Kai Arzheimer

@kai-arzheimer.com

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Politics Prof @powimz.bsky.social | parties, elections, attitudes, behaviour | right-wing extremism/populism/radicalism https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/

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Kai Arzheimer is a German professor of Political Science at the University of Mainz. Previously, he was a Lecturer in German and West European Politics at the Department of Government of the University of Essex. In 2017-2018, he held the Hannah Arendt Visiting Chair in German and European Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. .. more

Political science 68%

Sociology 12%

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 9h

Just one big happy #farright family

French far-right leader Bardella slams Trump’s ‘imperial ambitions’ in Greenland, Venezuela

The National Rally boss criticized the U.S. president’s hawkish moves in a New Year’s address.

www.politico.eu

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 13h

See you in court #farright #france

Le Pen fights to save her presidential dreams in court appeal

Expect Le Pen to take a highly legalistic approach to her appeal, rather than clamoring she is the victim of a political hit job.

www.politico.eu

Reposted by Kai Arzheimer

uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social · 14h

We are delighted to announce that @tommasopavone.bsky.social, Caleb Pomeroy and Nicole Bernhardt have each received Connaught New Researcher Awards for 2024-25! www.politics.utoronto.ca/news/connaug...

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 16h

'Obvious lies aren’t necessarily failed lies'

Why Donald Trump is telling such obvious lies on the ICE Minneapolis killing

Obvious lies aren’t necessarily failed lies. They can confuse, distract, excite and intimidate a range of audiences. They can also be believed, no matter how obviously false they seem.

theconversation.com

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 22h

Christmas gift from the daughter's boyfriend. Good man.

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

And soon, it will leave Twitter for good

The Radical Right Research Robot breaks free from Twitter

To raise awareness of the large body of knowledge of research on far-right parties and their voters, the Radical Right Research Robot (RRRR) has been tweeting random references from the Extreme Right Bibliography since February 2018 and hopefully making everyone happy. However, Elon Musk’s takeover of the platform and the subsequent changes to its algorithm ... Read more Related posts: Interview mit der dpa zum Rheinland-Pfalz Monitor 2025 Brexit : What I learned from watching BBC News for 48 hours straight ECPR Joint Sessions 2013 have a Facebook Fanpage

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

In the past, 🇺🇸 Americans who did not go to church were still quite religious. Not anymore.

Are Never Attenders More Secular Today?

Or are there lots of folks who never show up to church, but still feel religious?

www.graphsaboutreligion.com

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

'They have good instincts on which issues matter most to voters, [but] they also make mistakes as a result of motivated reasoning'

How well do politicians understand what matters to voters?

Politicians need to have a good understanding of which issues matters most to voters. Chris Butler reports from a recent survey of politicians that

theloop.ecpr.eu

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

Hard agree #farright #Germany

A quote from Rensmann (2018: "Arzheimer’s earlier analysis, according to which the AfD has no
nativist objectives and is thus not right-wing populist, is by now obsolete."

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

Morning, y'all

A woman in a pink bonnet and white gloves holds a teacup, with overlaid text humorously claiming she needs coffee to remember basic tasks, referencing Mary Cassatt’s 1870 painting “The Cup of Tea.”

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

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Are the members of populist radical right parties more likely to value ‘dark triad’ leaders? A UK case study.

European Consortium for Political Research

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

The bullshit machine is also the plagiarism machine. I find it quite amusing how aggressively corporations pushed the notion of intellectual property during the internet's early days, only to throw it out of the window two decades later

AI’s Memorization Crisis

Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.

www.theatlantic.com

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

Interesting data (as always), but who are 'the people'?

Power to the people?

In 1946, a short-lived survey organization called the Psychological Corporation (which seems to have been connected to the Gallup Poll) ask...

justthesocialfacts.blogspot.com

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

In the app , it's under settings -> moderation -> muted words and tags. Works like a charm

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RRResRobot @rrresrobot.bsky.social · 2d

M. Mauk. “Rebuilding Trust in Broken Systems? Populist Party Success and Citizens" Trust in Democratic Institutions”. In: Politics and Governance 8.3 (2020), pp. 45-58. dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v8i3.2896.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 2d

We like Switzerland.

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

Thanks: you're obviously right, and that's a very succinct clarification

Reposted by Jens Rydgren, Werner Krause

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

'Remigration' is on its way to become a #farright master frame, but what does it actually mean? In Germany (somewhat unsurprisingly), that's 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 a legal-constitutional question, with implications for the #AfD. Excellent reporting by Correctiv - in German, but worth a click on 'translate'

Zwei Jahre nach der Potsdam-Recherche: Von angeblichen „Deportationslügen“ bis zum möglichen AfD-Verbotsverfahren

Erfahren Sie, wie sich die Debatte um Remigration und AfD-Verbot zwei Jahre später entwickelt hat und welche politischen Spannungen bestehen.

correctiv.org

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d

The communication looked like the genuine article, then suddenly challenged my grip on reality #tbp #AcademicChatter

Academic Déjà vu, or Academic Dementia? - kai arzheimer

I get a lot of academic spam However, the missive that arrived yesterday looked like the real deal, then made me question my sanity.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d

Why does Hollywood love to destroy NYC? It's a perfectly valid, interesting question. For the rest of the world, the more puzzling question, however, is this: why does all that mayhem always start in the US of A? #podcast

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d

Due to libraries with e-books, I'm nowhere near these numbers, but there in spirit

The Pleasures of Tsundoku, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Book Piles

Recently, while moving several piles of books (31 titles) from the floor to another place on the floor to make space for my office chair, I experienced a moment of clarity during which I felt like …

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d

Remarkable. Not in a good way. As an aside, trust in just about every partner is down. Sign of the times and all that.

Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 4d

🇩🇪🇺🇸 Just 15% of Germans consider the US a trusted partner — the lowest percentage in this ARD survey's history. At least that's higher than the 9% of Germans who trust Russia?

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 4d

What do political scientists actually mean when they use the phrase "radical right"? New-ish chapter 📚, and like the rest of this excellent volume, it's #openaccess

Radical Right

'Radical Right' published in 'IPSA Companion to Political Science'

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 4d

😱😱😱

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Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 4d

🇩🇪🇺🇸 Just 15% of Germans consider the US a trusted partner — the lowest percentage in this ARD survey's history. At least that's higher than the 9% of Germans who trust Russia?

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 4d

The Shadow

It's the fifth anniversary of the assault on the Capitol that heralded the transformation of Donald ...

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Reposted by Kai Arzheimer, Claudia Landwehr

PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 4d

Wir laden herzlich zur 1. Forschungswerkstatt im Neuen Jahr 2026 ein!

Am Mittwoch, 14. Januar um 16 Uhr (Raum P5), spricht Matthias Mader (Universität Witten/Herdecke) zum Thema „Seeing oneself as 'The people': Populism increases opinion projection on foreign policy issues“.

Alle sind willkommen!

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 4d

"Painfully accurate"

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 5d

In a matter of a few months, I've turned into a master of the urinary universe. #AcademicChatter

I'm a urologist now - kai arzheimer

Fake editors > Nigerian princes+Russian beauties

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 5d

Fascinating, BUT: views of empire are probably rather peripheral for most voters most of the time, and highly correlated with more general values and ideology 🇬🇧🗳️

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

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