📈Inequality is rising, but taxes have not become more progressive. Why? ➡️ C Ballard-Rosa, R Rogowski, K Scheve & @nicolajthor.bsky.social find that information on inequality alone cannot fully explain why income taxes have not increased www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🤔 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

📊 Are populist attitudes evenly spread across the ideological spectrum? ➡️ Using CSES data from 43 countries, E Tamaki & @drjungphd.bsky.social find a non-linear relationship: populism is strongest at the ideological extremes, forming a U-shape pattern www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🗣️ Can speech sentiment predict MPs' behaviour? ➡️ Using Japan's parliamentary debates and a model trained on labelled debates, A Matsuo & K Fukumoto show opposition MPs speak more negatively with seniority and as elections near www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🏛️ How do US parties assign senators to committees? ➡️ A Thakur shows Republicans rely on seniority with little party influence, while Democrats use a process where leaders resolve seat clashes, shaping how power and policy develop in Congress www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

❤️Does partisanship shape online dating? ➡️ In a conjoint in the UK, Y. Sleiman @gmelios.bsky.social & P. Dolan find politics matter as much as looks, but openness to opposing views matters more. Labour voters show stronger in-group bias www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🇺🇸 Can watching dialogue across party lines reduce polarisation? ➡️ L-O Ankori-Karlinsky, @robert_a_blair, J. Gottlieb & @smooreberg show that a documentary of an intergroup workshop reduces polarisation and boosts faith in democracy www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🗳️ What are the effects of restrictive voting laws on turnout in the US? ➡️ Using variation from a tornado on Super Tuesday 2020, @scottfabramson.bsky.social & S Thrower show that being reassigned to a new polling site reduces turnout by 5.65 pts www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

📺In China, "Topical Debate Programs" bring officials, experts & citizens together to air concerns. ➡️J Chen, Y Wang, M Zhang & X Zhou show these programs boost trust in local government and deliberation can matter even with controlled agendas www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🚔Did George Floyd’s murder change Americans' racial attitudes? ➡️ @amengel.bsky.social & C. D. Kam find attitudes shifted, but unevenly: largest and most lasting for Black Americans and White Democrats, weaker or countervailing for others www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🗣️ Do US presidents attack the opposition instead of seeking compromise? ➡️ Using 90 years of speeches, @benjaminsnoble.bsky.social shows presidents target the outparty when gridlock looms, mobilising allies and shaping future power, not immediate policy www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🛰️Are people more likely to resist information they receive if their exposure to it is forced? ➡️Using survey experiments in China, @xiaoxiaoshen.bsky.social finds citizens who avoid propaganda are more swayed by it than those who read it willingly www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🤷Why do Americans' views on social spending move in parallel across policy areas? ➡️ @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social @cbwlezien.bsky.social & R Carlin show spending mood reflects shared preferences and responsiveness to overall spending and presidential party cup.org/3HdCwX3 #FirstView

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🤑When do the wealthy support redistribution? ➡F Resmini & @darolo.bsky.social find that in Colombia, wealthy individuals are more likely to back redistribution when it comes from the right, which they see as more efficient and less disruptive www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

💰 How should we measure early campaign fundraising? ▶️ @colinrcase.bsky.social & @rachelporter.bsky.social propose two distinct approaches: candidate-centred and election-centred early money. Explore their framework👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🧪How did COVID-19 affect citizens’ democratic preferences? ➡️ @cescamat.bsky.social A.Arenas A.Falcó & @jordimunoz.bsky.social find a lasting rise in technocratic preferences and a temporary bump in the willingness to sacrifice civil rights and freedoms www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🗳️Multiple elections on the same day, but some voters skip certain votes. Why? ➡R Foellmi, R Heim & L Schmid show that voters weigh the salience and information costs of each vote, influencing turnout and selective abstention www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🪃Do legislators trade proposals? ➡️Leveraging a lottery in the Canadian Parliament, @semrasevi.bsky.social & D.P. Green find little evidence MPs second motions to gain favor. Support seems driven by shared interests, not quid pro quo www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

👩‍🦰Do women politicians address violence against women more effectively? ➡️Using data from Mexico and an RDD, @marco-alcocer.bsky.social R. Skillman & @angietorres.bsky.social find fewer female and young female homicides in municipalities led by women www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

👑Can foreign religious threats drive local state-building? ➡Focusing on late 16th-century Japan, M. Wang, @austin-mitchell.bsky.social & W. Yin show that areas with Catholic churches were more likely to be surveyed in response to missionary threats www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🔠Labeling multimodal social media data is costly. ➡H Chen, J Bisbee @jatucker.bsky.social & J Nagler propose five metrics to assess the costs/benefits of multimodal versus text only labeling, illustrated through a tweet labeling experiment www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

⚖️How strong are international standards in practice? ➡️Using bunching estimation and a DID of British Virgin Islands exchanges, @karenn.bsky.social shows how crypto users dodge rules and adjust transaction sizes to avoid threshold-based screening www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

