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Raul Gomez

@raulgomez.bsky.social
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Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Liverpool. Editor of the EJPR Political Data Yearbook. ‘Você não se afoga caindo em um rio, mas ficando submerso nele’.

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Threat perception and partisan animosity 👀 ⚠️ @raulgomez.bsky.social, @josejavierolivas.bsky.social & @ljramiro.bsky.social examine antagonism between opposing political camps in Argentina and Brazil using original survey data buff.ly/cwN6UFO
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Threat perception and partisan animosity: Evidence from Argentina and Brazil | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Threat perception and partisan animosity: Evidence from Argentina and Brazil
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 06/08/2026
#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Threat perception and partisan animosity: Evidence from Argentina and Brazil - cup.org/4wuhveJ - @raulgomez.bsky.social, @josejavierolivas.bsky.social & @ljramiro.bsky.social #FirstView
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📢 New podcast! 🗳️ #Hungary elections 🗣️ PDY co-editors @raulgomez.bsky.social & Roula Nezi speak to @zsolt.bsky.social to dissect why the #Orbán model finally crumbled + why the scale of Péter #Magyar + #Tisza's victory caught so many by surprise. 🎧️ buff.ly/lySQfdQ
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Bonnie Field @bonniefield.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Marco Meloni & Fabio G. Lupato examine the evolution of digital procedures and their consequences on intra-party democracy and party change, using the Spanish party Podemos as a paradigmatic case. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Evolution of Democratic Digital Innovations in Podemos
While the digitalisation of political parties is increasingly analysed, less attention has been paid to the evolution of digital procedures and their consequences on intra-party democracy and party...
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Bonnie Field @bonniefield.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Yiannos Katsourides & Chrystalla Agathocleous analyze the effects of cartelisation on the intra-party balance of power among the three ‘party faces’ of the Cypriot radical left AKEL. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Intra-party Balance of Power: Cartelisation versus Communist Organisational Tradition in the Cypriot Radical Left AKEL
The article analyses the effects of cartelisation on the intra-party balance of power among the three ‘party faces’ of the Cypriot AKEL. Aiming to provide a testable hypothesis for other radical le...
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Bonnie Field @bonniefield.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
-- @juanroch.bsky.social & @guillermocordero.bsky.social examine whether left and right populist parties refer to class identities in their discourses or mainly highlight a moral distinction between ‘people’ and the ‘elite’. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A moral or class divide for populist parties? ‘The people’ in the discourse of Podemos and Vox in Spain
Do populist parties refer to class identities in their discourses or do they, as most populism literature assumes, mainly highlight a moral distinction between ‘people’ and the ‘elite’? To explore ...
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Bonnie Field @bonniefield.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
José Pedro Lopes identifies a post-industrial pattern of class support for the radical left in Spain, Portugal and Greece. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Post-industrial alignment and class support for radical left parties in Southern Europe
Focusing on Southern Europe during the sharp electoral rise of radical left parties (RLPs) (2008–2020), this article identifies a post-industrial pattern of class support for the radical left. Leve...
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Bonnie Field @bonniefield.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Recent articles on the radical left in Southern Europe in @sespjournal.bsky.social. @raulgomez.bsky.social @ljramiro.bsky.social & @lamprinirori.bsky.social analyze whether changes in programmatic stances & voter base are associated w/major events. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
❤️ If you like your research #OpenAccess, then you'll love @pdyearbook.bsky.social. 🆓 PDYinteractive is our free-to-use, customisable data resource, covering 37 countries. 🆓 More than 1/2 of our articles are #OA this year + all will be from 2026! #OAweek 👉 bit.ly/4lyEH5g
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🆕 #Greece #PoliticalData 🗳️ In a turbulent 2024, Greece saw low-turnout for the #EUelections, #SYRIZA's leadership crisis, #Wildfires, inflation + became the 1st Orthodox Christian country to legalise 💒 #SameSexMarriage, reports @harrismylonas.bsky.social. 👉 buff.ly/O8e3giN
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
🆕 #Belgium #PoliticalData 🗳️ Belgium’s 2024 elections reshaped politics, report @audreyvdleene.bsky.social & colleagues, as #MR & #LesEngagés ended Socialist dominance, N-VA led Flanders, the ecologists declined + new ‘Arizona’, ‘Azur’ & tripartite coalitions emerged. 👉 buff.ly/QBFkVRi
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Liran Harsgor @liranharsgor.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Writing a report about Israeli politics in 2024 for @pdyearbook.bsky.social was quite a challenge. Luckily, I had @roizur.bsky.social as a collaborator. We hope this report helps make sense of an extremely difficult period in the country’s history. ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Israel: Political Developments and Data in 2024
In 2024, Israel faced profound political and military upheaval. The Gaza war persisted throughout the year, expanding to direct confrontations with Hezbollah and Iran, while Houthi attacks intensifie...
