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Nick Bichay @nickbichay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ads are up for two IU political science open rank TT jobs! First in quantitative methods indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34175 Second in IR indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34176

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Steven W. Webster @stevenwwebster.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

IU political science is hiring in two areas this year: 1. Quantitative methods 2. Security (interest in the relationship btwn emerging technologies and conflict) This is part of the University's "Faculty Strategic Hiring Initiative," so both positions should be well-resourced. Ads to come soon.

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Nick Bichay @nickbichay.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

What effect does labeling a candidate as “populist” have amongst voters? In my new experiment (out today!) fielded in the UK, I find voters respond to “populist” labels with decreased support and decreased perceptions of candidates’ commitment to democracy—BUT, only among the left-wing.

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Voting for populism? How ‘populist’ labels affect support for candidates | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Voting for populism? How ‘populist’ labels affect support for candidates

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Steven W. Webster @stevenwwebster.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

New working paper w Mary Adams Plooster (a fantastic IU grad student) and @nickbichay.bsky.social. We draw on two survey experiments to investigate the effect of partisan anger on partisan dehumanization. We also examine heterogeneous f.x. by trait dogmatism. www.stevenwwebster.com/research/ang...

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Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Election day also means a quick round up of my comments in the international media that have been published today. Pick your favorite language 🙂 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Tight race in Dutch election as anti-Islam populist Wilders' hope of power declines - BBC News

Wilders was the clear winner last time Dutch voters went to the polls in November 2023, but this time the race is far tighter.

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Nick Bichay @nickbichay.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Excited to see this out today! Where previous work has characterized forming coalitions with radical parties as efforts to 'tame' them, I analyze whether such strategies can work, finding that radical party manifestos published post-coalition do tend to be more moderate than those published before.

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Converging to the mean? Moderating ideologies of far-right and far-left parties in government - Nicolas Bichay, 2025

In recent history, the participation of far-right and far-left parties in government coalition has become quite a frequent occurrence in Europe. While much impo...

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Ivo Bantel @ivobantel.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

New study by @nickbichay.bsky.social Radical-Right parties participating in elections disenchant and demobilize voters, endangering (not "correcting") democracy! RR participation in elections is associated with lower(!) turnout. But don't RR parties bring non-voters to the ballots? Not really.

A two-panel figure illustrating the conditional effect of radical-right parties on voter turnout.

The left panel, titled "Satisfaction w/ Democracy," shows two data points:
1. For non-radical-right party supporters, the effect is slightly negative (below zero) with a small error bar.
2. For radical-right party supporters, the effect is strongly positive (above zero) with a larger error bar, indicating greater variability.

The right panel, titled "Trust in Politicians," also shows two data points:

1. For non-radical-right party supporters, the effect is negative (below zero) with a small error bar.
2. For radical-right party supporters, the effect is moderately positive (above zero) with a moderate error bar.

Both panels share the y-axis labeled "Change_After_Radical-Right_Contestation," centered around zero. Error bars in both panels represent confidence intervals.

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Nick Bichay @nickbichay.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Out today online! I analyze the effect radical right parties have had on voter turnout in Europe. While some have argued the radical right can mobilize voters, I find radical right parties contesting an election -> decrease in trust -> lower voter turnout. t.co/mCC6YdZDmE

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17457289.2024.2433975

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