➡️ @janabernhard.bsky.social R. Ashour, @jamoeberl.bsky.social P. Tolochko & @hajoboo.bsky.social review 789 studies using topic modeling and find little standardization in validation. 🔖They propose a guide to help classify validation methods www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

😒Do elections stir emotions? ➡Using Facebook data from 26 democracies, @dahjinkim.bsky.social T Muraoka, @christopher-lucas.bsky.social @jacobmontgomery.bsky.social & M Tavits find that ideological polarization intensifies emotional reactions www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🕊️Do mass publics and foreign policy elites see eye to eye on democratic peace? ➡M Scholten & K Zhirkov compare U.S. State Dept. experts & citizens in identical conjoints. Experts oppose wars with democracies more and hold firmer views on war & peace www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🗳️Satisfaction boosts turnout, or voting boosts satisfaction? ➡️@filipkostelka.bsky.social L.Linek @jrovny.bsky.social @skvrnami.bsky.social find both in Central-Eastern Europe. Satisfaction spurs turnout, voting raises satisfaction, especially for winners www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

✝️Does the rise of evangelical Christians reshape electoral politics? ➡️ @victoraraujo.bsky.social shows that Brazil’s evangelical boom is linked to lower voter turnout and greater conservatism, but not to a rise in electoral competition or polarization www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

💣Do terrorist attacks boost support for incumbents? ➡️ A.Falcó @jordimunoz.bsky.social @robpannico.bsky.social show that in Spain, support for incumbents rose ~4pts after attacks, mostly when the incumbent was conservative and when civilians were targeted www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🧠Can dignity appeals boost engagement with marginalized groups? ➡️P. Bollen, W. Kymlicka, @evlieb.bsky.social & B.Read show that Facebook ads using dignity language spark positive reactions, but only when targets are not seen as “blameworthy” www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🗣️Do you want to automate the classification of protest events and political event data? ➡️@sehaunss.bsky.social, P.Daphi, J.M.Dollbaum, L.Hristova, P.Susánszky & E.Steinhilper introduce PAPEA, a new pipeline that uses fine-tuned LLMs to analyze event data www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

💘Can authoritarian propaganda cultivate support and deter protest during “normal” times? ➡️ @tzyang.bsky.social & @zhuhs.bsky.social find that hard propaganda reinforces support for protest, while soft propaganda loses credibility www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

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🏆We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2024–25 Best Paper Award in @psrm.bsky.social 🏅The political consequences of technological change that benefits low-skilled workers, by @finseraas.bsky.social and @olenyhus.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Congratulations to the authors!🎉

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⁉️In survey experiments, should you ask covariates before the treatment? ➡️ @asdurso.bsky.social @tabithabonilla.bsky.social G.Bogdanowicz study the effects of placing sensitive items in different parts of the survey and offer guidance on optimal ordering www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

💡Can citizens in autocracies evaluate leaders without knowing their ideologies? ➡️Using Wason selection tasks in China, Y. Yang, M. Liang & B. Wang show that people rely on cheater detection, judging leaders by fairness rather than ideology www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🧠Can affective polarization erode democratic support without strong party ties? ➡️Using a survey experiment in Chile’s 2022 plebiscite, L. Cox, P. Cubillos & @carmenlef.bsky.social show that subtle polarization cues reduce democratic commitment www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

📺Do TV ads sway voters in presidential primaries? ➡R Bird & M Peress develop a new method to estimate ad effects and find that both positive and negative ads boost support—but negative ads work best www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🧠What drives support for antitrust policies? ➡️ @ryanbrutger.bsky.social & A Pond find that fairness and the importance of maintaining democratic institutions matter more than lower prices www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🖤Are emotions in surveys shaped by social desirability? ➡️Marzia Oceno finds that respondents underreport negative emotions like anger & fear—and even positive ones like hope & pride are not immune to social desirability bias www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🚜🏙️ Do urban and rural Americans care about different policy issues? ➡️Using data from 850 surveys, T. M. Yildirim & K.M.Solvig show modest but consistent differences in priorities—but it’s partisanship, not place, that shapes most views www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🗣️Every politician knows: ask for more than you want (or need) ➡️Z.Desai & @scottatyson develop a theory of electoral competition where voters evaluate politicians by both their ideological platforms and their ability to implement them www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🏦When do people report their true views on the economy? ➡️ @janzilinsky.bsky.social & J.Bisbee find that less-politicized survey questions better capture actual public welfare—beyond partisan bias www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

💵How do governments shape income inequality—via rules or discretion? ➡️Analyzing U.S. states (1986–2020), G.A.Krause & M.L.Lofton find little effect from tax/expenditure limits or party control—except when Republicans govern under such limits www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🎯 How well do surveys capture voters' real views? ➡️Using a MultiTrait MultiError model, @kbackst.bsky.social A.Cernat R.Sirén @petersoderlund.bsky.social examine how acquiescence, method effects, and random error affect the measurement of voters' issue preferences www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📊Structural equation modeling is a common tool in political science, but model specification is tricky. ➡️B. Q. Zheng & P.M. Bentler propose a stepwise bootstrapped LM test to better detect missing parameters—improving fit, especially in small samples www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView