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Ruth Dassonneville

@rdassonneville.bsky.social

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Prof at KU Leuven CRC in Electoral Democracy at Université de Montréal https://ruthdassonneville.netlify.app/

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 11h

Congratulations Reto!!

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Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Robert Huber, Benjamin Braun

António Valentim @antvalentim.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 New paper out!

Very happy to see our (Tom Arend, @fabioellger.bsky.social and mine) paper out at the @bjpols.bsky.social.

We explore how voters react to new, disruptive political actors.

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Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · 1d

Third dissertation paper is out now in @govandopp.bsky.social!

OA: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It studies the ideological structure of European electorates – finding broad similarities between countries, despite that party electorates and social groups remain structured nationally

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Reposted by Frédéric Mérand

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 3d

Great opportunity: A position in IR/Politics of China in a *fantastic* department @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social and wonderful city! 👇

Frédéric Mérand @fredericmerand.bsky.social · 18d

Nous cherchons la perle rare.

fas.umontreal.ca/public/FAS/f...

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Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Matthijs Rooduijn, Tom Louwerse

Fabio Votta📊🐧 @favstats.eu · 4d

🚀 And this marks our launch of the CampAIgn Tracker 🇳🇱!

@meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social and I are glad to finally publish our dashboard where we monitor the use of AI imagery in campaign messages, by parties, politicians & other actors during the election #tk2025

See here
www.campaigntracker.nl/en/

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 6d

So great to see this paper out, congrats!!

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Daphne Halikiopoulou

Maximilian Filsinger @mfilsinger.bsky.social · 6d

Steffen Wamsler and I have a new paper in @ejprjournal.bsky.social !

We show that citizens who perceive their in-group to be disadvantaged express lower support for democracy and higher openness towards authoritarian alternatives!

tinyurl.com/y78hj253 @espol-lab.bsky.social @lifbi.bsky.social

Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support

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Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Christian Breunig

Nadja Wehl @na-wehl.bsky.social · 7d

Very excited about the lineup for our #ComparativePolitics & #PoliticalEconomy colloquium in the winter @uni-konstanz.de !!

▶️Hannah Werner @ipz.bsky.social
▶️Fabio Franchino
▶️ @ashelshehawy.bsky.social
▶️Kevin Munger @eui-sps.bsky.social
▶️@rdassonneville.bsky.social
▶️@svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social

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Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Émilie Van Haute, Robert Huber

European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 7d

🆕 Deservingness perceptions & candidate support 👥

#GroupAppeals help connect #VoterIdentity 🧩 to voting choices 🗳️ – @rdassonneville.bsky.social, Rune Stubager & Mads Thau want to know if this appeals to other social groups 📣

📖 #OA

How group appeals shape candidate support: The role of group membership, identity strength, and deservingness perceptions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

How group appeals shape candidate support: The role of group membership, identity strength, and deservingness perceptions

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 8d

What a fantastic collection of papers! 👀

David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 8d

@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:

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Reposted by Cas Mudde, Ruth Dassonneville, Robert Huber , and 7 more Cas Mudde, Ruth Dassonneville, Robert Huber, Benjamin Braun, Swen Hutter, Markus Wagner, Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, Klaus H. Goetz, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Tarik Abou‐Chadi

David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 8d

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Reposted by Cas Mudde, Ruth Dassonneville, Alexander Wuttke , and 4 more Cas Mudde, Ruth Dassonneville, Alexander Wuttke, Guy Grossman, Martin Kreidl, Jason Lyall, David Darmofal

Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 8d

Great paper on the state of political science osf.io/preprints/os... by @guygrossman.bsky.social et. al. We have become more diverse, more quantitative, and more collaborative.

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Steven Van de Walle @stevenvdwalle.bsky.social · 9d

We zoeken een praktijkassistent Politieke Wetenschappen www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

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Klopt je hart voor politiek & onderwijs?

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 9d

Nogmaals gefeliciteerd Daan, en wat een geweldige foto :D

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 9d

🥹 Finally, we presented this paper, in different stages, at *lots* of different places. Thanks so much for everyone who gave us comments and suggestions!

Reposted by Robert C. Richards

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 9d

👉 In sum, citizens react to a wide variety of group appeals, but there is much heterogeneity in their responses. Our results indicate that social identity, and especially deservingness perceptions, are key to explaining this variation!

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 9d

‼️We find stronger effects for deservingness. Among in- & out-groups, those who think the group is more deserving strongly reward a candidate appealing to that group. Those who think the group already gets more than it deserves, in contrast, evaluate candidates appealing to the group more negatively.

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 9d

❗We do find that the positive effects of exposure to out-group appeals is significantly reduced among strong identifiers, but even they do not punish candidates using group appeals.

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 9d

In terms of the moderation effects, we find weak evidence for the idea that stronger identifiers respond more positively to group appeals.

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 9d

🔍 We further expanded the N of groups we considered in Study 2, and across groups find that group appeals consistently polarize individuals across group lines.

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 9d

We also postulated that respondents would respond more positively to appeals to groups they think are more deserving.

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 9d

🤔 We then theorized what might explain variation in reactions to group appeals, and collected more data in Study 2. First, we hypothesized that in- and out-group reactions would be stronger among those identifying more strongly with the group.

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 9d

🤯 Things were different for an appeal to young people, which young people did not respond positively to and older respondents reacted *negatively* to.

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 9d

🔍 Replicating and expanding their design, in Study 1 we find that appeals to working class, rural areas and the lower educated all increase support among in-group, with limited backlash among the out-group.

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 9d

💾 We use survey experimental data from the UK to improve our understanding of responses to group appeals. In Study 1, we build on earlier work on responses to working class appeals by Robison et al. (that paper is here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....).

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Reposted by Alexander Wuttke, Robert Huber, Robert C. Richards , and 1 more Alexander Wuttke, Robert Huber, Robert C. Richards, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 9d

Really excited that after several years of working on it, revising, and getting lots of rejections, our paper (w/ Rune Stubager & Mads Thau) on citizens’ responses to group appeals is *finally* out @ejprjournal.bsky.social

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A 🧵 on our findings...

How group appeals shape candidate support: The role of group membership, identity strength, and deservingness perceptions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

How group appeals shape candidate support: The role of group membership, identity strength, and deservingness perceptions

www.cambridge.org

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 11d

Guess there are worse places to get stuck due to storm Amy #trondheim

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 12d

Gefeliciteerd Raf!

Reposted by Mikael Persson

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 12d

Had a *fantastic* time at the Nordic Political Behavior Workshop! Great papers, engaging discussions, and super constructive feedback. Thanks so much for organizing @finseraas.bsky.social @lchristensen.bsky.social @professormpersson.bsky.social & Peter Dinesen!

Mikael Persson @professormpersson.bsky.social · 12d

The 5th Nordic Political Behavior Workshop in Trondheim! @lchristensen.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social @finseraas.bsky.social et al!

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Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Anne Rasmussen, Klaus H. Goetz

Bart Maes @bart-maes.bsky.social · 12d

Politicians don’t just care how many people hold an opinion — they care how good that opinion is. In our new (open-access) article in West European Politics, based on survey data from 900+ politicians across 11 countries, we show: quality > quantity. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0140...

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