📈 How do people update their perceptions of the economy? ➡️ Derek A. Epp and Christopher Wlezien show that people interpret the same economic changes differently depending on their prior perceptions, suggesting that public opinion is shaped by benchmarking www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🤝 Do parties reward allies or recruit rivals for cabinet? ➡️ Alexander Herzog and David Schmuck show that rather than favoring moderates, parties prefer loyal MPs: strong government defenders and fierce opposition critics are more likely to become ministers www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🌐What shapes high-end cooperation among militant groups? ➡️Using network data on 53 groups in Northeast India, @ilaydaonder.bsky.social shows that cooperation is more likely between groups with complementary capabilities and distinct constituencies. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨Can courts and the media stop democratic backsliding when citizens don't trust them? ➡️@bobbygulotty.bsky.social & @luozhaotian.bsky.social model oversight of subversion, show that when the oversight body is contested, a "fake news effect" undermines it & enables backsliding. doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

A new chapter for PSRM’s social media! We’d like to thank @tonirodon.bsky.social for his outstanding work as Social Media Editor over the past years. As of today, @irenerodriguez.bsky.social will be taking over. We look forward to continuing to share the latest research published in PSRM with you📚✨

🎉 Another exciting year for Political Science Research and Methods! Here's a quick look at how PSRM has grown over the past year. Thanks to John Griffin, our editorial team, authors, reviewers, and @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 🧵👇

🗳️ How much does electability matter to voters? ➡️ Using survey experiments, @mayyakomis.bsky.social & A. Albarello show voters remain driven mainly by policy preferences and often view electability as a signal of candidate quality www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🏆 Congratulations to Elisha Cohen @elishacohen.bsky.social (University of Illinois), recipient of the 2025 PSRM Reviewer of the Year Award. The award recognises outstanding service and dedication to maintaining the quality and rigour of research published in PSRM. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🏆 The 2025 Vera Troeger Best Paper Award goes to Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte (@turnbulldugarte.com) and Markus Wagner (@markuswagner.bsky.social) for "Heroes and Villains: Motivated Projection of Political Identities". 🎉 Congratulations! 👏 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🌍 What drives conflict risk within fragile states? ➡️ Studying Nigeria, J.J. Villar-Roldán, A. Galiano & J.M. Martín-Álvarez show wealth lowers conflict risk, while resources and energy infrastructure fuel violence www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🗳️ Do multiple vote ballots increase women’s representation? ➡️ Using a survey experiment, @yoshiono.bsky.social H. Miwa & Y. Kasuya show multiple vote ballots encourage more gender balanced voting, though men retain an overall advantage www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🎲 Do political lotteries change how legislators vote? ➡️ Studying 19th century Belgium, @bvancoppenolle.bsky.social J. De Rongé & S. Riegger show random committee assignments affected legislators’ likelihood of rebelling against party majorities www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

⚖️ Does electoral uncertainty make governments short sighted? ➡️ Using Swedish local data, @axelcronert.bsky.social & Pär Nyman show electoral competition moderates tax policy, but find little evidence of policy myopia www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🏛️ Does women's representation shape perceived fairness of decisions? ➡️ @reidingerve.bsky.social @lucasleemann.bsky.social & @jbslapin.bsky.social show effects vary by policy type, sometimes reducing fairness perceptions when women are overrepresented www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

⚖️ Do major campaign scandals change voters’ minds? ➡️ @maclockhart.bsky.social G. Huber, A. Gerber, J. Walker II show Donald Trump’s felony conviction had virtually no effect on his supporters, while common survey methods produce conflicting estimates www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🤖Can open source machine translation match commercial tools? ➡️ @haukelicht.bsky.social @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social @moritzlaurer.bsky.social & A Bekmuratovna show open source MT models perform similarly to Google Translate and DeepL in multilingual text www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

💰 Do community donations reduce support for paying taxes? ➡️ Using a survey experiment in Kenya, C. A. Jansson, E. Lust & A. Oguso show community donations lower tax compliance attitudes, while public goods increase support for taxes www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🇸🇪 Does far right entry into local politics affect minority representation? ➡️ Using an RDD, @grahn.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com show far right entry reduced immigrant candidates on the right, while left parties increased immigrant recruitment www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🗳️ Do early wins in US presidential primaries create momentum? ➡️ @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social et al. show that winning early contests like Iowa or New Hampshire has no lasting effect on later outcomes, challenging the idea of momentum in primaries www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

💍 Do interethnic marriages measure social cohesion? ➡️ Using census data from Zambia, @danielposnermd.bsky.social introduces a new approach showing intermarriage estimates change once local exposure to outgroup members is considered www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

📰 Do the effects of partisan media fade quickly or accumulate over time? ➡️ Using multiwave experiments, M Baum et al. show a single exposure can have effects lasting up to a week, while cumulative effects are hard to detect www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

NEW ISSUE from @psrm.bsky.social - Political Science Research and Methods Volume 14 - Issue 2 - April 2026 - https://cup.org/4uMWbkh #OpenAccess

🌍 Why do not all immigrant groups support progressive parties? ➡️ @korinlind.bsky.social & @antvalentim.bsky.social show immigrants from established democracies are more likely to back green parties than those from (post-)authoritarian regimes www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🏙️ Do district-based elections change who gets elected locally? ➡️ Studying California's recent shift, M Cushing-Daniels, D Jones & @brookenshannon.bsky.social show they increased representation from lower-income areas and reduced business influence www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

💬 How can we measure inter party communication? ➡️ Using a transformer based approach, @annather-nerd.bsky.social et al. classify how parties talk about rivals (positive-negative), studying coalition signals in Germany and campaigning in Austria www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🏛️ Why would an authoritarian state not enforce its own policies? ➡️ Studying China’s social insurance system, H Zhang & @yezhang.bsky.social find that promotion incentives and competition lead local officials to tolerate firm payroll tax evasion www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

📞 What motivates participation in consultative events? ➡️ In a field trial with Australian voters, W Minozzi, M A Neblo & @aleighmp.bsky.social show that generic invites increased uptake, while some framed messages kept participants on the call longer www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🤖 Can LLMs replicate expert text coding? ➡️ Using interest group documents, @dahyunchoi.bsky.social D. Peskoff & B. M. Stewart show that fine tuned LLMs outperform trained coders and zero shot models in identifying informative vs associative signals www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🧐 Can we trust estimates of political trust when preferences are hidden? ➡D Li, @xiaobolu.bsky.social S Ma & W Yang show social desirability can bias regressions, question the link between welfare and trust, and offer ways to reduce bias www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🗳️ How can we better study the impact of major events with surveys? ➡A bertoli, L Jakli & H Pascoe clarify the strengths and weaknesses of pre and post survey designs and introduce a dual randomised survey to reduce bias www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView