New paper out at @electoralstudies.bsky.social with Michael Lewis-Beck. We show that political economy models - based on inflation rate, government/prime minister approval, and the number of terms in office - performed well in forecasting CON vote share ahead of the 2024 GE
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Holtz-Bacha's article (doi.org/10.1086/734462) explores the challenges that female politicians face when performing political authenticity. The article identifies and assesses the strategies that they may draw upon to appear authentic, drawing on a variety of rich case studies to do so 11/12

Francis and @bittner.bsky.social 's article (doi.org/10.1086/734679) evaluates public perceptions of Canadian MPs. Among their findings, MPs from the ruling Liberal party are perceived as less authentic than others, Indigenous MPs as the most authentic, and women as more authentic than men 10/12

Together with @lucasgeese.bsky.social , we show (doi.org/10.1086/734680open) that there are differences in preferences for politicians being true to themselves among publics and MPs in Germany and GB. MPs may be more constrained in their ability to be true to themselves under certain conditions 9/12

In their article (doi.org/10.1086/734727), @simonluebke.bsky.social and Steffan not only show the electoral benefit of being perceived as authentic for politicians, but that the magnitude of the association is stronger for respondents who deem authenticity important in deciding how to vote 8/12

The paper from @mzarate.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1086/734681) investigates the impact of political opportunism on candidate evaluations. Candidates running in a district they did not grow up in are found to be more likely to be considered to be pandering, and also to be less authentic 7/12

Stein, @simonluebke.bsky.social and Engelmann (doi.org/10.1086/734726) analyze how aspects of populist performance by politicians affect perceptions of their authenticity. Language and clothing styles of populist politicians are found to be associated with perceptions of greater authenticity 6/12

Ceccobelli and Colombo's paper (doi.org/10.1086/734740) carries out a comparative case study of the contrasting examples of @aoc.bsky.social and Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni in their ability to strike a balance between being perceived as authentic, ordinary & competent 5/12

With @sofiabrei.bsky.social , @jaclarner.bsky.social , @dieterstiers.bsky.social and Lewis-Beck, we show (doi.org/10.1086/734478) that people can deem a politician to be authentic even when they do not agree with their policies, and that authenticity perceptions bring electoral benefits 4/12

Levy and Tien's article (doi.org/10.1086/734783) contends that declining government trust combined with the advent of primaries facilitated authenticity becoming important. Using @electionstudies.bsky.social, it then tests the role of authenticity for evaluations of 2016 presidential candidates 3/12

In his article (doi.org/10.1086/734728), @michaelserazio.bsky.social traces the roots of political authenticity and illustrates how political authenticity gets constructed in contemporary USA, based on interviews with 28 high-level professionals working in the sphere of political campaigning 2/12

New in @environmentalpol.bsky.social! Reviewing over 300 surveys, we provide a guide on navigating the many concepts measured in climate change public opinion research over 4 decades. It includes the resource of an over 200 page fully-searchable appendix with all questions!!
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