Abolishing Compulsory Voting: The 2024 Experience in the Flemish Region of Belgium Abolishing Compulsory Voting: The 2024 Experience in the Flemish Region of Belgium By Marc Hooghe, University of Leuven, and Dieter Stiers, University of Leuven There are few clear-cut examples of countries that…

Our paper on how the higher educated are more able to vote correctly just got a volume and issue number. Do check it out! link.springer.com/article/10.1... @dieterstiers.bsky.social @marchooghe.bsky.social and Richard Lau

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In summer 2024 @dieterstiers.bsky.social and I made a (publicly available) forecast on the consequences of abolishing turnout for the October 2024 elections in Belgium. Our forecasting model correctly predicted the effect of gender and political interest. Now out in Int. Journal of Forecasting.

Net verschenen in @pspolisci.bsky.social, een eerste gepubliceerde analyse over de gevolgen van de afschaffing van de opkomstplicht in het Vlaams Gewest (met @dieterstiers.bsky.social ). Vooral vrouwen en personen met lage politieke interesse hebben afgehaakt. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

De mythe van Wallonië als ‘l’Etat PS’ kan in de vuilbak. In 2024 verschoof de publieke opinie er op een structurele manier naar rechts. 💥 Nieuw onderzoek over de kiezersstromen in Wallonië van @dieterstiers.bsky.social‬ en @marchooghe.bsky.social‬

Een bijzonder scherpe daling van verkiezingsdeelname in het Vlaams Gewest. De resultaten bevestigen wat er 50 jaar geleden in Nederland gebeurde (Irwin, 1974): minder deelname van vrouwen en personen met lage politieke interesse. Vooral de (linkse en rechtse) radicale partijen verliezen kiezers.

The abolishment of compulsory voting in the Flemish Region reduced turnout by 26 %. Remarkably, our results are completely in line with the analysis of Galen Irwin (1974) on the abolishment of compulsory voting in The Netherlands. Just like in Irwin's article, turnout dropped especially among women.

While some media reports whine about an alleged liberal bias among high school teachers, this new study by Sari Verachtert and @dieterstiers.bsky.social shows they tend to be very moderate, they eschew extreme parties and positions, and they cherish neutrality in the classroom.

Hebben leerkrachten echt een specifiek ideologisch profiel? Sari Verachtert en @dieterstiers.bsky.social tonen in een onderzoek bij Vlaamse leerkrachten aan dat ze ideologisch gematigd zijn, extreme partijen vermijden, en neutraliteit belangrijk vinden. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🇧🇪New article! "Who decides what are second-order elections? A study of ticket-splitting in simultaneous federal and regional elections in Belgium" by @dieterstiers.bsky.social and @marchooghe.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In Belgium, federal and regional elections are held simultaneously. What does this imply for the traditional second-order model? @dieterstiers.bsky.social and I have asked voters, and the result is that for most voters, both levels are equally important. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Very happy that our study (with @marchooghe.bsky.social and Michael Lewis-Beck) is now a #TopCitedArticle in Politics & Policy! In the study, we examine whether the electoral college grew more disproportional over the last century. See: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

🌟 New article 📢 👥 Martin Okolikj @mokolikj.bsky.social, Marc Hooghe @marchooghe.bsky.social & Michael Lewis-Beck 👉 The Compleat Economic Voter in Belgium: Channels of Accountability in a Complex Multilevel Government System 📘 The Journal of Politics 🔗 doi.org/10.1086/735633

Peut-on expliquer les résultats des élections de juin 2024 en Région wallonne ? Avec @dieterstiers.bsky.social nous montrons dans un nouvel article paru dans French Politics que l'opinion publique évolue bel et bien vers une position idéologique plus à droite. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

What explains the June 2024 election results in the Walloon Region? @dieterstiers.bsky.social and I show in a new article in French Politics that public opinion indeed shifts toward a more right-wing ideological position. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🎉 Excited to announce our new publication in Political Behavior! 📖 "The Role of Education in Political Information Processing and Correct Voting: Inequality at the Voting Booth?" sheds light on how education shapes democratic representation. Read it here: doi.org/10.1007/s111...