Fear, anger, and populism on Twitter/X 😡 Using machine learning on 1M UK tweets, @giulianoformisano.bsky.social, Jörg Friedrichs, Florian S. Schaffner & Niklas Stoehr seperate #Populist from #Governmentalist rhetoric and track how emotions drive #PoliticalCommunication

As the year wraps up 🎁 EJPR is taking a short winter break 🎄 Warm wishes for a restful holiday season to our authors, reviewers, and readers!

🥗 What do politicians think voters believe about #ClimatePolicy? Ingrid Faleide & @astanordo.bsky.social show that citizens, elected officials, and public administrators all underestimate #PublicSupport for meat-free days, with elected elites misreading voters the most

🗳️ Does negative #Campaigning work? British 🇬🇧 experiment by Alan Duggan, Caitlin Milazzo, Harry Applestein & John Barry Ryan shows that attacks on personal traits, even if paired with positive messaging, can backfire and hurt how #Voters view the sponsor

Rural vs. working class? A new study shows they’re not as different as we think. 🌾🏭 Both feel cities get too much, both want more support for working people, and both back redistribution. 🤝 There’s real political potential in this shared outlook according to Marta R. Eidheim 🗳️

What happens when a pandemic collides with an election?🦠vs.🗳️ @celinejhonegger.bsky.social's study of Germany’s 2021 #COVID🦠 comms finds the Health Minister dodged blame and claimed wins with citizen-blaming peaking during the “emergency brake.”

Why are cities and rural areas drifting apart politically? 🌄🌆 @indubioproreto.bsky.social & @lhaffert.bsky.social conducted a long-term Swiss study to find the biggest divide is amongst younger generations who hold very different views depending on where they grew up 👶 🔎

What issues matter most to #Voters? 😬 @gefjonoff.bsky.social & @fedetrastulli.bsky.social study 6 European countries to find that different groups care about different issues--and that what people care about isn’t the same as what they think about those issues. 🧭🗳️

How do you study #Lobbying when no one wants to talk about it? 💭 Werner Pitsch & Georg Wenzelburger use an anonymous survey method borrowed from #SportsDoping research. The result? A rare glimpse into lobby influence among German MPs. 🗳️🔍

Why is #Politics so negative right now? 🤔 Ming M. Boyer @carolinaplescia.bsky.social & André Blais finds two kinds of negativity: ⚡ #Voting against a candidate ⚡ Feeling like voting doesn’t matter at all Only one threatens #Democracy--and it’s not the one you think. 👀

Who speaks🔉for Europe? 🌍 @mascakir.bsky.social finds that with low turnout, regular voters dominate but could boosting participation could reduce bias in #PolicyRepresentation?

#CourtPacking or #Persuasion ⚖️ Poland’s Constitutional Court 🇵🇱 shifted sharply after 2015 not due to judge behavior, but because the government reshaped the bench according to L. Pellegrina, J.Kantorowicz, N.Garoupa & J.Lewkowicz.

Are left governments drifting right or are they becoming the strong defenders🛡️of market competition? Jingjing Huo looks at today’s low-rate, high-concentration economy and find that the shift is helping protect workers’ income. 📈

🆕 Why do elites feel more (or less) satisfied? Benjamin Ferland, Valere Gaspard & Johan Savoy compare citizens’ vs. politicians’ satisfaction with #Democracy #ComparativeCandidatesSurvey data to uncover key drivers shaping politicians’ #DemocraticAttitudes.

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💸🦠 #PublicOpinion on #Covid19 economic cris? Jeffrey M. Chwieroth & Andrew Walter's Australia–UK 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 conjoint study shows support for wage subsidies but mixed or negative reactions to financial-sector aid, highlighting the importance of #PolicyDesign

🗳️ Why don’t people vote corrupt 🦹‍♀️ leaders out? Romania 🇷🇴 study by Nicholas Charron & Andreas Bågenholm find many stay home 🏡 because they think others won’t vote either – but can more information improve turnout? 🤷

Authoritarian nostalgia is key in the success of the far right. Rather than an obstacle, it is a mobilising factor. People who have fond (personal or indirect) memories of the right-wing authoritarian past vote far right. Full data & replication materials available here: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...

🆕 Why do junior coalition parties sometimes dodge voter anger? 😤 Lasse Aaskoven & @shane-martin.bsky.social study 36 🇪🇺 & OECD countries to show how strong legislative committees help smaller parties protect their policy brand and navigate electoral costs

🆕 Side income impacts trust in politicians? 💰 @ohuwyler.bsky.social @stefaniebailer.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social study voters across 7 🇪🇺 countries to see how transparency about parliamentarians’ extra income shapes #VoterPerceptions, #Trust, and electability

🆕 #VoterPerceptions on minority governments? 🤔 @jwaeckerle.bsky.social & @sopro.bsky.social survey citizens in 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇩🇪 Germany, and 🇸🇪 Sweden to explore what #Voters know about minority governments and how they perceive their representational qualities. 📊

🆕 Can climate policy shape who fights for it? 🌍 Karl Magnus Møller looks at how the 🇪🇺 EU’s green industrial policies may shift corporate support by targeting different industries changing the politics of #ClimateAction

🆕 🇪🇺 How do different kinds of European identity shape views on immigration? @twoeffray.bsky.social & Fabio Wasserfallen 👀 at civic and cultural European 🇪🇺 #Identity introducing the idea that value congruence between Europeans and immigrants may matter 💭 buff.ly/YXIrK3W

🆕 What kind of personalities are drawn to politics? 🗳️ This cross-national study across 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇮🇱🇳🇱🇨🇭 explores #Representation and how honesty-humility and other HEXACO personality traits shape people’s ambition to run for office 🧵1/2 buff.ly/xk4qMa3

