Daniel Devine
@danjdevine.bsky.social
public opinion, behaviour, attitudes, &c.
Associate Prof, @sotonpolitics.bsky.social; Assoc. Editor, @poqjournal.bsky.social & @jeppjournal.bsky.social
ColU, Pompey, music, books, & pubs
https://djdevine.org
Associate Prof, @sotonpolitics.bsky.social; Assoc. Editor, @poqjournal.bsky.social & @jeppjournal.bsky.social
ColU, Pompey, music, books, & pubs
https://djdevine.org
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What do people in England think about their local area? In this short report I take a look at surveys we conducted with @yougov.co.uk in 2022, 2024 and 2025 to gain some insights...
Some key findings...
Some key findings...
Perspectives on Place: what the English think about their local area
www.southampton.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
What do people in England think about their local area? In this short report I take a look at surveys we conducted with @yougov.co.uk in 2022, 2024 and 2025 to gain some insights...
Some key findings...
Some key findings...
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If you work on any aspect of trust and politics, you'll definitely want to check out this agenda-setting collection co-edited by our brilliant colleague @danjdevine.bsky.social. Plus, it's open access and free for all! #polisky #commsky #socsky #econsky
A positive end to the first week back is that the book is now fully available. It's not on their website yet, but it is on mine.
I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.
Hope it's useful.
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I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.
Hope it's useful.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:40 AM
If you work on any aspect of trust and politics, you'll definitely want to check out this agenda-setting collection co-edited by our brilliant colleague @danjdevine.bsky.social. Plus, it's open access and free for all! #polisky #commsky #socsky #econsky
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Important agenda setter on public trust, including the who's who in that area.
A positive end to the first week back is that the book is now fully available. It's not on their website yet, but it is on mine.
I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.
Hope it's useful.
🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.
Hope it's useful.
🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
January 12, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Important agenda setter on public trust, including the who's who in that area.
Reposted by Daniel Devine
A positive end to the first week back is that the book is now fully available. It's not on their website yet, but it is on mine.
I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.
Hope it's useful.
🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.
Hope it's useful.
🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
January 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
A positive end to the first week back is that the book is now fully available. It's not on their website yet, but it is on mine.
I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.
Hope it's useful.
🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.
Hope it's useful.
🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Record attendance for the south coast derby in the women's second division ⚽🔵
January 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Record attendance for the south coast derby in the women's second division ⚽🔵
A positive end to the first week back is that the book is now fully available. It's not on their website yet, but it is on mine.
I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.
Hope it's useful.
🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.
Hope it's useful.
🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
January 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
A positive end to the first week back is that the book is now fully available. It's not on their website yet, but it is on mine.
I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.
Hope it's useful.
🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.
Hope it's useful.
🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
After the 2015 election I was pretty sad and wondering how bad things would get. Anyway, fast forward 11 years
Grok AI: is it legal to produce or post undressed images of people without their consent?
Grok AI: is it legal to produce or post undressed images of people without their consent?
Deluge of ‘nudified’ images on social media platform X raises questions about regulation of use of AI technologies
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
After the 2015 election I was pretty sad and wondering how bad things would get. Anyway, fast forward 11 years
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Last day to submit your paper(s)!
🚨Working on economic inequality perceptions and support for redistribution? Sonja Zmerli and I are coordinating a Section about perceived economic inequality at the next @ecpr.bsky.social's General Conference.
👉 Do consider submit your paper! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
@vd-researchgroup.bsky.social
👉 Do consider submit your paper! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
@vd-researchgroup.bsky.social
Exploring the intricacies of citizens' economic inequality perceptions and their redistributive correlates: Ill-informed, attitudinally incoherent, or predictably irrational?
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Last day to submit your paper(s)!
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Very happy to see this out in CPS! We study class identities and their social and political relevance over several decades in Britain, Denmark, Norway, and the US. A small thread:
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Very happy to see this out in CPS! We study class identities and their social and political relevance over several decades in Britain, Denmark, Norway, and the US. A small thread:
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...
