers experienced by candidates from under-represented groups, such as women and racially minoritized communities, are beginning to bear fruit. However, less attention has been paid to the specific processes and norms which might make it harder for disabled people to get selected as candidates for elected office.

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Do you wonder about how women in the UK are known to be ‘more traditionalist’ and yet vote more progressive? Well, wonder no more! @cerifowler.bsky.social and I have a new paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social on how this supposed paradox is a measurement artefact 1/ 8

Theories and measurement of political values and under-represented groups: the case of women in the UK

This paper argues that the primary divide in values (Inglehart, 1977; 1990) between safety and self-expression lies in a different place for discrimin…

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Now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social: ❓What information do voters seek when accurately informed about the European Parliament's powers? 📊 real-world VAA + survey experiment ✔️ Voters prioritize policy over polity information and use it to update their vote choice. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...

(3/3) Aber: Armut wirkt nicht überall gleich. Politisches Interesse im Elternhaus kann viele Nachteile abfedern. Mehr dazu im Blogpost + Paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social (open access)

Childhood poverty and political participation: The role of family, gender and economic mobility

Socio-economic background profoundly shapes electoral participation, with early-life economic hardship significantly dampening political engagement. Y…

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Also, from me and @profsob.bsky.social : new article at @electoralstudies.bsky.social is out! We argue that the material (safety/security) v postmaterial distinction between sets of values falls differently for women & minorities. We use the example of women to demonstrate how this skews measurement

2/3 My new article in @electoralstudies.bsky.social shows that expectations about referendum outcomes can influence voting behaviour itself. When voters believe an initiative is likely to fail, support often weakens further—a phenomenon called the "Titanic effect."

Delighted to share my (timely!) latest paper with @electoralstudies.bsky.social. District protectionism: Public opinion on race, partisanship, and redistricting change. *3 survey experiments* on public views, inc. gerrymandering & majority–minority districts. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

District protectionism: Public opinion on race, partisanship, and redistricting change

What do people value in redistricting? This paper presents three original survey experiments to examine public attitudes toward redistricting, includi…

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Siblings affect each other in multiple different ways. How does having a same-sex sibling affect voting behavior? New paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social !

Sibling-sex effects on voter turnout

In this study, we examine how one aspect of sibling relations—the sex of one’s sibling—affects voter participation. To credibly identify causal effect…

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Excited to share my new article with Don Lee @electoralstudies.bsky.social Using a conjoint experiment during an electoral reform debate in Korea, we show that women and young people favor strengthening representation—but not at any cost to accountability. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

With the UK govt in turmoil, you might be wondering what happens when parties change leaders... and we have just the paper for you! Check out this note by Ron Johnston, Todd Hartman and Charles Pattie on how leaders can shape perceptions of parties and attract or repel voters. bit.ly/4wwoOTF

With the UK govt in turmoil, you might be wondering what happens when parties change leaders... and we have just the paper for you! Check out this note by Ron Johnston, Todd Hartman and Charles Pattie on how leaders can shape perceptions of parties and attract or repel voters. bit.ly/4wwoOTF

Excited to share a new article with Eroll Kuhn, now published in @electoralstudies.bsky.social Using a novel survey of dual citizens, we examine when and why people participate politically across multiple national contexts. Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Transnational political participation among dual citizens

Due to the proliferation of dual citizenship and extraterritorial voting rights, a sizable and growing share of the world’s population can participate…

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3/6 🧵Do taxes mobilize rich voters? In @electoralstudies.bsky.social Aaskoven finds a short uptick among 🇩🇰 affluent (1898-1914) voter turnout when income taxation is threatened - but no lasting effect. doi.org/q5fv

📣My first solo paper is now published Open Access in @electoralstudies.bsky.social ! 🎉 Through a DiD, it studies what happens to expressed immigration concern after a radical right party achieves its first major institutional breakthrough 🧵 Read it here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Legitimising prejudice? The impact of radical right party presence on anti-immigration attitude expression

Are citizens hiding their true preferences? The entry of nativist and nationalist radical right parties can help normalise certain attitudes considere…

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The first article from our “AK Wahlen” special issue on the 2025 German federal election in @electoralstudies.bsky.social is out. 👇 Check it out — and stay tuned for more!

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New paper out with @antonialang.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social 📣 Why is support for the Alternative for Germany often high in low-diversity rural areas, while ethnically diverse cities show mixed patterns? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Does early voting helps new parents, or can flexible ballots widen gaps between parents and non-parents? This study by Dehdari, van Ditmars, Lindgren and Oskarsson shows how convenience voting interacts with social factors in Swedish elections. doi.org/10.1016/j.el... @electoralstudies.bsky.social

New paper out with @antonialang.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social 📣 Why is support for the Alternative for Germany often high in low-diversity rural areas, while ethnically diverse cities show mixed patterns? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 New research alert 🚨 Check out this paper by Thiago do Nascimento Fonseca, @deborathome.bsky.social and @guedesneto.bsky.social on how financial incentives can boost diversity. Brazil’s party funding reform increased nominations of women and Afro-descendants, but funding gains were uneven ⬇️

New analysis published by @electoralstudies.bsky.social focuses on gender differences in attitudes towards the #environment. Ingvild Zinober (@eui-eu.bsky.social 🇮🇹) examined data from our survey (2002-24) to establish that 'women consistently express greater concern... than men'.

The Green Gender Gap: Environmental attitudes and pro-environmental vote choice across Europe

Does gender matter for how we engage with green political ideas? Using more than twenty years of data across 36 European countries, this paper identifies a robust and persistent empirical regularity: women consistently express greater concern about climate and environmental issues than men.

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4/6 🧵 In @electoralstudies.bsky.social Fonseca, @deborathome.bsky.social & @guedesneto.bsky.social use DiD with 🇧🇷 reform to answer: do party funding incentives help promote underrepresented groups? No, as parties seek to secure rewards by investing in non-competitive candidates doi.org/qzkw

We often ask who wins elections. But who decides to run? New @electoralstudies.bsky.social w/@mhayes.bsky.social: Multi-member districts ⬆️ Black candidate emergence—and political empowerment matters. We revisit assumptions about US electoral design and show who enters the pipeline—not just who wins.

New piece out at @electoralstudies.bsky.social w @ealasaid.bsky.social @havlikv.bsky.social @alenakluknavska.bsky.social TLDR: incivility from populists marginally increases support for political violence among their followers Data: 🇦🇷🇨🇿🇩🇪🇮🇹 Paper: tinyurl.com/2yhj43pm Open data: osf.io/9m7zu

🚨 New paper by Philippe Mongrain, @anamkuraishi.bsky.social, Karolin Soontjens, and Stefaan Walgrave finds that even politicians fall for wishful thinking. Their study of Belgium’s 2024 elections shows both politicians and voters overestimate their preferred party’s chances.

Very interesting new publication by Leonie Rettig and @lukasisermann.com on descriptive attributes as voting heuristics - specifically age and gender: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Just like me? Testing descriptive attributes as voting heuristics

The lack of candidate diversity and the descriptive under-representation of groups such as women and young people in parliaments is a recurring concer…

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