The call for papers for #EPOP2026 in Liverpool (17–19 September) is now open! We welcome submissions across all areas of research on elections, public opinion and parties. Deadline: 26 April Submit your proposals here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/eve... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

In this piece, @nspmartin.bsky.social, @rolandkappe.bsky.social and I summarise our @wepsocial.bsky.social paper, finding that GCSE choices inform political party support into later life

*Academics of Bluesky:* Do you know a great UG/PG student with excellent quants skills? @nspmartin.bsky.social and I are advertising a great fully-funded PhD on MRP and minority voting with our friends at Ipsos, so send them our way! ✌️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Interesting column discussing the implications of our work on school subjects and party choice among teenagers 📊👩‍🏫@ralphscott.bsky.social @rolandkappe.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... I wonder if the hype about humanities in an AI-era labour market will swing things back the other way

Would never underestimate Reform in a by-election, but I would say that the 2024 WPB candidate in this seat underperformed compared to the potential voters here on that issue. This from yesterday seems likely more consequential www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Last September for some reason (I don’t know why, it’s not my department), these big letters appear on the floor below me, spelling out the name of a popular degree programme BA(Econ)

Very happy to get a contributor’s copy of Britain Votes 2024 📚🗳️@louisevthompson.bsky.social @hansardsociety.bsky.social I wrote a short chapter (last autumn!) on ethnic minority voters in the general election, including preliminary thoughts on independents doi.org/10.1093/pa/g...

% of ethnic minority Britons who say each of the following is an acceptable term to refer to the non-white portion of the UK population "Ethnic minorities": 66% acceptable (net +45) "BAME": 49% (+15) "People of colour": 42% (-2) "Global majority": 27% (+4) yougov.co.uk/society/arti...

🚨 Call for papers deadline extended! You can now submit to the below form until this Sunday 4th May. We thought many of you have had or will be having late nights this week watching democracy unfold, so we decided to give you a few more days. Looking forward to seeing you in Exeter this September!