Great blog describing our research showing that mass collective action movements can significantly influence political outcomes!
A finding that feels more relevant than ever…

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4/ We discovered an interesting temporal pattern. Initially, protests triggered a conservative backlash, but over time, as violent imagery faded from public discourse, the backlash reversed and turned into a progressive shift in voting behavior.

1/ 📣 PUBLICATION ALERT: Our paper on the effect of BLM protests on the 2020 presidential election has been published in @polbehavior.bsky.social ! Joint work with my great friend and co-author @gmelios.bsky.social

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A similar argument was made by Hirschman in the 80s (with regards to public action, see e.g. passage below). Great to see this idea is gaining traction elsewhere!

Our main result: When ‘your’ party controls the presidency, you actually give less to charity. When the opposition is in power, you give more. The pattern is remarkably clear and quantitatively large:

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In terms of gender norms. we find that Catholicism leads to more conservative attitudes on women's workforce participation and views on marriage. Thus, clergy scandals lead to a progressive shift!

The net effect of losing one’s Catholic affiliation? A 2-point move to the left on a 5-point political scale. This translates to real voting behavior changes - higher Dem vote shares and donations following a local scandal.

Using church scandals as a source of exogenous variation in Catholicism, we find that Catholicism leads to more conservative views on issues like abortion & same-sex marriage, but more progressive views on healthcare & military spending.

🚨 Now that we're all moving here, I'd like to share a recent working paper with @gmelios.bsky.social: Religion, Identity, and Preferences! 🚨

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