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Keiran Pedley @keiranpedley.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🚨 NEW from @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social Britain backs Binface 🚨 When asked who they would prefer win the Clacton by-election... 33% say Count Binface 21% say Nigel Farage 32% say neither 13% are undecided

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Roland Kappe @rolandkappe.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Alexander Kluge, intellectual, Gruppe 47 author, and filmmaker, passed away a few weeks ago. I always loved his long interviews with scientists, historians, and authors - broadcast late at night on German TV - with Kluge's voice asking deep questions. All available online (in German): www.dctp.tv

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

"Young people who were studying humanities subjects in school, namely history and art, became more likely to support more socially liberal parties. Those studying a technical subject, such as design and technology, became more supportive of more radical right parties."

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What you study in school shapes your voting choices in adulthood

Subject choice fairly early on is linked to later political preferences.

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Ralph Scott @ralphscott.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

In this piece, @nspmartin.bsky.social, @rolandkappe.bsky.social and I summarise our @wepsocial.bsky.social paper, finding that GCSE choices inform political party support into later life

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Roland Kappe @rolandkappe.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Greens ahead in Baden-Württemberg state election in 🇩🇪 according to both exit polls 1/2

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Nicole Martin @nspmartin.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Interesting column discussing the implications of our work on school subjects and party choice among teenagers 📊👩‍🏫@ralphscott.bsky.social @rolandkappe.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... I wonder if the hype about humanities in an AI-era labour market will swing things back the other way

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David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

8/ Education anchors contemporary cleavage politics, but what *kind* of education? @nspmartin.bsky.social @ralphscott.bsky.social ‬ and @rolandkappe.bsky.social show the specific subjects British adolescents take in secondary school shape their voting behavior as adults. bsky.app/profile/ralp...

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David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social! Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan: 🧵⬇️

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Ralph Scott @ralphscott.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

📣 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨 "School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support" Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1080/0140... 🧵👇

Article abstract, which says:

The educational cleavage is restructuring electoral competition in many democracies, yet there has been insufficient attention on how variation in educational content affects this. In order to address this, this article combines English administrative school records with a unique representative panel of adolescents to estimate the within-individual effect of studying different subjects at school on political party preference. This analysis finds that studying arts and humanities subjects leads to greater support for socially liberal parties, whilst studying business and economics increases support for economically right-wing parties. Students who study technical subjects become more likely to support socially conservative and economically right-wing parties. These relationships between particular subjects and party support also persist into adulthood. As such, this article provides new evidence on the importance of subjects taken in secondary school for political socialisation, during the impressionable years of adolescence.

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West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Online first: "School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support" by @nspmartin.bsky.social @ralphscott.bsky.social & @rolandkappe.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140... Part of the Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies"

Abstract of the article "School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support" by Nicole S. Martin, Ralph Scott and Roland Kappe. Published online first in West European Politics. Part of the forthcoming Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies", edited by Delia Zollinger and David Attewell.

Figure 1, displaying the effects of choosing a school subject for the General Certificate of Secondary Education on vote intention in adolescence.

Figure 2, displaying the effects of choosing a school subject for A-Levels on vote intention in adolescence.

Figure 5, displaying the effects of choosing a school subject for the General Certificate of Secondary Education on vote intention in adulthood. This time displayed for specific parties in the UK.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

1.3K followers & counting. Thank you all for your incredible support! The EPSS journey is just getting started & we couldn’t do it without you. Thank you for so many of you who already joined EPSS! If you haven't already, please join: epssnet.org/sign-up/#join Let’s do this together.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Political volatility has been taking us by surprise for a while now. Here’s little exercise to illustrate. Rewind two years and take a look at where the polls were, what people expected, and what they failed to anticipate. You have to go back a while before politics is predictable even 2 yrs out 1/

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Roland Kappe @rolandkappe.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

How good were the German election forecasts? @zweitstimme.bsky.social team already posted an evaluation of their prediction online here (in German): zweitstimme.org/posts/blog/e... #bundestagswahl #btw2025

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Roland Kappe @rolandkappe.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Fantastic thread by @anjaneundorf.bsky.social explaining that German election map #btw25

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

In just one week, Germany will head to the polls for one of its most crucial elections in decades. At @zeitonline.bsky.social, we analyze the results of all federal elections since 1949 within current constituencies. Use our interactive tool to explore trends over time! www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The final vote fails despite the AfD voting with FDP & CDU. Results aren’t online yet, but looks like a substantial intra-party rebellion this time around. Thanks to everyone who wrote to their MP, went out in cold temperatures, spoke out etc. Pressure does work! Concede nothing.

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Christian Stecker @pluggedchris.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

With the joint majority of AfD and CDU, the "firewall" (Brandmauer) is becoming a central issue in the Bundestag election campaign. In a new study (with @christinajuen.bsky.social & @martingross.bsky.social), we examine how voters react to CDU candidates' varying positions on issues & firewall. 🧵

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Roland Kappe @rolandkappe.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Historic day in Germany where the CDU passes a motion with the support of the far-right AfD - violating the post-war cordon sanitaire. The actual motion is largely symbolic, but the measures demanded such as permanent border controls would likely break European law.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Die Zeit, a prominent German publication, titles its article: 'A Hitler salute is a Hitler salute is a Hitler salute.'

screengrab of Die Zeit story on Elon Musk

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Pretty much exactly 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the richest man in the world uses the Nazi salute at the inauguration of his close ally as US president. What should rationally not be surprising is still so deeply shocking and simply difficult to comprehend.

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Roland Kappe @rolandkappe.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Clissold Park in all its frosty beauty this morning ❄️

View of frost on tree trunks and a meadow in Clissold Park with the morning sun rising behind the trees.

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Sergi Pardos-Prado @sergipardos.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Do radical right parties need to detach themselves from the legacy of right-wing authoritarian regimes to be successful? It would appear not, or not anymore. New work with @anjaneundorf.bsky.social now forthcoming at @thejop.bsky.social. A couple of thoughts 👇

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Marc Debus @marcdebus.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

The Christian Democrats are currently favoured to become the strongest party in the next German parliament. The estimated policy position the CDU’s basic programme, which the party adopted in May 2024, indicates that the CDU moved to the right on economic and societal issues. 1/2

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 26/11/2024

Spot on. Comprehensive pedestrianisation should be far higher up the agenda in our cities than it is. Nearly wherever cars go, cities get worse. Nearly wherever they’re removed, those urban spaces flourish.

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Endre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

🗳️ Some thoughts on the 1st round of the 🇷🇴 #RomanianPresidentialElections as it now seems clear that the dark horse cand. Georgescu (no party, far-right) and Lasconi (USR, center-right, cult. progressive) will fight it out in the 2nd round (although PSD will prob appeal & there might be a recount) 🧵

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Luis L. Schenoni @llschenoni.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Timely joining bsky on the date "Bringing War Back In" was published worldwide with Cambridge UP. Check it out if you are interested in how war makes states also in its aftermath, and how the wars of a distant past explain the variation of state capacity within Latin America until today.

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Bringing War Back In

Cambridge Core - International Relations and International Organisations - Bringing War Back In

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Denis Cohen @denis-cohen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

🚨 CfA: MZES-DVPW Conference "Methods of Political Science" 🗓️ Mannheim, Mar 27-28, 2025 ⏰ Deadline: Dec 16, 2024 🔗Apply via sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/mzes-dvpw-me... @gessler.bsky.social, @aleininger.bsky.social, @hannahrajski.bsky.social, Oliver Rittmann & I look forward to your submissions!

A screenshot of the call for applications.

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Roland Kappe @rolandkappe.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Well, hello BlueSky! Looks like everyone is here now! Only downside: the decline of twitter was an effective tool in keeping my social media use in check 😅

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