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I am re-upping this as a reminder that @polbehavior.bsky.social is looking for a new editor! Editing was the most rewarding part of my career and I encourage folks to think about applying.
Political Scientists: I am the chair of the committee that is picking the next editor of @polbehavior.bsky.social. If you are interested, I'd be happy to chat about it (and I know the current editors would be too).
You can find the call for proposals here:
You can find the call for proposals here:
Political Behavior
NOTE FROM THE EDITORS OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR:
We have recently transitioned from Editorial Manager to SNAPP. The submission process for SNAPP requires ...
link.springer.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I am re-upping this as a reminder that @polbehavior.bsky.social is looking for a new editor! Editing was the most rewarding part of my career and I encourage folks to think about applying.
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Populists and socialists are more likely than other politicians to come from lower-class families, and social democrats to have less educated parents. Yet both groups are just as likely to have highly educated and higher class friends and partners journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Are socialists and populists better connected to the working class? Comparing politicians’ intimate social ties in 13 countries - Nino Junius, Stefaan Walgrave, 2025
Populist and social democrat parties often claim to better represent lower socio-economic status (SES) citizens, yet existing research shows their elected polit...
journals.sagepub.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Populists and socialists are more likely than other politicians to come from lower-class families, and social democrats to have less educated parents. Yet both groups are just as likely to have highly educated and higher class friends and partners journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
V happy to have another great paper published @jeppjournal.bsky.social
🥳 New year, new publication
📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social
With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.
📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social
With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.
January 7, 2026 at 10:32 AM
V happy to have another great paper published @jeppjournal.bsky.social
But at least the first and last aren't irrational. We've regularly seen violent protests over the last year and are regularly warned about the potential for cyber attacks.
Britain has talked itself into a flat tailspin. Had weeks of ppl telling me that the country's on the verge of catastrophe. In reality real wages are rising and the economy growing. God alone knows what ppl would say if we went back to the early 80s, 17% interest rates and four million unemployed.
January 6, 2026 at 11:52 AM
But at least the first and last aren't irrational. We've regularly seen violent protests over the last year and are regularly warned about the potential for cyber attacks.
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New Special Issue in @the-peio.bsky.social: Public Opinion and International Organizations. In the SI intro, we map the field, place the SI papers & identify ways forward: rdcu.be/eXt2R with @jonastallberg.bsky.social, 🙏 @adreher.bsky.social, reviewers & SI authors #Polisky #InternationalRelations
January 5, 2026 at 11:03 AM
New Special Issue in @the-peio.bsky.social: Public Opinion and International Organizations. In the SI intro, we map the field, place the SI papers & identify ways forward: rdcu.be/eXt2R with @jonastallberg.bsky.social, 🙏 @adreher.bsky.social, reviewers & SI authors #Polisky #InternationalRelations
The UK government can't take a position on anything - even this.
January 4, 2026 at 7:10 AM
The UK government can't take a position on anything - even this.
Today is 7 years since my first ever journal rejection! (2019, EJPR).
Don't think I knew at the time how many more were to follow...
Don't think I knew at the time how many more were to follow...
January 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Today is 7 years since my first ever journal rejection! (2019, EJPR).
Don't think I knew at the time how many more were to follow...
Don't think I knew at the time how many more were to follow...
Labour has declined most amongst those in their 30s and early 40s.
Those, generally more on the left, have known nothing but Tory and recession Labour.
Starmer was a chance for change. It wasn't delivered. The anger is betrayal.
Those, generally more on the left, have known nothing but Tory and recession Labour.
Starmer was a chance for change. It wasn't delivered. The anger is betrayal.
December 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Labour has declined most amongst those in their 30s and early 40s.
Those, generally more on the left, have known nothing but Tory and recession Labour.
Starmer was a chance for change. It wasn't delivered. The anger is betrayal.
Those, generally more on the left, have known nothing but Tory and recession Labour.
Starmer was a chance for change. It wasn't delivered. The anger is betrayal.
A sickly gentleman living in a sanatorium in Görbersdorf (now Sokołowsko, Poland).
I'll take it, on balance.
I'll take it, on balance.
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A sickly gentleman living in a sanatorium in Görbersdorf (now Sokołowsko, Poland).
I'll take it, on balance.
I'll take it, on balance.
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Zwischen den Jahren, beste Zeit.
December 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Zwischen den Jahren, beste Zeit.
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🙏 Humility for being entrusted with the task of steering such a precious ship. Gratitude for such a stellar team that runs JEPP as if they had done nothing else before. Asya, @danjdevine.bsky.social, Martin, @twinzen.bsky.social, @vanghel.bsky.social, and @koblischke.bsky.social: you truly rock 🕺
December 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🙏 Humility for being entrusted with the task of steering such a precious ship. Gratitude for such a stellar team that runs JEPP as if they had done nothing else before. Asya, @danjdevine.bsky.social, Martin, @twinzen.bsky.social, @vanghel.bsky.social, and @koblischke.bsky.social: you truly rock 🕺
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What role did/does/could/should faith play in shaping our national identities? With Prof Linda Woodhead and great panel. Book here👇
Faith and England’s National Identities
Launch Event (online)
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
What role did/does/could/should faith play in shaping our national identities? With Prof Linda Woodhead and great panel. Book here👇
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Really fascinating piece of survey research by @chrisclaassen.bsky.social and @danjdevine.bsky.social. Conclusion: "So for political parties, openly criticising empire is not a winning strategy. It yields only minimal gains on the left while antagonising and mobilising voters on the right."
Study shows views of British empire shape voting behaviour – but in subtle ways
Imperial nostalgia correlates strongly with support beyond the main parties: positively with Reform and negatively with the Greens.
theconversation.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Really fascinating piece of survey research by @chrisclaassen.bsky.social and @danjdevine.bsky.social. Conclusion: "So for political parties, openly criticising empire is not a winning strategy. It yields only minimal gains on the left while antagonising and mobilising voters on the right."
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New paper out w/ @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social in @epsrjournal.bsky.social. We show that political trust dynamics matter for electoral behavior. While stable and variable distrusters behave similarly, declining trust boosts both abstention and anti-establishment voting. 🧵
December 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New paper out w/ @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social in @epsrjournal.bsky.social. We show that political trust dynamics matter for electoral behavior. While stable and variable distrusters behave similarly, declining trust boosts both abstention and anti-establishment voting. 🧵
Also a useful reminder that ~half the country don't know who Zack Polanski is, or at least enough to know whether they like him.
There's a good chance that many expressing some opinion are also making it up.
There's a good chance that many expressing some opinion are also making it up.
Latest party leader net favourability ratings, December 2025
Kemi Badenoch: -26
Nigel Farage: -35
Keir Starmer: -54
Zack Polanski: -6 (49% DK)
Ed Davey: -10 (38% DK)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Kemi Badenoch: -26
Nigel Farage: -35
Keir Starmer: -54
Zack Polanski: -6 (49% DK)
Ed Davey: -10 (38% DK)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
December 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Also a useful reminder that ~half the country don't know who Zack Polanski is, or at least enough to know whether they like him.
There's a good chance that many expressing some opinion are also making it up.
There's a good chance that many expressing some opinion are also making it up.
The latest in the deluge of evidence that Labour are not only barking up the wrong tree but on the entirely wrong planet.
🚨 NEW BLOG
Labour have won every election in Wales for 100 years, but they are on track to (badly) lose the 2026 Senedd election - why?
@jaclarner.bsky.social and I have looked at new data, which shows how support is shifting within (not between) Wales's blocs!
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
Labour have won every election in Wales for 100 years, but they are on track to (badly) lose the 2026 Senedd election - why?
@jaclarner.bsky.social and I have looked at new data, which shows how support is shifting within (not between) Wales's blocs!
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
Consolidation, Not Conversion: Understanding Wales’s Ongoing Realignment
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The latest in the deluge of evidence that Labour are not only barking up the wrong tree but on the entirely wrong planet.