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Will Reid-Tong @willthong.com · 1h

As someone who's written these sorts of emails for Labour before: two can play at this game

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Peter Egge Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social · 1h

New WP with brilliant co-author @jacobnyrup.bsky.social! Which governments are most representative? We match the backgrounds of tens of thousands of cabinet ministers to population data in 136 countries (1991-2021) and measure the representation gap on gender, age, education, class and geography.

World map shading each country by the average gap between its cabinet and its population on gender, age, education, class and capital origin, 2001–2021. Gaps are smallest in Scandinavia, followed by North America, Australia, and much of Western Europe. They are largest in Asia and (much of) Africa.

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

From our FirstView: "The Representation Trap: How Minority Power Shapes Electoral Politics in India" by @feyaadallie.bsky.social. buff.ly/sEa2MlQ

APSR abstract for "The Representation Trap: How Minority Power Shapes Electoral Politics in India," by Feyaad Allie, Studying Muslim representation in India, the author shows electing a Muslim representative divides Muslim votes while consolidating Hindu votes for the majoritarian party, driven by sub-identity and super-ordinate identity mobilization. Full abstract is available in linked article.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.

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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Postdoc position within my group 3 years (100% TVl-13): stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/2... ⏱️ 06.11.2026 If you have questions: get in touch!

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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, salary level E 13 TV-L)

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions. 2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%) 1 doc: 2 years (75%) Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable) Application deadline: 1 November

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Emily Hugan @changeurbanlife.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Saw a comment on research why people aren't hosting friends for dinner anymore vs the 1970s. The commentator said the researcher should consider how people can't afford larger houses that have a dining room.

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Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Nevertheless, it does show us something important: people like Burnham even more when they’re exposed to him; many of his core themes & arguments carry people and can push up his numbers and vote share. The ownership agenda esp - if delivered - could be really powerful for him.

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Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ok, some obvious and important methodological caveats before Lab folk get too excited. Obviously we are forcibly exposing people to Burnham’s speech here, unfiltered and uncontested. In reality, most will not pay that sort of attention! Plus of course persuasion effects will decay. But…

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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚨 Job alert: Open call in my Department for an Assistant Professor position under the Serra Húnter Programme. The position is in Economic History and Institutions. HPE profiles are very welcome! Info: web.ub.edu/en/web/depar... Deadline: 13 October 2026.

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Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NEW: How does Burnham’s conference speech land with voters when they see it it? In short, very well it seems. A thread on some new video testing of the PM’s speech among voters by @persuasionuk.bsky.social Top line findings and some caveats below! 🧵👇

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Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · 30/09/2026

Did you know that sociologist Cristóbal Young studied 13 years of tax returns covering every million-dollar filer in America? And you know what he found out? That millionaires were less likely to move compared to those making $10,000. civicmedia.us/shows/patrio...

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Millionaires Won't Leave

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.

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Denis Cohen @denis-cohen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📄 New paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social: “From the center to the fringes: A comparative test of attitudinal explanations for mainstream-to-challenger defection” 👥 with @krausewe.bsky.social and @aigneranna.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...

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Redirecting

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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

WERE YOU AWARE: If you made a list of every major-party candidate in the midterms who last had a working-class job, it would only have 7 names (out of 919 candidates) and you could fit them them all on a post-it note. @noamlupu.bsky.social and I have thoughts. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We are hiring at LMU Munich: two PhD positions and one postdoc on democracy, political psychology and computational social science. Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20. Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New post out: England's schools are now the second highest performing in the world outside the far east, according to the OECD's PISA study. Is this because of policy? Attitude to technology? Cultural factors like immigration? And where can we still improve? samf.substack.com/p/why-englan...

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Why England’s schools are doing so well

And what we need to focus on next

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Very interesting! Do you think that is because those AFD voters still prioritise immigration, not security?

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 17/09/2026

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Pursue your career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg WE ARE HIRING! 👉Doctoral Researcher in election data (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 75 %, limited to 3 years) 🔗gesis.jobs.personio....

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Don't think the PISA data is geolocated finely enough but the @suttontrust.bsky.social has previously published research suggesting that the "London effect" effect in attainment is driven by its greater ethnic diversity (link here: www.suttontrust.com/our-research...)

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I like the debate about England's PISA scores, and agree with various things in this article. However the author argues that immigrant family "drive" can't explain England's success since second-gen immigrant pupils outperform natives. Imho there's a logical gap that is vague and untested here.

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ProfAFinlayson @profafinlayson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Stephen Bush, in the FT today writes that Labour “has now produced two governments whose response to acts of thuggery and intimidation is to reiterate that perhaps the thugs have a point”. A key question of political analysis is why Lab (and/or the British state) can’t/won’t be more decisive (x/?)

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

With the big caveat that these are vote (& turnout) recalls, the exit polls suggest that the vast majority of gains for the AfD came from mobilizing former non-voters and converting CDU voters. This would be consistent with the aggregate changes in vote shares & big increase in turnout.

