In some countries, journalists are not allowed to ask difficult questions in political interviews. In others, they can ask them freely, but politicians respond by answering a different, easier, imagined question. I am not sure which is more frustrating to watch.

Join "Bluesky Data: Collection, Cleaning, and Analysis" with @resulumit.bsky.social on Aug. 26-27! Learn to access the #Bluesky API, clean social media data, and apply text & network analysis using #Rstats in this hands-on course.

I've spent most of the day chasing citations for the claim that waiting for a service negatively affects evaluations of the provider. Dozens and dozens of papers repeat it and cite a bunch of others --- but when you read the originals, there's no such evidence there at all.

I've received funding to improve my UK General Elections dataset (1832–2024)! We will validate existing variables and add new ones — e.g. registered voters, campaign spending, candidate gender, IDs for matching with other datasets. Current version: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...

I've updated the Political Science Journals app to reflect this. Curious to see which journals publish which formats, and at what lengths? Explore here: 🔗 resulumit.shinyapps.io/psjournals/

How would people vote if there were a Brexit-like referendum in their country? Support for EU membership remains strong across the EU and, if anything, has been increasing in many countries since the Brexit referendum.

I’ve updated my Shiny app on political participation with the latest ESS data released yesterday. I use this app for teaching, to help students explore and analyse patterns of political participation. resulumit.shinyapps.io/participation/ #rstats

Are you planning to propose a paper for #APSA2025, and you would need a visa to travel to Canada? Do check the visa processing times first. As of now, the processing time for a visitor visa application from the UK is 398 days! www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...

Do you have a dataset that the political science community should know and use? At least 18 journals in the discipline now offer a dedicated article category for sharing datasets. Find out more on my blog: resulumit.com/blog/polisci...

Seven political science journals now offer a dedicated category for replication studies! Each of these journals accepts replications of articles published both within their own journal and in other relevant journals. resulumit.com/blog/polisci...

With the chatter yesterday about a possible third Trump term, I looked at data on how often sitting incumbents around the world have extended their term or eligiblity to run. Cases have become more common since about 2000, though this coincides with a general rise in executive elections globally.

Looking for the right political science journal for your next paper? 📄✨ I've updated my app with new data and functionality to help you navigate over 300 journals by scope, article types, and more. resulumit.shinyapps.io/psjournals/

A great initiative from International Affairs: Board members mentor selected early-career, under-represented scholars in International Relations, supporting them in strengthening their manuscripts and navigating the publishing process. academic.oup.com/ia/pages/Aut...

I have updated the list of political science journals that publish research notes. resulumit.com/blog/polisci...

The results from 49 elections to the UK House of Commons in one dataset, now including the 2024 General Election. 89,000+ observations of UK electoral history. doi.org/10.7910/DVN/... #polisky #politicalscience