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European Journal of Political Research
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Publishing original and substantial contributions to the study of comparative European politics.

A journal from @ecpr.bsky.social and @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
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European Journal of Political Research - Alessandro Nai, Isabelle Borucki, Nicole Curato, Caterina Froio, Emilie van Haute, Airo Hino, Markus Wagner
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The magic of unwaved flags 🪄🚩

Maria Nordbrandt, Gina Gustavsson & Karen N. Breidahl showed Swedes and Danes their national flags to ask whether subtle reminders of #NationalIdentity can reduce #Polarization.

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The unifying magic of the unwaved flag: Do national identity primes reduce affective polarization? | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
The unifying magic of the unwaved flag: Do national identity primes reduce affective polarization?
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January 20, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Why are some #Goverments appointing #NonPartisan ministers?

These authors 🧵👇 encourage a broader approach to this question, using a novel dataset across 30 European democracies, to ask are any non-party ministers appointed at all? And if yes, how many? 🗳️

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How constitutional and institutional rules affect non-partisan ministerial appointments: Europe 1945–2024 | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
How constitutional and institutional rules affect non-partisan ministerial appointments: Europe 1945–2024
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January 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Are #ConstitutionalCourts really neutral?🧑‍⚖️

These authors 🧵👇 look at Spain's Constitutional Court 🇪🇸 ⚖️ across 4 decades to see how judicial outcome is shaped by political alignment, institutional design , and cour ideology.

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Judicial review and territorial conflicts: Evidence from Spain | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Judicial review and territorial conflicts: Evidence from Spain
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January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Check out Michael C. Zeller's piece on @ecprtheloop.bsky.social, which builds on his research 📑 published in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, bringing a fresh clarity to the question of how #Democracies respond to #ExtremistOrganisations 💭
🪧 Many #extremist organisations operate in democratic societies. Some get banned; others don’t. Why?
📜 Using data from Germany, Michel Zeller of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social explains why governments ban only some of the organisations working to undermine constitutional democracy
#extremism
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Why democracies ban extremist organisations
Many extremist organisations exist and operate in democratic societies. Some get banned by democratic authorities; others don’t. Why? Using data on far-right organisations from Germany, Michael Zeller...
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January 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Why do some #Extremist groups get banned whilst others don’t? 🤔

Michael C. Zeller looks at Germany’s 🇩🇪 “militant democracy” & shows that bans are driven less by principle and more by visibility, strategy, and politics. 🔗
Pragmatic rather than principled – organisational bans in democracies | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Pragmatic rather than principled – organisational bans in democracies
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January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Fear, anger, and populism on Twitter/X 😡

Using machine learning on 1M UK tweets, @giulianoformisano.bsky.social, Jörg Friedrichs, Florian S. Schaffner & Niklas Stoehr seperate #Populist from #Governmentalist rhetoric and track how emotions drive #PoliticalCommunication
Populism and governmentalism as thin-centered ideologies: Emotions and frames on social media | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Populism and governmentalism as thin-centered ideologies: Emotions and frames on social media
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December 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As the year wraps up 🎁 EJPR is taking a short winter break 🎄

Warm wishes for a restful holiday season to our authors, reviewers, and readers!
December 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🥗 What do politicians think voters believe about #ClimatePolicy?

Ingrid Faleide & @astanordo.bsky.social show that citizens, elected officials, and public administrators all underestimate #PublicSupport for meat-free days, with elected elites misreading voters the most
Second-order beliefs among citizens, elected political elites, and unelected political elites: Insights from Norwegian climate policy | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Second-order beliefs among citizens, elected political elites, and unelected political elites: Insights from Norwegian climate policy
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December 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🗳️ Does negative #Campaigning work?

British 🇬🇧 experiment by Alan Duggan, Caitlin Milazzo, Harry Applestein & John Barry Ryan shows that attacks on personal traits, even if paired with positive messaging, can backfire and hurt how #Voters view the sponsor
Personal attacks or policy debates? How voters respond to negative campaign messaging | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Personal attacks or policy debates? How voters respond to negative campaign messaging
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December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Rural vs. working class? A new study shows they’re not as different as we think. 🌾🏭

Both feel cities get too much, both want more support for working people, and both back redistribution. 🤝

There’s real political potential in this shared outlook according to Marta R. Eidheim 🗳️
Redistribution between people and places: Conflict or consensus among rural and working-class voters? | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Redistribution between people and places: Conflict or consensus among rural and working-class voters?
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December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What happens when a pandemic collides with an election?🦠vs.🗳️

@celinejhonegger.bsky.social's study of Germany’s 2021 #COVID🦠 comms finds the Health Minister dodged blame and claimed wins with citizen-blaming peaking during the “emergency brake.”
When crisis meets election: Navigating blame and credit in a consensus democracy | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
When crisis meets election: Navigating blame and credit in a consensus democracy
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December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Why are cities and rural areas drifting apart politically? 🌄🌆

@indubioproreto.bsky.social & @lhaffert.bsky.social conducted a long-term Swiss study to find the biggest divide is amongst younger generations who hold very different views depending on where they grew up 👶 🔎
How generational replacement feeds the urban-rural divide: Evidence from Switzerland (1995–2023) | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
How generational replacement feeds the urban-rural divide: Evidence from Switzerland (1995–2023)
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December 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
What issues matter most to #Voters? 😬

@gefjonoff.bsky.social & @fedetrastulli.bsky.social study 6 European countries to find that different groups care about different issues--and that what people care about isn’t the same as what they think about those issues. 🧭🗳️
Who prioritises what? Determinants and measurement of voters’ issue prioritisation | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Who prioritises what? Determinants and measurement of voters’ issue prioritisation
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December 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
How do you study #Lobbying when no one wants to talk about it? 💭

Werner Pitsch & Georg Wenzelburger use an anonymous survey method borrowed from #SportsDoping research.
The result? A rare glimpse into lobby influence among German MPs. 🗳️🔍
Studying honest answers to sensitive issues in politics New evidence on lobbying influence | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Studying honest answers to sensitive issues in politics New evidence on lobbying influence
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December 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Why is #Politics so negative right now? 🤔

Ming M. Boyer @carolinaplescia.bsky.social & André Blais finds two kinds of negativity:
#Voting against a candidate
⚡ Feeling like voting doesn’t matter at all
Only one threatens #Democracy--and it’s not the one you think. 👀
Voting against or against voting? | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Voting against or against voting?
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November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Who speaks🔉for Europe? 🌍

@mascakir.bsky.social finds that with low turnout, regular voters dominate but could boosting participation could reduce bias in #PolicyRepresentation?
Do voters and non-voters differ in their policy preferences? | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Do voters and non-voters differ in their policy preferences?
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November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#CourtPacking or #Persuasion ⚖️

Poland’s Constitutional Court 🇵🇱 shifted sharply after 2015 not due to judge behavior, but because the government reshaped the bench according to L. Pellegrina, J.Kantorowicz, N.Garoupa & J.Lewkowicz.
Judicial transformation: The case of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Judicial transformation: The case of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal
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November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Are left governments drifting right or are they becoming the strong defenders🛡️of market competition?

Jingjing Huo looks at today’s low-rate, high-concentration economy and find that the shift is helping protect workers’ income. 📈
Falling rates, rising partisanship effect: why market competition becomes associated with left governments in an era of low interest rates | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Falling rates, rising partisanship effect: why market competition becomes associated with left governments in an era of low interest rates
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November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🆕 Why do elites feel more (or less) satisfied?
Benjamin Ferland, Valere Gaspard & Johan Savoy compare citizens’ vs. politicians’ satisfaction with #Democracy #ComparativeCandidatesSurvey data to uncover key drivers shaping politicians’ #DemocraticAttitudes.
Power and ideology – A comparison of citizens’ and politicians’ satisfaction with democracy | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Power and ideology – A comparison of citizens’ and politicians’ satisfaction with democracy
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November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
💸🦠 #PublicOpinion on #Covid19 economic cris?
Jeffrey M. Chwieroth & Andrew Walter's Australia–UK 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 conjoint study shows support for wage subsidies but mixed or negative reactions to financial-sector aid, highlighting the importance of #PolicyDesign
Distributional preferences in a global pandemic: Voter attitudes toward COVID-19 economic policy interventions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Distributional preferences in a global pandemic: Voter attitudes toward COVID-19 economic policy interventions
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November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🗳️ Why don’t people vote corrupt 🦹‍♀️ leaders out?

Romania 🇷🇴 study by Nicholas Charron & Andreas Bågenholm find many stay home 🏡 because they think others won’t vote either – but can more information improve turnout? 🤷
Political corruption and voting in Romanian municipal elections: Why perceptions of collective action matter | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Political corruption and voting in Romanian municipal elections: Why perceptions of collective action matter
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November 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reposted by European Journal of Political Research
Authoritarian nostalgia is key in the success of the far right.

Rather than an obstacle, it is a mobilising factor.

People who have fond (personal or indirect) memories of the right-wing authoritarian past vote far right.

Full data & replication materials available here: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...
November 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🆕 Why do junior coalition parties sometimes dodge voter anger? 😤
Lasse Aaskoven & @shane-martin.bsky.social study 36 🇪🇺 & OECD countries to show how strong legislative committees help smaller parties protect their policy brand and navigate electoral costs
Coalition government and the electoral consequences of legislative organization | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Coalition government and the electoral consequences of legislative organization
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November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🆕 Side income impacts trust in politicians? 💰
@ohuwyler.bsky.social @stefaniebailer.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social
study voters across 7 🇪🇺 countries to see how transparency about parliamentarians’ extra income shapes #VoterPerceptions, #Trust, and electability
Transparency matters: The positive effect of politicians’ side income disclosure on voters’ perceptions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Transparency matters: The positive effect of politicians’ side income disclosure on voters’ perceptions
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November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM