🧵 Thread on new research on gender gaps in “don’t know” responses Some of you will know that my stellar coauthors @hannahbunting.bsky.social @cerifowler.bsky.social @jess-smith.bsky.social @annasanders.bsky.social & I have been working on a large-scale project on “don’t know” responses in surveys.

Yay! Super enthusiastic about this project, and can't wait to work with @pavlosvas1.bsky.social, @annasanders.bsky.social and all contributors to put together this Introduction to Voting Behaviour!

@kcl-spe.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social @cerifowler.bsky.social @annasanders.bsky.social our research cited in the guardian today www.theguardian.com/society/2025... showing gender generation gap in party support

In honour of IWD (9/9): Meet York’s Dr. Anna Sanders @annasanders.bsky.social , an Associate Editor of Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social who specialises in British politics and the politics of gender. Read more about her work at pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/pe...

In honour of IWD (1/9) Did you know that the Editorial team of Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social is based here in the University of York’s Politics & IR department? This International Women’s Day, we’d like to introduce you to all of the outstanding women scholars on our team!

Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all? Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.

📈Trending in BJPIR '‘Hyper-active incrementalism’ and the Westminster system of governance: Why spatial policy has failed over time' by Patrick Diamond, @jacknewman.bsky.social, David Richards, @annasanders.bsky.social & @andywestwood.bsky.social 🔓Available here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi…

Are you (or your Masters students) puzzled by why polling misses happen in elections worldwide? Curious to uncover when, why, and how to fix it? Interested? Then apply for a fully-funded PhD w/ me, @robfordmancs.bsky.social @martinboon.bsky.social @deltapoll.bsky.social to help solve this puzzle👇

New from @profrosiecamp.bsky.social @cerifowler.bsky.social, Rosie Shorrocks and me on the gender gap at the 2024 UK GE. We find that the gender gap looked different at this election, shifting from a Lab/Con gap to a broader left-right gap. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

@cerifowler.bsky.social @annasanders.bsky.social @giwlkings.bsky.social we find that the gender gap in the 2024 British general election shifted from Labour/Conservative to Green/Reform onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New from me, @annasanders.bsky.social , @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and Rosie Shorrocks: some first reflections on gender & the 2024 UK election @politicalquarterly.bsky.social . More to come from the same team too- watch this space! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A starter pack of academics (mostly political scientists and political historians) I found on here who (broadly) work in the British Politics subfield. Please (self) recommend others I’ve missed. go.bsky.app/EqXUQbt