Now out: our study on what citizens imagine their political opponents to be like in Brazil, the UK, Germany & Poland 💭 We use open-ended survey answers to show how political stereotypes often blur issues, groups, traits, voters and elites. Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0032... See thread for a summary 👇

Eelco Harteveld@eelcoharteveld.bsky.social · 11mo ago

What do citizens imagine their political opponents to be like? Polarization is real, but it also lives in our heads, fueled by stereotypes. We asked people in 🇧🇷, 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪 & 🇵🇱 to describe opponents in their own words. With @jnareal.bsky.social, @markuswagner.bsky.social & @piotrmarczynski.bsky.social 👇

New working paper with @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social: osf.io/preprints/so... Does thinking of political opponents in terms of their ideas, personality traits or social make-up change how we feel and reason about them? We explore this question through a pre-registered experiment in the Netherlands 👇

🚨 New working paper (highly recommend reading open-ended answers about politics btw. A good reality check if nothing else)

Eelco Harteveld@eelcoharteveld.bsky.social · 11mo ago

What do citizens imagine their political opponents to be like? Polarization is real, but it also lives in our heads, fueled by stereotypes. We asked people in 🇧🇷, 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪 & 🇵🇱 to describe opponents in their own words. With @jnareal.bsky.social, @markuswagner.bsky.social & @piotrmarczynski.bsky.social 👇