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Robert Vidigal

@robertvidigal.bsky.social
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Political Psychologist studying Public Opinion, Experimental Methodology, and Computational Social Science. www.robertvidigal.com

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Research & Politics @respol.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Marisa Abrajano, Marianna Garcia, Aaron Pope, @robertvidigal.bsky.social & Jonathan Nagler find significant post-Dobbs knowledge gaps: Latinos, especially foreign-born Latinos, are more likely to overestimate the strictness of their state’s abortion laws. More: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Isabella Rebasso @isabellareb.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
🎉 New paper out in Political Behavior (with @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social) Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others? 💡Not political knowledge, but interest and confidence-in-knowledge drive emotional engagement. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧵
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Disentangling the Sophistication-Emotion Link: Political Interest and Confidence-in-Knowledge, but not Knowledge, Drive Emotional Responses - Political Behavior
Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others? Past work suggests that political sophistication, consisting of knowledge and interest, is related to feeling strong emotions abou...
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our 2025/26 #AmericasBarometer 🚀, w/ support from @kellogginstitute.bsky.social! This partnership combines survey expertise & regional knowledge to continue delivering top-notch comparative data. 📰 Read more from @vuartsci.bsky.social: t.co/g0PcgUqCsr
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Robert Vidigal @robertvidigal.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I am excited to announce that I’ll be leading the demo for the new #AmericasBarometer data exploration tool! Join me on June 17 @ 11 am Central Time to see it in action. Make sure to sign up for an early sneak peek! 🚀🌟
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
What can the new Data Playground do? 📈Show time trends 🌎Compare countries 👥Visualize opinions by gender, education, age, and more 💻No R, no Stata—just clicks 📅Launching soon. Stay tuned. #ComingSoon #AmericasBarometer #PublicOpinion
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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
We’re excited to introduce a refreshed Data Playground — your go-to tool for exploring AmericasBarometer data. 📊 Interactive graphs 🌎 Cross-country comparisons 👥 Insights by age, gender & more #AmericasBarometer #ComingSoon #DataPlayground #PublicOpinion
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Hannah Waight @hwaight.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
How can researchers identify covert state propaganda campaigns in China? My co-authors Yin Yuan, Molly Roberts, Brandon Stewart @bstewart.bsky.social and myself are excited to share our new article in PNAS (@PNAS): doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Thread below.
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The decade-long growth of government-authored news media in China under Xi Jinping | PNAS
Autocratic governments around the world use clandestine propaganda campaigns to influence the media. We document a decade-long trend in China towar...
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NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @csmapnyu.org · 04/02/2025
New at Political Research Quarterly: Our latest study analyzing Latino political engagement & activity on social media, from Marisa Abrajano & Marianna Garcia from @ucsandiego.bsky.social, and Aaron Pope, @robertvidigal.bsky.social, Edwin Kamau, @jatucker.bsky.social, & Jonathan Nagler of CSMaP.
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Robert Vidigal @robertvidigal.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 Summer School in International Survey Methods! 🔥 An 8-day intensive program in the 🎶 Music City 🎶 by @LAPOP_Lab, perfect for grad students, faculty, and research practitioners. Learn more & apply: www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/summer...
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Robert Vidigal @robertvidigal.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
@csmapnyu.org in 2022 launched the Bilingual Election Monitor to study Latino online media consumption and how it impacts political beliefs and behaviors. Today, we published our first paper from this project at PNAS Nexus, and we have another one forthcoming at PRQ! 👇
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André Borges @aborges75.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
Em artigo que acaba de sair na Opinião Pública demonstro que o elemento definidor da identidade da direita bolsonarista e seus satélites é o discurso antiestablishment e anti-partido, muito mais que questões econômicas ou a pauta de costumes. www.scielo.br/j/op/a/wTHTf...
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André Borges @aborges75.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
My co-editors and I are thrilled to announce that our book on the reorganization of the Latin American political right is finally available for pre-order! In the thread below I briefly present some of the key findings of this edited volume 1/5 www.cambridge.org/br/universit...
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