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Professor of Political Science | University of Potsdam

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Sep 29
What constitutional forms of democracy exist in the world today and what's their rationale? New paper now published open access in @globcon.bsky.social
@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
doi.org/10.1017/S204...
Short thread below 👇

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · 3d
Inference to the best explanation in style with Sherlock Holmes @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social & House MD @juliusk.bsky.social :)

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 3d
Freue mich sehr auf diese Diskussion mit @econlessmann.bsky.social, @juliusk.bsky.social, und Luisa Doerr.
tu-dresden.de/bu/wirtschaf...

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 7d
1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland
The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.
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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · 9d
Gonzalez, not Machado

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · 28d
Die Regierung hat jedes Recht zu einem Wechsel in der Migrationspolitik. Aber das ist so unglaublich bürokratisch, unethisch und migrationspolitisch sinnlos. www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
Afghanen aus Aufnahmeprogrammen wird Einreise nach Deutschland verwehrt
Manche Afghanen haben mehr als zwei Jahre in Pakistan auf ihre Ausreise nach Deutschland gewartet. Nun hat Berlin sie abgelehnt. Die Betroffenen fürchten das Schlimmste.
www.faz.net

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Werner Krause @krausewe.bsky.social · Dec 3
📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database!

The data now covers

- > 3.000 parties
- 1.100 parliamentary elections
- 402 presidential elections
- 2.044 cabinets

across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31).

All info: ppeg.wzb.eu

We hope that data is helpful to the community!

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · Nov 18
Delighted to see this paper out in @carlsengames.bsky.social - working with @grattonecon.bsky.social was fantastic; I learned a lot! We develop the argument that technocracy can serve as an intertemporal insurance device for groups who fear their majority status is ephemeral. Because technocrats

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Nov 12
Sounds good to me. But that seems pretty much equivalent to ranked choice (alternative vote) without the need to rank all candidates. Ireland has used this for presidential elections since 1937.

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Nov 12
Thank you. I wasn't aware of the book!

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Nov 12
I agree about the tradeoffs. But the context always changes, while the rules should be somewhat stable. And the logical space of possibilities. Hard to think of something else. What do you find negative or ficticious about the runoff? That it doesn't necessarily reflect voters' first preference?

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Nov 12
Which rules do you prefer, and why?
welpita.bsky.social Yanina Welp @welpita.bsky.social · Nov 12
Institutions really matter!
If there were no 2º round in Chile, Jara (a communist) would win. Since there is a 2º round, the one with the best chances is whoever comes in second from the right.

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Yanina Welp @welpita.bsky.social · Nov 12
Institutions really matter!
If there were no 2º round in Chile, Jara (a communist) would win. Since there is a 2º round, the one with the best chances is whoever comes in second from the right.

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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · Nov 3
"But the SVP is different":

I hear this often, especially compared to A/fD.

But 2024 data confirm different story: programmatically, the overlaps are strikingly close.
The real difference is govt participation, not ideology.

And yet, many still label the SVP as a center-right ("bürgerlich") party

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Oct 30
If it weren't so sad, presidentialism would be kind of funny.
brendannyhan.bsky.social Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Oct 30
Unprecedented corruption
justinhendrix.bsky.social Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Oct 30
"This spring, Binance took steps that catapulted the Trump family venture’s new stablecoin product, enhancing its credibility and pushing its market capitalization up from $127 million to over $2.1 billion. Trump granted Zhao a presidential pardon last week..." www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Oct 30
Unprecedented corruption
justinhendrix.bsky.social Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Oct 30
"This spring, Binance took steps that catapulted the Trump family venture’s new stablecoin product, enhancing its credibility and pushing its market capitalization up from $127 million to over $2.1 billion. Trump granted Zhao a presidential pardon last week..." www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Binance Boosted Trump Family’s Crypto Company Ahead of Pardon for Its Billionaire Founder
The giant crypto exchange facilitated a $2 billion purchase of World Liberty’s stablecoin and built its technology. The clemency for Changpeng Zhao—the tycoon known as CZ—surprised some in the adminis...
www.wsj.com

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Oct 28
New (sort of) paper on the "Democratic" Separation of Powers for the forthcoming Cambridge Handbook on the Separation of Powers
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Presidentialism, Parliamentarism and Beyond Towards a Democratic Theory of the Democratic Separation of Powers
PDF | This chapter discusses the distinction between presidential, parliamentary and hybrid forms of government. The term “separation of powers” is... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...
www.researchgate.net

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Oct 23
Will this be recorded?

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Christian Stecker @pluggedchris.bsky.social · Oct 22
..sollte sich ernsthaft mit den Möglichkeiten flexibler Mehrheiten beschäftigen. Sie lindern das Demokratieproblem der Brandmauer und die Demokratiegefahr durch die AfD. Mehr dazu im Frühjahr 2026 in meinem Buch.

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Ryosuke Amiya-Nakada @ryosukeamiya.bsky.social · Oct 21
インタビューが毎日紙版にも掲載されました．昨日出たWeb版とたぶん同内容です．制度の力その他で政党数を抑制するにも限界がある(もうそれではおさえこめない時代に至っている)ので，政治運営の引き出しは多い方がいいよね，という話のつもりです．
mainichi.jp/articles/202...
多党化ニッポン：2大政党だけが民主主義ではない　政治への要請、多様に　網谷龍介・津田塾大教授 | 毎日新聞
交流サイト（SNS）で多様な民意が可視化され、それを反映するように日本の政治が「多党化」し、不安定さを増している。日本より先に少数与党や多党化に直面してきた欧州にヒントはないか。欧州政治に詳しい網谷龍介・津田塾大教授に聞いた。【聞き手・安部志帆子、田中裕之】
mainichi.jp

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Oct 17
I doubt that a few perc. points threshold matter for coordination. Parliamentary system is the problem bc it doesn't allow centrist voters to coordinate. Presidential elections with absolute majority rule show this nicely. (Parl. system plus disproportionality also killed Hungary's democracy.)

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Oct 17
Important debate. Thanks! 2 points. 1) Low thresholds make it easier to split up parties. German democracy would probably benefit if a AfD breakaway party were successful. 2) Discussion is predicated on parl. system. Not including small parties in no-confidence procedure can mitigate tradeoffs.

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Oct 16
Klar. Aber 1. hängt viel an d. Def. von "... Anliegen berücksichtigen". Deliberation = Verfahren, in deinem Thread klang es nach der Substanz der Kompromisse. 2. Von norm. Theorien zu emp. Hypothesen zu kommen ist tricky. 3. Etwas weniger Rawls & mehr Gaus würde d. Diskussion vllt. helfen :)

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Oct 16
Was zu stabilen Kompromissen führt, und ob diese überhaupt noch möglich sind, ist eine rein empirische Frage. Insofern sehe ich die Relevanz der Demokratiekonzeption nicht recht. Rödder würde doch nicht bestreiten, dass die Akteure ihre Positionen moralisch begründen.

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Oct 16
In seinem Beispiel ging es doch gerade um die Kritik an der Verrechtlichung, also darum, dass das Gericht das gesellschaftlich Kluge nur machen konnte, nachdem es die Fiktion der (moralisch) richtigen Entscheidung aufgegeben hat. 1/

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Oct 16
2. Argument überzeugt mich nicht. Weder ist eine Entscheidung all dieser Fragen durch das Gericht (gegen Mehrheiten) generell demokratisch wünschenswert noch ist die Berücksichtigung der moralischen Anliegen von allen immer möglich. Und wenn, hätten Rechte nicht durchaus Grund sich zu beklagen?

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Cord Schmelzle @cordschmelzle.bsky.social · Oct 15
Ein kleiner Thread zu Rödders Klage über die wahre Krise der Demokratie: Der "postmodern-grüne" Anschlag auf das Mehrheitsprinzip durch die Moralisierung der Politik 👇
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Krise der liberalen Demokratie: Das sind die Chancen und Herausforderungen
Vier Überspannungen haben der liberalen Demokratie zugesetzt. Aber es bleibt eine Chance zu ihrer Renaissance: Sie muss die Politik gegenüber einer Verrechtlichung zurückgewinnen.
www.faz.net

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Oct 14
help to explain the effects in Australia - and the electoral system itself also probably helps to explain why Australia's policy is not more redistributive (as per the theories of Iversen/Soskice, Rodden and others). PR systems might face distinct questions.

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Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Oct 14
Thanks, Kevin, that's helpful. I was mainly curious, as I have been thinking about this. Is MV desirable in the context of authoritarian populism? I don't think I know the recent literature well enough. And there is an obvious interaction with the electoral system. Majoritarianism in 1st chamber