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You will read a lot about the youth voting disproportionately for the far right again. But the data do not support this generational stereotyping and moral panic. Also not in Saxony-Anhalt.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Here's a short list of real experts if you are a journalist who wants someone to talk to about the AfD (which I assume might happen the next days): @asheinze.bsky.social @krausewe.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @markuskollberg.bsky.social @denis-cohen.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

One of those things you were pretty sure was true but now you have causal quantiative evidence in the American Economic Review: business schools trained CEOs to pay workers less in pursuit of maximizing shareholder value www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...

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Daniel de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Don't sleep on this opportunity to join my former department. The Department of Methodology at LSE is a great place to work, and London is a great place to live.

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We're hiring: Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science

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Revan @revan.eurosky.social · 23/08/2026

Amazing

In the week after the June 24 primary election for mayor, I was determined to meet with voters in conservative neighborhoods where
Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D-Astoria), a democratic socialist, had performed surprisingly well. In a Howard Beach precinct where Mamdani won, I met a couple who, despite being conservative, voted for Mamdani because they bizarrely thought he had run "to the right" of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and also believed he was Italian-American, as his name ended in an
"'" and he was from Astoria.
When I dug further into why they thought he was running "to the right" of Cuomo, they noted that it was because he discussed "prices" and
"cost of living," as Donald Trump had in 2024.
They both voted for Trump. They had a hard time believing Mamdani was a socialist because they believed socialists "support making everything more expensive. 1"

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We incorporate both into a multi-party, multi-issue model of electoral competition where, in equilibrium, parties disproportionately address issues that favor them, but also discuss the same issues as each other (even if unfavorable) -- especially when these are salient to voters. (6/7)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Thus, parties face not only the oft-studied "salience incentive" to emphasize favorable issues, but also a "revelation incentive" to address already-salient issues in order to reach voters who prioritize that issue, and would otherwise defect out of uncertainty. (5/7)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

In reality, parties frequently address seemingly unfavorable issues in campaigns, and esp when those issues are important to voters. However, we note that parties' issue emphases not only potentially affect the salience of issues, but also inform voters where parties stand on those issues. (4/7)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

In this article, we try to resolve what appeared to be a longstanding puzzle in the formal analysis of campaign issue selection: if parties can raise the salience of their preferred issues by emphasizing them more, why would parties ever address unfavorable issues? (3/7)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We are so grateful to both the editors of JTP and also the selection committee for this frankly very unexpected honor and recognition of our work -- one of our joint accomplishments that I am very proud of (though we would probably rank the kids higher ;)). (2/7)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A few weeks ago, while shepherding two small kids out of a park, I was unexpectedly informed that I & Matthew Knowles @cityeconomics.bsky.social (also father of said kids) had been awarded the Elinor Ostrom prize for the best paper published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics in 2025! 🧵👇 (1/7)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Thank you!! Hope to see you around soon!

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

2. Inequality mattered: MPs representing more unequal constituencies were systematically less supportive of male franchise expansion. 3. WW1 mattered: many Cons. MPs who were previously opposed came to support a higher male franchise after the outbreak of war in 1914! (9/10)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

1. In line with expectations, we find that support for democratization was partisan, not consensual. (8/10)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Building on Bateman et al. (2017), we develop an imputation procedure that allows us to interpret MPs' ideal points in terms of % men enfranchised. (7/10)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We use roll-call data from 1830 to 1918 to analyze how English and Welsh MPs voted on male franchise expansion. We also assemble a constituency-election level dataset for the same timeframe, with info on MPs' franchise preferences, personal & constituency characteristics. (6/10)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In line with this argument, we anticipate that: 1. Left-leaning MPs will prefer a higher franchise than right-leaning ones 2. MPs representing more unequal seats will prefer a lower franchise 3. Rising exclusion costs will increase support for franchise expansion, regardless of party (5/10)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We integrate elements of all three into a unified theory of democratization, arguing that elites' franchise preferences are determined by their calculation of the expected electoral gains from franchise expansion vs. costs of excluding the disenfranchised. (4/10)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Existing accounts of democratization point to three mechanisms: elites' strategic calculations (Ziblatt 2017; Riedl et al. 2020); economic/social preconditions (Boix 2003; Ansell & Samuels 2014); or popular mobilization (Acemoglu & Robinson 2001; Przeworski 2009). (3/10)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Unlike in most of continental Europe, franchise expansion in Britain was gradual, largely peaceful, elite-led. We ask: between 1832 and 1918, why did British elites keep voting to cede political power to the masses? (2/10)

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Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

📢 Thrilled to finally see this out after almost a decade's work! Now in @worldpolitics.bsky.social (w/ @cboix.bsky.social, Sonia Giurumescu & Paulo Serôdio). 🧵👇

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Asli Cansunar @aslicansunar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy (HPE)? 🚨 At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE), we discuss state-of-the-art research in the field on a regular basis. ‼️We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️ Please see the link below if you’d like to join.

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World Politics @worldpolitics.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Why & how did #elites in #GreatBritain expand the #franchise between 1830 & 1918? In their July article, @chitbazoo.bsky.social, @cboix.bsky.social, Sonia Giurumescu, & Paulo Serôdio develop a #theory of #democratization to answer this question. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2... #voting #data #MPs #voters

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