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🆕 #Malta #PoliticalData In 2024, #MaltesePolitics was marked by 🗳️ #EUelections and 🏥 hospital privatisation, challenging Labour's dominance, though deeper shifts in voter loyalty remain uncertain, writes Dominic Fenech. 👉 bit.ly/43dn2K9
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
💻 Attending the @ecpr.bsky.social webinar on #Israel's domestic political landscape after the #Gaza war tomorrow? 📘 Get up to speed on Israel's political developments + data in the latest report for PDY from @liranharsgor.bsky.social and @roizur.bsky.social. ➡️ bit.ly/48uS83v
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🆕 #Norway #PoliticalData #NorwegianPolitics remained stable in 2024, report Johannes Bergh & Rune Karlsen despite Cabinet reshuffles, scandals, low polling for the government + a historic unanimous bill to boost defence spending. 👉 bit.ly/4ou8P3R
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🆕 #Japan #PoliticalData 🗾 Sanae #Takaichi has won a historic vote to become Japan's 1st female PM. Back in 2024, after scandals + declining support, the LDP elected Shigeru #Ishiba, but lost its majority. Opposition parties surged + new far-right parties also made minor gains. #OA 👉 buff.ly/9XBzYRF
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🆕 #Bulgaria #PoliticalData 🇧🇬 In 2024, #BulgarianPolitics remained unstable and fragmented, reports Marina Spirova, with coalition struggles, declining trust, rising #Euroscepticism, and contentious debates despite progress toward #EUintegration. 👉 buff.ly/uuR0J4i
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🆕 #Australia #PoliticalData 🗳️ 2024 saw the #LaborGovernment face mid-term setbacks, regional election losses, a Cabinet reshuffle, plus policy challenges including cost-of-living, Gaza + #AUKUS commitments, report @marijataflaga.bsky.social & @joshsunman.bsky.social. 👉 buff.ly/TgvUnLu
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🆕 #Canada #PoliticalData 📉 PM Justin #Trudeau faced plummeting approval in 2024, reports David K Stewart, along with Conservative poll dominance, party dissent, by-election losses, US tensions + leadership doubts amid a collapsing #NDP agreement. 👉 buff.ly/f3q19Jz
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🆕 #NewZealand #PoliticalData ✂️ In 2024, PM #ChristopherLuxon & the new coalition government cut public spending, advanced reforms, faced Māori opposition + delivered tax relief while reversing Labour’s policies, report @fionacbarker.bsky.social & @willdreyer.bsky.social. 👉 buff.ly/bgF78Sb
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🆕 #Portugal 2024 #PoliticalData 🌹 José M. Magone reports on a year that saw nationwide commemorations to mark 50 years since the #CarnationRevolution, multiple elections + the formation of a new minority government led by PM #LuisMontenegro. 👉 bit.ly/46rOd67
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🆕 #Croatia 2024 #PoliticalData 🗳️ In an election packed year, the ruling #HDZ secured victories in all major polls. President #Milanović faced legal pushback, while public discontent was eased by public sector pay hikes, report Dario Nikić Čakar & Višeslav Raos. 👉 buff.ly/rh7Fxsx
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Laura Sell @laurasell.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🧳 Leaving #ecprgc25 today? 🎧 Need something to listen to on your journey home? 🆓 Check out our latest #Podcast episodes covering the #AustralianElections, #GermanElections, #USelections and many more! 👉 ecpr.eu/podcast #PoliticalPodcast
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
👍 Attending #ecprgc25 and want to know more about PDY and PDYinteractive? ⬇️ Meet PDY co-editor @raulgomez.bsky.social next week and find out about our data + analysis covering 37 countries. 📅 buff.ly/wUlT2Ys
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Karina Kosiara-Pedersen @karinakosped.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Open access to report on 2024 in Danish politics: Queen abdicated. EP elections returned a fragmented Danish representation in Brussels. The cross-the-aisle-majority gov saw some program realization, cf. initiatives on stronger defense, conscription for women & ‘Green Partite’ deal #polisky #dkpol
