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Happy to see that this out in Comparative Political Studies Here's a link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

New online paper: Does election fraud erode support for autocrats? Laurits Aarslew employs a survey experiment in Russia after the 2020 vote on constitutional amendments to examine the response of regime supporters and opponents. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

FOUR MORE YEARS 🍾 Super excited to share that I started as assistant professor at dept of political science Aarhus BSS from Jan 1 Thankful for all the help I’ve gotten over the years. Now, on for more projects.

1) If women’s political under representation is primarily a surprise problem and women candidates are overqualified bc of the selection process, why are women not elected at higher rates than men once they do run? Laurits Aarslew and I show how voters

When we used survey methods that maximize respondent attention and understanding, we found only ~5% of people endorsed their party committing violent felonies brightlinewatch.org/tempered-expec… Still too many, but we must reinforce that Americans overwhelmingly reject political violence.

Be skeptical of alarmist polls on support for political violence. There are good methodological reasons to question (many) results. Accounting for major sources of error, we find that most survey estimates of support are indistinguishable from 0. See our working paper. with

New in PNAS Nexus: Correcting misperceptions of the out-party is often recommended as a strategy to reduce polarization, but it may not be as effective as previously thought Sean Westwood Yphtach Lelkes Nic Dias Kristian Frederiksen Lea Pradella Laurits Aarslew academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti… 🧵1/5

Now out in PNAS Nexus! We find that correcting misperceptions about the out-party has no consistent effect on partisan animosity, support for partisan violence, or support for undemocratic practices, suggesting that corrections are not a panacea for addressing democratic ills.

🚨Very excited to share that my first solo publication "Testing the social pressure hypothesis: Does in-party social pressure reduce out-party empathy?" is out in PNAS Nexus 🚨 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnasne… Here’s what I find 🧵1/6

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Spot the difference! Hint: one of them is a dictator, who ruled Turkmenistan for more than 20 years... #Trump #Gaza #Trumpgaza #TrumpGAZAwonderland