Are regimes with higher nr's of core supporters more durable? Are regimes with more diverse coalitions of supporters more durable? In this (published today) @cpsjournal.bsky.social article, @sirianned.bsky.social , @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social , and @torewig.bsky.social I answer "Yes" to both Qs.

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Why do some people keep voting throughout their lives while others drop out? And how do authoritarian elections - even uncompetitive ones- shape citizens’ habits? Ksenia Northmore-Ball and I tackle these questions in my new paper, now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.

Re. Trump’s comments on Kimmel, do you know who else have “bad ratings”?

🤔 Do surveys exaggerate democratic support due to social desirability bias (SDB)? ➡️ Using survey-mode variation & list experiments in 24 countries, @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social & @aarslew.bsky.social find no evidence that SDB inflates democratic attitudes www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

Det er altså ikke bare anklager for upassende bemærkninger om Kirks død, men også massivt pres fra den amerikanske regering. Altså repression og censur: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

Exactly!

Check out this paper with @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social in @psrm.bsky.social. We examine whether social desirability bias contaminates survey measures of democratic support. tl/dr: we find no evidence to suggest that SDB inflates support for democracy in commonly used survey measures

Long ago, in a study of the democratic attitudes in Germany, Dalton raised the possibility of “Fragebogendemokraten” (questionnaire democrats): people who hesitate to express their sincere dislike for “democracy” in surveys, providing instead the “socially desirable” response (1)

Arrived and all set for #APSA2025 with two papers: Public Opinion and the Restoration of Democracy with @robbwiller.bsky.social and @m-b-petersen.bsky.social (Thur at 12) What Elites Believe About Opposing Trump with @aarslew.bsky.social and Martin Bisgaard (Sun at 8) See you at the conference!

Who supports free speech, and how consistent is the support? Together with @suthank.bsky.social, I’ve conducted a survey of citizens in 33 countries for The Future of Free Speech. A lot of interesting findings (see 🧵 + link): futurefreespeech.org/wp-content/u...

Steve Levitsky gives the canonical answer about whether defending democracy is the right answer electorally for Democrats - that can't be the question. *Society* has to defend democracy and the Constitution, or they could cease to exist. nymag.com/intelligence...

Spot the difference! Hint: one of them is a dictator, who ruled Turkmenistan for more than 20 years... #Trump #Gaza #Trumpgaza

Thrilled that my article has just been published at @apsrjournal.bsky.social! 🎉 The article argues that low statistical power is a major impediment to acquiring cumulative knowledge on questions concerning cross-national differences: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Delighted that @gregoryeady.bsky.social and my paper "Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity: Experimental Evidence from Politicians and Citizens in Four Democracies" is now online @apsrjournal.bsky.social (Open access) More in this [1/14]

Does childhood exposure to coethnics impede or promote the acquisition of citizenship? In a new article in @pnas.org, I show that the modest presence of coethnic peers in school increases migrant children’s probability of getting 🇩🇰 citizenship later in life. 🧵👇 1/15 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Polisky Dictatorsky Our starter pack keeps on growing! Check it out!

Do you think Europeans are getting increasingly fed up with their democracies? Not really! New 2024 Eurobarometer data reveals 50 years of democratic resilience. Top-3 in 2024: 🥇 Denmark 🥈 Luxembourg 🥉 Sweden Here are the numbers you usually don’t see.

The victory march of democracy has ended What can we as researchers do? In the Scandinavian countries, a particular tool is available: Democracy & Power Studies. The Danish government appointed me as director of such a study. We started our work this year. A 🧵 on what we do & how we do it 1/8

Political Science Starter Pack Collection! Many have shared excellent starter packs lately, but finding the most relevant ones can be tricky. This 🧵 gathers many of them in one place 👇🏽 #PoliticalScience #StarterPack

Så er der en starter pack klar med folk fra Statskundskab på @aarhusuni.bsky.social. Og bare rolig, vi har ikke allesammen korslagte arme 😊

The Duma has approved a budget that allocates 41% of the federal budget to fund security and military forces. With growing prices, this could prove very problematic for support for the Kremlin buff.ly/4eFUY52

Why do some democracies break down, whereas others survive? If you're curious, here’s a starter pack of researchers studying citizens’ democratic stability on Bluesky 🔵 Let me know if you’d like to be included in the list! 👇🏽 #Democracy #PoliticalScience go.bsky.app/BFsKm4T

How democratic are ordinary citizens in Western democracies? If you're curious, here’s a starter pack of researchers studying citizens’ democratic values on Bluesky 🔵 Let me know if you’d like to be included in the list! 👇🏽 #Democracy #PoliticalScience go.bsky.app/HX24CcL

Hey #polisky, can you please help @katharinalawall.bsky.social and I? For a joint project, we are looking for public opinion, post-electoral surveys for state elections in Germany. These surveys would need to include variables tapping whether someone voted, who they voted for, their gender & age.

My paper on the effect of election fraud revelations on support for authoritarian leaders and regimes now has volume and issue number in @cpsjournal.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...