🆕 🗣️ Good discussion needs good facilitation — but is that enough? @afsounafsahi.bsky.social explores how to make #Deliberation fairer and more balanced with “deliberative worth” exercises and “simulated representation” games to boost empathy and reflection #CivicEngagement 🤝 📖

🆕 What happens when the #RadicalRight looks fondly to the past? 🇪🇸🇵🇹 @populismblog.bsky.social & @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social introduce #AuthoritarianNostalgia — exploring how supporters of VOX and Chega connect today’s politics with memories of 🇪🇸 and 🇵🇹 authoritarian eras. #Populism 📖

🆕 How do parties decide who wins what in #coalition talks? 🤝 Drawing on data 📊 from five government formations, David M. Willumsen & @simonotjes.bsky.social study how #PolicyPayoffs are negotiated and distributed in coalition governments.

Are you interested in #Elections, #GovernmentComposition and #Referenda? 🏛️🗳️ Why not give @pdyearbook.bsky.social a follow and catch up on its newest publications? 🤷 👀 Look out for posts about the 2025 issue 🤫

🆕 #Polarization: barrier or bridge? 🌉 Using 🇨🇭 survey data📊, Ursina Kuhn & Lionel Marquis explore how changes in political views affect engagement and trust — and how living with someone who becomes more polarized can shape your own political behavior 📖

🚨Correction to an earlier post on 📘 64.4 🧠 Can we measure #AffectivePolarization without long surveys? A 39-country study 📊 by @jakobkas.bsky.social @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & B.Baker find that brief, smartly chosen measures still work if they span major ideological divides buff.ly/egH1yID

🆕 🗳️ Using surveys across 🇪🇺 & 🇩🇪 @fguelzau.bsky.social Marc Helbling & @snmorgenstern.bsky.social compare migrants from democratic vs. non-democratic countries to see whether support for #LiberaDemocratic values differs between migrants in Europe and non-migrants 📖

🆕 Representation and resentment 🙅 R.Hlatky @dramyhliu.bsky.social Y.Li & A.Pitre-Young expand on how ethnic minorities politically succeed in #CEE by explaining: 1️⃣ Types of #representation 2️⃣ #MinorityMobilization vs #AllyAdvocacy 3️⃣ Political activity or social marginalization 📖 buff.ly/oJ1nLAp

🔓 Wrapping up #OAWeek with some number crunching! 📈 In 2024, 77% of all articles published in our 5️⃣ journals were #OpenAccess – and we’re powering towards full #OA from Jan '26, thanks to our partnership with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 👉 Learn more: buff.ly/vDBfDq0 #PoliSky #IRSky #OpenScience

🆕 Is representation out of touch? 🤔 Nino Junius & Stefaan Walgrave comment on a #RepresentationGap between high and low SES backgrounds in politics, suggesting that those who benefit the most from inclusion in their personal networks often lack it the most. 🤝 #OA 📖

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🆕 Why adopt costly #SupplyChainRegulations? 💸 Dennis Kolcava @ekeithsmith.bsky.social & Thomas Bernauer show that citizens underestimate costs and expect benefits when backing these stringent supply chain rules due to low #TradeExposure in 12 OECD countries. #OA

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Delighted to see @theguardian.com covering the findings of a 🇩🇪 study by @dasalgon.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social on how political opponents can unintentionally amplify far-right narratives #AfD 🗞️ 📘 Read their article in our First View, or check out the coverage 📰

🆕 Perceived #Inequality and #Populism Evidence from 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇮🇹 show that people who perceive great inequality are more likely to hold populist attitudes according to @lstoetze.bsky.social, Johannes Giesecke & @heikekluever.bsky.social 🗣️ 📖 #OA

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🆕 Political representation from the people’s perspective Kenza Amara-Hammou, Karen Celis & Virginie Van Ingelgom show why reform is urgent for those facing hardship by blending classical and #Consructivist approaches to #Representation. 📖

🆕 Formateur expectations & #VotingBehaviour Looking at #CSES and German 🇩🇪 pre-election surveys Reut Itzkovitch-Malka, @liranharsgor.bsky.social & @ortuttnauer.com discuss "formateur optimization" – when voters back parties likely to lead. 📖

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🆕 Campaigns do matter Research on Denmark’s 🇩🇰 2022 EU defence opt-out vote by @rsenninger.bsky.social, Derek Beach & Jannik Fenger shows campaigns can reduce framing effects. Loss-based arguments swayed voters early but faded as they became informed.

🆕 Allies on the street but illiberal in the sheets? S. Turnbull-Dugarte uncovers a gap between public #LGBTQ+ support and private behaviour, showing how traditional gender norms still shape attitudes in liberal societies. 🔗 📖 #OA

🆕 Do Respectful Politicians Make Less Polarized Citizens? 🤝 @rtpedersen.bsky.social @julianchr.bsky.social & Niels Bjørn Grund Petersen use survey data to test whether politicians’ positive rhetoric 🗣️ ✅ can reduce #polarization in the same way negative rhetoric 🗣️ ❎ increases it 📖

🆕 Democratic disaffection and resentment ✊ Using survey data 📊 from 6 European countries 🇪🇺 @mfilsinger.bsky.social & Steffen Wamsler examine how #SGRD, already linked to radical political support, relates to general support for democracy 🏛️ #OA 📖

⭐ Showcase your research across a global stage! 13th Biennial Conference of the Standing Group on the #EuropeanUnion @ecprsgeu.bsky.social 📣 Call for Panels & Papers across 18 Sections buff.ly/to6v8Km 📆 1 – 3 July 2026 📍Università di Catania 🔔 Deadline: Wed 10 Dec buff.ly/a3kcN3s