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Electoral systems matter: they create majorities where they do not exist

Are political staffers out of touch with grassroots party members? Pieter Moens assesses congruence between professionals and volunteers in Political Studies: ow.ly/8rRC50KoOTX #ECRs Political Studies Association Sage Politics #politicalstaff #polsci

Are political staffers out of touch with grassroots party members? Pieter Moens assesses congruence between professionals and volunteers in Political Studies: dlvr.it/Sc96ky #ECRs #polsci Political Studies Association @SAGECQPolitics #politicalstaff

Are political staffers out of touch with grassroots party members? Pieter Moens assesses congruence between professionals and volunteers in Political Studies: ow.ly/8rRC50KoOTX #ECRs #polsci Political Studies Association @SAGECQPolitics #politicalstaff

Parties increasingly allow their members to elect the party leader. But what about members who support losing candidates in such contest? How do they react? Leen Linger, @anna_a_kern and I investigate this in a new article in #PartyPolitics (1/6) GASPAR Ghent University Research

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China's population is set to shrink substantially over the next decades, with lots of ageing in the process. This will have major global macro implications.

Great minds think alike ? Find out to what extent party members and aspirant party leaders are ideologically aligned in our new study with Bram Wauters and Pieter Moens in Acta Politica 👉 rdcu.be/c6LLl Main findings 🧵

Out now, #OnlineFirst: Audrey Vandeleene (Audrey Vandeleene @audreyvdleene.bsky.social), Pieter Moens (Pieter Moens) & Bram Wauters (Bram Wauters) explore the ideological congruence between party members and leadership candidates. Read it here: rdcu.be/c6LLl

Are political staffers out of touch with grassroots party members? Pieter Moens assesses congruence between professionals and volunteers in Political Studies: ow.ly/8rRC50KoOTX #ECRs #polsci Political Studies Association @SAGECQPolitics #politicalstaff

Think Europeans are getting increasingly fed up with their democracies? You might be in for a surprise! The Eurobarometer 50-year data tells a different story. Here are the numbers you usually don’t see. A brief 🧵👇🏾 1/5

Fascinating numbers in this new IPSOS study. In many countries now 10% or more of the population identify as LGBT+. Among Gen Z over 20%. It is a shame that LGBT+ identity is still not a standard question in most surveys. There is so much we don't know about this group.

In a new working paper, Silja Häusermann Reto Mitteregger (@indubioproreto.bsky.social) nadja mosimann Markus Wagner and I investigate trade-offs of social democratic party strategies. In a conjoint experiment in 6 West European countries, we analyze how different groups react to varying programs. A🧵

Terecht wijst bart eeckhout op blijvend belang van sociale klasse. Maar of het nu gaat over vertrouwen in justitie of eigen toekomstperspectief, de opvallend scherpe en groeiende sociale klasse-breuklijnen worden helemaal niet opgepikt in debat: demorgen.be/politiek/reuze…

Now in American Political Science Review: in a study of >800 politicians in four countries led by Jean-Benoit Pilet, we find that politicians massively overestimate how conservative citizens are, on a long list of policy issues. /1 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Vandaag helaas alweer de allerlaatste “plaatjes van de electoraatjes” op Stuk Rood Vlees. Deze keer nemen Simon Otjes en ik - last but not least - de achterban van Pieter Omtzigts NSC onder de loep. Wie is de typische NSC-kiezer? (1/14) stukroodvlees.nl/plaatjes-van-d…

NEW: Only 13% of Brits trust Rishi Sunak to put up a shelf, compared to 47% who opt for Keir Starmer. Starmer also leads on pub conversation and putting out a fire. Sunak leads only on 'negotiating a discount' and 'solving an escape room'. JLP @RestisPolitics