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
🎙️ Did you know we do #Podcasts? 🎧 PDY editors, @raulgomez.bsky.social, Michelangelo Vercesi & Tom Mustillo have been speaking to colleagues around the world to predict and reflect on election results in the #US, #Germany, #Australia and many more. ▶️ Catch up on all the episodes: ecpr.eu/podcast
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🆕 #UK #PoliticalData 🗳️ @aliamiddleton.bsky.social reports on 2024, when PM #Sunak called a July election, which #UKLabour won. #Starmer became PM, scrapping the #RwandaPlan and #RachelReeves’ budget cut #WinterFuelPayments, criticising prior policies. ✍️ buff.ly/GFzRVEm #OA
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
🆕 #Austria 2024 #PoliticalData The populist right-wing #FPÖ dominated in the elections, gaining seats at all levels and the #ÖVP began coalition talks with #SPÖ and #NEOS to form a government, reports Katrin Praprotnik #VanderBellen ✍️ buff.ly/7Z9Gozp
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Simon Brause @simonbrause.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
2024 was a turbulent year in German politics: four elections, a surging far right, and the coalition's collapse. Our new Political Data Yearbook piece (with @lucykinski.bsky.social) traces the events leading to the 2025 snap elections. @hhu.de @sceus.bsky.social
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
🆕 #Denmark #PoliticalData 👸 2024 saw the Queen's abdication, political fragmentation in the EP, defence and climate initiatives, new ministries, and preparations for Denmark's 2025 EU chairmanship amid global challenges, writes @karinakosped.bsky.social ✍️ buff.ly/SyE0tl8 #OA #Polisky
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🆕 #Lithuania #PoliticalData 🇱🇹 In 2024, Gitanas #Nausėda was re-elected President and a centre-left Cabinet replaced the previous centre-right coalition. The dual citizenship referendum failed and defence remained a key issue, report Mažvydas Jastramskis & Ainė Ramonaitė. ✍️ buff.ly/U57aRW2
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
🆕 #Hungary #PoliticalData 📈 2024 saw political upheaval as #TISZA rose amid scandal, challenging #Fidesz’s dominance, reshaping elections 🗳️, sparking resignations + fueling #EU and domestic tensions, write Artúr Baranyai, Attila Gyulai and Zsófia Papp. ✍️ buff.ly/jOsVLFb #Orban #Polisky
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
🆕 #Slovakia 2024 #PoliticalData Erik Láštic reports on a year of rising political polarisation & media crackdowns after an assassination attempt on #Fico. By year end, concerns mounted over the government's attempts to consolidate power & declining democratic standards. ✍️ buff.ly/CxljYZu #Polisky
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🆕 #Czech Republic 2024 #PoliticalData 🗳️ #ANO2011 dominated the elections. Governing coalition parties lost ground, as #Přísaha and #Stačilo gained, resulting in cabinet reshuffles and electoral reform, report Ivan Petrúšek & Aleš Kudrnáč . ✍️ bit.ly/4mdXpQJ #OA
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🆕 #Iceland #PoliticalData 🔀 Iceland saw major political shifts in 2024: a new president, new prime minister #BjarniBenediktsson, snap elections, coalition collapse + historic parliamentary changes favouring centrist, female-led parties, reports Olafur Th. Hardarson. ✍️ buff.ly/APhUa7u
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
🆕 #Germany 2024 #PoliticalData 🗳️ @lucykinski.bsky.social & Simon D Brause report on a year of political upheaval with 4 major elections, as #AfD + #BSW gained support, the economic crisis deepened + snap elections were called for 2025 after the coalition collapsed. #OlafScholz ✍️ buff.ly/A1whugR
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
🆕 #Estonia #PoliticalData 📊 2024 was quiet but unstable, with the support of the electorate firmly behind the opposition throughout the year. Defections between parties continued yet no major new political force emerged, reports Martin Mölder. ✍️ buff.ly/ghMs5i4
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🆕 #France 2024 #PoliticalData 🗳️ Selma Bendjaballah & Nicolas Sauger report on a year of political chaos: #SnapElections led to deadlock, a short-lived right-leaning government formed, reliant on the far right, but failed quickly. #Macron #FrenchPolitics #RN ✍️ buff.ly/bJBNnvn
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The far-right SVP continues to frame itself as the voice of the “little man”. Yet it is now the Swiss party with *the highest* number of formal ties between its MPs & the banking lobby. Also, in Switzerland, public skepticism toward deregulatory policies is growing, as shown in my new publication
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
📘 ECPR's Political Data Yearbook is now on Bluesky! 👀 Follow @pdyearbook.bsky.social to stay up-to-date on our expert analysis of political data, government developments and election podcasts covering 37 countries. 👉 bit.ly/4eqn2Lv #Polisky
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🆕 #Spain #PolitialData Asbel Bohigues & Mariana Sendra report on a year of #Corruption surrounding PM #PedroSánchez 📰, the Amnesty Law, good economy & labour market performances 📈 + the devastating #ValenciaFloods & resulting political crisis. ✍️ buff.ly/QxHWQxI #OA
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
🆕 2024 #Netherlands #PolitialData @leoniedejonge.bsky.social and @simonotjes.bsky.social report on a year when the right-wing #Coalition led by a non-party PM pursued reforms, but faced instability, nearly collapsing three times within the year. #Schoof #Wilders #Polisky ✍️ buff.ly/5go3shh #OA
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
🆕 #Slovenia 2024 #PoliticalData Alenka Krašovec reports on a year of low support for individual government parties at the #EPelections 👎, corruption, the #Krško nuclear power plant farce ☢️ + victory at all 4 referenda and progress with the promised reforms. ✍️ buff.ly/hktkRDA #Polisky
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🆕2024 #Romania #PoliticalData 🗳️ Lavinia Stan & Razvan Zaharia report on a year when anti-system & Eurosceptic parties secured >1/3 of the vote in the elections, which were later annulled due to alleged Russian interference promoting #CălinGeorgescu. ✍️ buff.ly/1CFngbo #OA #Polisky
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Lost track of the many issues in Swiss politics? Plz check out my new #openaccess polisky article: ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Special thx to eg. @raulgomez.bsky.social for their outstanding editorial work & to @jschmd.bsky.social & @goodmirco.bsky.social for their valuable input!
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Switzerland: Political Developments and Data in 2024
In 2024, while Switzerland was no longer grappling with immediate crises, the lingering effects of an overlapping crisis remained evident. Public dissatisfaction grew, driven by perceptions that stat....
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Raul Gomez @raulgomez.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Some great news. The Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social has now joined BlueSky!
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Has #Trump's influence reached across the Pacific? 🌏 🎙️ In our latest #podcast, ‪@marijataflaga.bsky.social & @raulgomez.bsky.social‬ unpack the results of the 2025 Australian federal election 🎧 Tune in buff.ly/HbTyeaN #Australia #Auspol #Polisky #IRsky
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Trump’s Shadow Down Under? Decoding Australia’s Labor Landslide at the 2025 Federal Election by Political Science Matters
Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party delivered a stunning landslide victory in the 2025 Australian federal election, dealing a historic blow to the centre-right. But how did this result come about — and…
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