A new study by Niels Bjørn Grund Petersen, Rasmus Tue Pedersen & Mads Thau shows that while info on online abuse doesn’t reduce tolerance, it boosts willingness to support politicians or report abusive comments. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Hansol Kwak’s study finds protest mobilization depends not on absolute repression, but on how it deviates from expectations. Results show a U-shaped pattern: participation rises when repression is higher *or* lower than established baselines. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New study by Ko, Downes, Leung & Ming shows populist governments weaken climate readiness, with left-wing populists driving the sharpest decline. Findings highlight how ideology shapes whether nations advance or regress in climate preparedness. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Andreas Graefe’s Issues and Leaders model shows how voter perceptions of competence and leadership shape elections. Forecasting the 2024 race, it captured a tight contest and highlights the value of dynamic, forward-looking electoral analysis. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

In a new study by Ishaan S. Prasad & @zacharyst.bsky.social, they analyze 37k+ faces from protests in 10 countries, showing emotions like anger, fear & happiness co-occur and covary with protest dynamics, rather than directly causing them. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@sysilviakim.bsky.social finds that in 2020 U.S. races, extreme candidates didn’t ask for smaller donations—supporting the view that small donors aren’t more ideologically extreme than large ones. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Can a 2nd far-right party thrive in Spain? SALF shocked in the 2024 EU elections, scoring 4.6% in its debut. New study by Javier Padilla Moreno-Torres, @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social and @bertous.bsky.social analyzes who voted for them—and why. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@abbymatthews.bsky.social & Rachael Hinkle's analysis of judicial citations demonstrates that diversity in race, gender, *and* partisanship plays a critical role in the evolution of legal doctrine, with judges sharing all 3 salient traits experiencing a 25% increase in citation probability.

What drives differences between the conflict events datasets UCDP and ACLED? Contrary to previous claims, @magnusoberg.bsky.social and Mert Can Yilmaz find most differences are due to auxiliary coding rules and standards for source evaluation, not sourcing strategies or inclusion thresholds.

Sebastian Rivera, Fernando Severino and Giancarlo Visconti find that protest exposure in Chile briefly reduces support for state violence, but doesn’t change views on protester violence. A nuanced look at attitudes in unrest. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Political science suggests liberals are more tolerant of the Supreme Court when it makes decisions they don't like. Kathryn Haglin, Soren Jordan, Alison Higgins Merrill and @joeura.bsky.social ask: does that still hold up with the new-look Court? Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

New research by Laurel Elder, @hankgreene.bsky.social, and Mary-Kate Lizotte shows Americans see 6- and 12-week abortion bans as effectively the same, challenging the idea of "moderate" restrictions. Post-Dobbs, abortion is a binary debate: ban vs. no ban, with framing crucial to public reception.

Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Kirill Zhirkov & Robert H. Brehm find that calling immigrants “illegal” or “undocumented” doesn’t affect perceptions in experiments. However, people’s preferences for these terms do reflect their broader attitudes toward immigration policy. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Sarah Maxey and Taryn Butler ask: does it matter if officials handle classified documents responsibly? Yes, even more than you might think! Classification scandals udermine public confidence in democratic institutions across party lines. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

@kai-arzheimer.com discusses how far-right actors in Western Europe use "Christianism" to frame Muslims as a threat. Survey data shows religiosity is unrelated to far-right ideology; Islamophobia overlaps with nativism & authoritarianism at micro level. More: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Shreyas Meher and Patrick T. Brandt demonstrate how state-of-the-art language models can be efficiently adapted for political event classification, achieving up to 1400% improvement in accuracy while remaining computationally accessible. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Depression isn't just a health issue; it's a political vulnerability. In China, Xing Chen & @xiaoxiaoshen.bsky.social find it erodes trust, amplified by inequality—affecting both marginalized groups and regime supporters Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New research by Courtney Juelich & Scott LaCombe finds that youth-salient ballot measures, like marijuana legalization & reproductive rights, boost turnout among Gen Z, Millennials—especially young women. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

R&P thanks our outgoing Editor-in-Chief, @zeynsom.bsky.social! Her leadership and expertise in comparative politics have greatly shaped our journal and its growth. We are grateful for her dedication and wish her all the best in her future endeavors!

A new study by Niels Bjørn Grund Petersen, Rasmus Tue Pedersen & Mads Thau shows that while info on online abuse doesn’t reduce tolerance, it boosts willingness to support politicians or report abusive comments. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

@sysilviakim.bsky.social finds that in 2020 U.S. races, extreme candidates didn’t ask for smaller donations—supporting the view that small donors aren’t more ideologically extreme than large ones. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Can a 2nd far-right party thrive in Spain? SALF shocked in the 2024 EU elections, scoring 4.6% in its debut. New study by Javier Padilla Moreno-Torres, @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social and @bertous.bsky.social analyzes who voted for them—and why. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@abbymatthews.bsky.social & Rachael Hinkle's analysis of judicial citations demonstrates that diversity in race, gender, *and* partisanship plays a critical role in the evolution of legal doctrine, with judges sharing all 3 salient traits experiencing a 25% increase in citation probability.

What drives differences between the conflict events datasets UCDP and ACLED? Contrary to previous claims, @magnusoberg.bsky.social and Mert Can Yilmaz find most differences are due to auxiliary coding rules and standards for source evaluation, not sourcing strategies or inclusion thresholds.

