UC Davis Political Science is hiring an assistant professor in comparative politics. For more information, please see the description here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07299 The deadline is September 15.

Our paper "GERDA: The German Election Database" is out in Nature: Scientific Data! We collected and harmonized election results for federal, state, and local elections for 1990-2021. Updates for more recent elections, pre-1990 elections, and county elections soon!

Urban–rural cleavages are seen as a defining political divide. But does this polarization hold worldwide? My new working paper tests this question using an original dataset of granular, geocoded election returns from 106 countries (polling station-level in 70). (1/8)