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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📢 The Call for Papers for EPSS 2027 is open! After a fantastic first conference in Belfast, we’re heading to Copenhagen 🇩🇰, 24–26 June 2027. ⏰ Deadline: 13 Nov 2026 👉 Call for papers: epssnet.org/2027-copenha... 1/2

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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 04/09/2026

#OpenAccess from @polanalysis.bsky.social - Correcting for Nonignorable Nonresponse Bias in Ordinal Observational Survey Data - cup.org/4xbUQ6K - @lukaslaffers.bsky.social, @mintal.bsky.social & Ivan Sutóris #FirstView

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The paradox of representation 🌀 These authors 🧵 offer a generalisable assessment of voter-party alignment, using a unique Slovakian dataset to show that whilst personalised representation maximises policy alignment, it also fosters fragmentation buff.ly/A5Hc2Kt

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The paradox of representation: How identity fragmentation complicates voter-party congruence | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

The paradox of representation: How identity fragmentation complicates voter-party congruence

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 25/05/2026

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - The paradox of representation: How identity fragmentation complicates voter-party congruence - cup.org/4dgmAAn - @mintal.bsky.social, Felix Butzlaff, @bencehamrak.bsky.social, @rvancel.bsky.social & Kamila Borseková #FirstView

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Jozef Michal Mintal @mintal.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The framework offers a more nuanced and generalizable assessment of voter-party alignment and representative quality in fragmented party systems of the contemporary, capturing not just how alignment occurs, but the democratic tensions it entails.

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Jozef Michal Mintal @mintal.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Representation, centered on voter-defined priorities, maximizes policy alignment but fosters fragmentation, as voters often find multiple parties equally proximate. By contrast, party-centered representation sharpens partisan distinctiveness but increases ideological distance from voters.

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Jozef Michal Mintal @mintal.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The framework operationalizes measurment of voter-party alignment across three dimensions and the full party-voter matrix. Using VAA data from Slovakia's 2023 elections (N=134,699), we also show that how you measure representation changes what you find.

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Jozef Michal Mintal @mintal.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

We propose a novel framework, "multi-point congruence", that integrates insights from social theory diagnoses of modern societies with empirical approaches in political science. This way, we can better capture the representative fit between voters and parties under conditions of social modernity.

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Jozef Michal Mintal @mintal.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

First post & also first @apsa.bsky.social annual conference. Phenomenal people, great conversations, and a ton of exciting work. Presented on ideological labels moving from symbolic markers to structuring political belief. Based on a N=7,688 survey experiment from our in-house Volebny Kompas panel.

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Jozef Michal Mintal @mintal.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Thank you for this. If possible, I’d like to join the list as well.

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