A study by Marianne Kramer, @golovchenko.bsky.social and @fghjorth.bsky.social shows that Large Language Models like GPT-4 & Llama 3 70B can reliably detect pro-Kremlin disinformation, outperforming human annotators and past models—all at lower cost. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Clareta Treger examines how different outcome variables in conjoint experiments shape political science results. The article urges using both forced-choice and rating outcomes, and reporting descriptive with causal estimates, to gain fuller insights. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@nilsweidmann.bsky.social and Mina Rulis study the link between university disciplines and political protest in autocracies. They focus on how the composition of academic institutions shapes the likelihood of activism in university cities. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Validation tests by Yue Hu, Yuehong Cassandra Tai, Kyein Ko, Byung-Deuk Woo & Frederick Solt show that support for democracy is not well captured by one-dimensional latent variable. Read more here: doi.org/10.1177/2053...

@profjanegreen.bsky.social, @zackgp94.bsky.social, Geoffrey Evans, and @gaetanoinglese.bsky.social examine AI’s political impact at work. Social groups perceive both risks and benefits and hold varied political views. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sebastian Rivera, Fernando Severino and Giancarlo Visconti find that protest exposure in Chile briefly reduces support for state violence, but doesn’t change views on protester violence. A nuanced look at attitudes in unrest. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Political science suggests liberals are more tolerant of the Supreme Court when it makes decisions they don't like. Kathryn Haglin, Soren Jordan, Alison Higgins Merrill and @joeura.bsky.social ask: does that still hold up with the new-look Court? Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

New research by Laurel Elder, @hankgreene.bsky.social, and Mary-Kate Lizotte shows Americans see 6- and 12-week abortion bans as effectively the same, challenging the idea of "moderate" restrictions. Post-Dobbs, abortion is a binary debate: ban vs. no ban, with framing crucial to public reception.

Kirill Zhirkov & Robert H. Brehm find that calling immigrants “illegal” or “undocumented” doesn’t affect perceptions in experiments. However, people’s preferences for these terms do reflect their broader attitudes toward immigration policy. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Sarah Maxey and Taryn Butler ask: does it matter if officials handle classified documents responsibly? Yes, even more than you might think! Classification scandals udermine public confidence in democratic institutions across party lines. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

@kai-arzheimer.com discusses how far-right actors in Western Europe use "Christianism" to frame Muslims as a threat. Survey data shows religiosity is unrelated to far-right ideology; Islamophobia overlaps with nativism & authoritarianism at micro level. More: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Shreyas Meher and Patrick T. Brandt demonstrate how state-of-the-art language models can be efficiently adapted for political event classification, achieving up to 1400% improvement in accuracy while remaining computationally accessible. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

R&P welcomes our new editor, Katelyn Stauffer! @kstauffer.bsky.social is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Georgia.

A study by Marianne Kramer, @golovchenko.bsky.social and @fghjorth.bsky.social shows that Large Language Models like GPT-4 & Llama 3 70B can reliably detect pro-Kremlin disinformation, outperforming human annotators and past models—all at lower cost. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Clareta Treger examines how different outcome variables in conjoint experiments shape political science results. The article urges using both forced-choice and rating outcomes, and reporting descriptive with causal estimates, to gain fuller insights. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@nilsweidmann.bsky.social and Mina Rulis study the link between university disciplines and political protest in autocracies. They focus on how the composition of academic institutions shapes the likelihood of activism in university cities. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@profjanegreen.bsky.social, @zackgp94.bsky.social, Geoffrey Evans, and @gaetanoinglese.bsky.social examine AI’s political impact at work. Social groups perceive both risks and benefits and hold varied political views. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

R&P welcomes our new editor, Jae-Hee Jung! @jaeheejung.bsky.social is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Houston.

Prominent recent works have measured democratic support using a single latent variable that purports to span a single dimension from steadfast opposition to whole-hearted support, ignoring that support for democracy is complex and multidimensional.

Does descriptive representation lead people to evaluate elected officials and their institutions more favorably? Does it improve political efficacy and engagement? Read what David Doherty, Madeline Schade and Dana Garbarski found based on a pre-registered survey experiment: doi.org/10.1177/2053...

Natalia Aruguete, @tiagoventura.bsky.social & @ecalvo68.bsky.social examine how exposure to counter- and pro-attitudinal fact-checking messages impacts voters’ perception of the fact-checker: Fact-checking increases the reputation of the fact-checker but creates perceptions of ideological biases.

@damienbol.bsky.social & @phbono.bsky.social evaluate whether ChatGPT can be used to estimate the ideological positions of parties in real time. They find that ChatGPT’s estimations are generally close to those of an expert survey, especially for major and salient political issues. Read more here:

Benjamin VanDreew, Joseph Phillips, Kal Munis & Spencer Goidel investigates perceptions of “woke” using a conjoint survey experiment. Despite some differences Democrats & Republicans tend to agree on what woke means. Independents, as a whole, have much less consistent views. Read more here:

Spencer Goidel & @kirbygoidel.bsky.social explore how nostalgia & authoritarianism influenced public attitudes within the U.S. context. Nostalgic Americans are more likely to support political strongmen, violations of rules, norms, & institutions, & the use of political violence against opponents.

Alexander Tripp compares GenAI models (ChatGPT & Claude) with undergraduates in classifying Spanish immigration media frames. While undergraduates outperform AI by a small margin, the results show how researchers can effectively apply these tools and illustrate their pros and cons. Read more here: