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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 16h

🆕 Democratic disaffection and resentment ✊

Using survey data 📊 from 6 European countries 🇪🇺 @mfilsinger.bsky.social & Steffen Wamsler examine how #SGRD, already linked to radical political support, relates to general support for democracy 🏛️

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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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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 1d

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13th Biennial Conference of the Standing Group on the #EuropeanUnion
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📆 1 – 3 July 2026 📍Università di Catania
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13th Biennial Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union, 1 – 3 July 2026, Università di Catania

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 2d

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -

Congenial messages from politicians reduce affective polarization among citizens - https://cup.org/46JRPk3

- @rtpedersen.bsky.social, Julian Christensen & Niels Bjørn Grund Petersen

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 4d

🆕 Research by @dasalgon.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social shows how far-right actors increasingly shape the agendas of mainstream parties—especially around Islam, migration & cultural issues.

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#politics #communication #mainstreaming”

Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 6d

🆕 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 📣

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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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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 8d

🆕 Attitudes toward international organisations? 🌍

Exploring #Technocratic & #Populist attitudes, Reinout van der Veer & @profonderco.bsky.social use survey data across five European 🏤 countries to explain how people view IOs

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Representation matters: Technocracy, populism, and attitudes towards international organisations | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Representation matters: Technocracy, populism, and attitudes towards international organisations

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 8d

🆕 Sore losers on election night? 🫢

Einar Bäckström shows #VoterSatisfaction does not change right after electoral decisions, but becomes more polarised over time ⏰ instead long-term processes drive the winner-loser gap🏅

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Sore losers on election night? Examining the temporal emergence of the winner–loser gap | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Sore losers on election night? Examining the temporal emergence of the winner–loser gap

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 13d

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 13d

🎉 Thanks to our incredible authors, reviewers & readers for your patience and support as we move to @universitypress.cambridge.org

📘 @ejprjournal.bsky.social is now live with Cambridge!
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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 14d

EJPR News 📰

That is all from📘 Vol 64, Issue 4 of EJPR!

Featuring 20 articles and more than 8 research notes, 📖 looking at the latest in #PolSci research and the comparative study of politics.

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EJPR 64.4 Out Now

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 14d

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#Populist parties frame politics as a battle between the “honest and upright people” and the “evil and corrupted elite,” shaping their ideological identity around this dichotomy according to @robert-a-huber.bsky.social, A.Zaslove & M.Meijers

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The anatomy of populist ideology: How political parties define ‘the people’ and ‘the elite'

MAURITS J. MEIJERS, ROBERT A. HUBER, ANDREJ ZASLOVE

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 15d

📘 64.4

@jakobkas.bsky.social @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & B.Bakker questions whether when voters are deeply polarized, ddo they tend to rate democratic performance lower regarding fairness and other important qualities?

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Establishing the construct and predictive validity of brief measures of affective polarization

JAKOB KASPER, GIJS SCHUMACHER, BERT N. BAKKER

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 18d

📘 64.4

These authors look at 🔍 candidate-level VAAs (Voting Advice Apps) and how they can lead to better match between what voters care about and who they pick, compared to party-level VAAs.

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Improving issue representation with candidate-level voting advice applications

MICHA GERMANN, FERNANDO MENDEZ, JONATHAN WHEATLEY, CONSTANTINOS DJOUVAS, ROULA NEZI, MATTHEW WALL

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 19d

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📊 Kyung Joon Han looks as women in Western Europe how show higher #AffectivePolarization largely due to stronger disapproval of opposing party supporters.

#OA #Polisky

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Gender and affective polarization

KYUNG JOON HAN

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 19d

📘 64.4

🔍 Evidence from Germany 🇩🇪 shows that higher levels of political violence are associated with lower political ambition among women and weaker descriptive representation. @jeyalizade.bsky.social @fabioellger.bsky.social @mgruenewald.bsky.social @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social

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Does political violence undermine descriptive representation? The case of women in politics

JEYHUN ALIZADE, FABIO ELLGER, MARIUS GRÜNEWALD, THOMAS TICHELBAECKER

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 20d

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@jesperlindqvist.bsky.social, @professormpersson.bsky.social, W.Schakel & A.Sundell look at 🗳️ voters’ policy preferences often misalign with what they get in practice with the study showing how this “electoral connection” gap contributes to unequal outcomes

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Poor choices? Examining the electoral connection behind unequal policy representation

JESPER LINDQVIST, MIKAEL PERSSON, WOUTER SCHAKEL, ANDERS SUNDELL

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 21d

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✅ Coalition governments reduce affective #polarization when perceived as successful; ❌ when seen as failing, they increase polarization says @jochemvanagt.bsky.social & @markuskollberg.bsky.social

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United in success, fragmented in failure: The moderating effect of perceived government performance on affective polarization between coalition partners

JOCHEM VANAGT, MARKUS KOLLBERG

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 21d

📘 64.4

🗳️ Survey data from Poland’s 2023 election show that simply exposing PiS’s anti-LGBTIQ rhetoric didn’t shift voter support but when that rhetoric was tied to Putin’s anti-LGBTQ justifications for war, support swung significantly toward the opposition.

Anti-LGBTIQ rhetoric and electoral outcomes under the shadow of war: Evidence from Poland's 2023 parliamentary election

PHILLIP M. AYOUB, DOUGLAS PAGE, SAMUEL WHITT

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 22d

📘 64.4

@legalmusings.bsky.social, @klueserthan.bsky.social & M.Haselmayer address how left‑wing parties have prioritised social progress over economic equality 💱 in recent decades.

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Social progress at the expense of economic equality? New data on left parties' equality preferences

ALEXANDER HORN, K. JONATHAN KLÜSER, MARTIN HASELMAYER

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 26d

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@aslunn.bsky.social @heikekluever.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social & @tonirodon.bsky.social look at Merkel’s 2020 COVID‑19 🦠 address and its impact on public trust and support for government measures showing the power of #CrisisComms.

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Closed borders, closed minds? COVID-related border closures, EU support and hostility towards immigrants

ISA HERBIG, ASLI UNAN, THERESA KUHN, IRENE RODRÍGUEZ, TONI RODON, HEIKE KLÜVER

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 26d

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📊 Citizens strongly resist trading off free elections for income, but show more willingness to compromise on other liberal norms according to @sergiferrer.bsky.social @ehernandez.bsky.social @enprava.bsky.social @damjantomic.bsky.social

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The value of liberal democracy: Assessing citizens' commitment to democratic principles

SERGI FERRER, ENRIQUE HERNÁNDEZ, ENRIQUE PRADA, DAMJAN TOMIC

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 27d

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These authors look at German 🇩🇪 city councils, MPs’ parliamentary questions ❓ show uneven attention across neighbourhoods: some areas are well represented, others systematically neglected. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

#OA #PoliSky #Representation

Geographic representation in local politics: Evidence from parliamentary questions in German city councils

MORTEN HARMENING, JONA-FREDERIK BAUMERT, SEBASTIAN BLOCK, MARTIN GROSS, DOMINIC NYHUIS, JAN VELIMSKY

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 28d

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🔥 MPs often invoke local cues in Tweets, especially during campaign periods, but these authors study finds no clear electoral reward. Local references don’t boost voters’ support or preference votes. 📊

#PoliSky #VotingBehaviour #OA

Constituency references in social media: MPs' usage and voters' reaction

OLIVER HUWYLER, NATHALIE GIGER, STEFANIE BAILER, TOMAS TURNER-ZWINKELS, SILVAN HELLER

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 28d

📘 64.4

@celytadeas.bsky.social looks to 🧭 left-wing partisans in Europe and their alignment across cultural & economic dimensions; the right’s views are more diverse? Implications for polarization are wide-ranging.

#OA #PoliticalScience

One more constrained than the other: Asymmetrical ideological alignment and its implications for polarization

TADEAS CELY

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 29d

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🚧 Do COVID-border closures shape political attitudes?

Herbig, Unan, Kuhn et al. find that sudden intra-EU border closures reduced support for the EU and increased hostility towards immigrants — though effects were short-lived.

#PoliSky #OA

Closed borders, closed minds? COVID-related border closures, EU support and hostility towards immigrants

LISA HERBIG, ASLI UNAN, THERESA KUHN, IRENE RODRÍGUEZ, TONI RODON, HEIKE KLÜVER

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