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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 15h

🆕 #Canada #PoliticalData
📉 PM Justin #Trudeau faced plummeting approval in 2024, reports David K Stewart, along with Conservative poll dominance, party dissent, by-election losses, US tensions + leadership doubts amid a collapsing #NDP agreement.
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 2d

🆕 #Australia #PoliticalData
🗳️ 2024 saw the #LaborGovernment face mid-term setbacks, regional election losses, a Cabinet reshuffle, plus policy challenges including cost-of-living, Gaza + #AUKUS commitments, report @marijataflaga.bsky.social & @joshsunman.bsky.social.
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 3d

🆕 #Bulgaria #PoliticalData
🇧🇬 In 2024, #BulgarianPolitics remained unstable and fragmented, reports Marina Spirova, with coalition struggles, declining trust, rising #Euroscepticism, and contentious debates despite progress toward #EUintegration.
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 9d

🆕 #NewZealand #PoliticalData
✂️ In 2024, PM #ChristopherLuxon & the new coalition government cut public spending, advanced reforms, faced Māori opposition + delivered tax relief while reversing Labour’s policies, report @fionacbarker.bsky.social & @willdreyer.bsky.social.
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 10d

🆕 #Portugal 2024 #PoliticalData
🌹 José M. Magone reports on a year that saw nationwide commemorations to mark 50 years since the #CarnationRevolution, multiple elections + the formation of a new minority government led by PM #LuisMontenegro.
👉 bit.ly/46rOd67

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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · 15d

🆕 #Croatia 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ In an election packed year, the ruling #HDZ secured victories in all major polls. President #Milanović faced legal pushback, while public discontent was eased by public sector pay hikes, report Dario Nikić Čakar & Višeslav Raos.
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Aug 29

🧳 Leaving #ecprgc25 today?
🎧 Need something to listen to on your journey home?
🆓 Check out our latest #Podcast episodes covering the #AustralianElections, #GermanElections, #USelections and many more!
👉 ecpr.eu/podcast #PoliticalPodcast

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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Aug 28

⏰ Today at #ecprgc25
⬇️ Meet PDY co-editor @raulgomez.bsky.social
to find out about our data + analysis covering 37 countries.
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · Aug 28

Spotted in the wild 🌿🫒
Our co-branded bottles with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org are making their debut at #ecprgc25

📚 Join our Editorial Teams this afternoon to talk about the partnership – and all the exciting things that lie ahead
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📍 ECPR Hub @ Expo Hall, Law Building
⏰ 15:45–16:45

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · Aug 22

🫱🏽‍🫲🏻 Through a new partnership with @universitypress.cambridge.org, ECPR is moving towards an #OpenAccess future in #PoliSky research

💡 In Jan '26, we join forces with CUP to publish
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Aug 25

🤔 Curious to learn more about Greece's #PoliticalData ahead of #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki this week?
🆓 Find fully searchable & downloadable data covering election results, national referenda, institutional reforms + more at PDYinteractive.
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Aug 22

✈️ Heading to #Thessaloniki next week for #ecprgc25?
🎧 Need something to listen to on your journey?
🆓 Check out our latest #Podcast episodes covering the #AustralianElections, #GermanElections, #USelections and many more!
👉 ecpr.eu/podcast #PoliticalPodcast

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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Aug 20

👍 Attending #ecprgc25 and want to know more about PDY and PDYinteractive?
⬇️ Meet PDY co-editor @raulgomez.bsky.social next week and find out about our data + analysis covering 37 countries.
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Connect with the editors of our journals, books & @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
✅ Exchange ideas, ask questions + more

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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Aug 19

👇 Heading to the Open Science session at #ecprgc25 next week?
❤️ If you like #OpenScience, you'll love PDY
🆓 PDYinteractive is our free-to-use, customisable data resource, covering 37 countries.
🆓 Many of our articles are #OA + all will be from 2026!
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · Aug 13

📣 Calling all publishers, editors and leading scholars attending #ecprgc25
📚 Publishing & Profession session
Open Science in Political Research: Promises and Challenges
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Aug 14

🆕 #Italy 2024 #PoliticalData
🇮🇹 #EPelections highlighted a possible return to bipolarism, report M Gallina & C Biancalana, after the electoral collapse of #M5S + 7 regional elections, saw the centre-right coalition consolidate its territorial dominance.
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Karina Kosiara-Pedersen @karinakosped.bsky.social · Aug 7

Open access to report on 2024 in Danish politics: Queen abdicated. EP elections returned a fragmented Danish representation in Brussels. The cross-the-aisle-majority gov saw some program realization, cf. initiatives on stronger defense, conscription for women & ‘Green Partite’ deal #polisky #dkpol

Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Jul 15

🆕 #Denmark #PoliticalData
👸 2024 saw the Queen's abdication, political fragmentation in the EP, defence and climate initiatives, new ministries, and preparations for Denmark's 2025 EU chairmanship amid global challenges, writes @karinakosped.bsky.social
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Aug 7

🎙️ Did you know we do #Podcasts?
🎧 PDY editors, @raulgomez.bsky.social, Michelangelo Vercesi & Tom Mustillo have been speaking to colleagues around the world to predict and reflect on election results in the #US, #Germany, #Australia and many more.
▶️ Catch up on all the episodes: ecpr.eu/podcast

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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Aug 5

🆕 #UK #PoliticalData
🗳️ @aliamiddleton.bsky.social reports on 2024, when PM #Sunak called a July election, which #UKLabour won. #Starmer became PM, scrapping the #RwandaPlan and #RachelReeves’ budget cut #WinterFuelPayments, criticising prior policies.
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Simon Brause @simonbrause.bsky.social · Aug 4

2024 was a turbulent year in German politics: four elections, a surging far right, and the coalition's collapse. Our new Political Data Yearbook piece (with @lucykinski.bsky.social) traces the events leading to the 2025 snap elections.

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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Jul 30

🆕 #Germany 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ @lucykinski.bsky.social & Simon D Brause report on a year of political upheaval with 4 major elections, as #AfD + #BSW gained support, the economic crisis deepened + snap elections were called for 2025 after the coalition collapsed. #OlafScholz
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Aug 4

🆕 #Austria 2024 #PoliticalData
The populist right-wing #FPÖ dominated in the elections, gaining seats at all levels and the #ÖVP began coalition talks with #SPÖ and #NEOS to form a government, reports Katrin Praprotnik #VanderBellen
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Aug 1

🆕 #Estonia #PoliticalData
📊 2024 was quiet but unstable, with the support of the electorate firmly behind the opposition throughout the year. Defections between parties continued yet no major new political force emerged, reports Martin Mölder.
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Jul 31

🆕 #France 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ Selma Bendjaballah & Nicolas Sauger report on a year of political chaos: #SnapElections led to deadlock, a short-lived right-leaning government formed, reliant on the far right, but failed quickly. #Macron #FrenchPolitics #RN
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Jul 30

🆕 #Germany 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ @lucykinski.bsky.social & Simon D Brause report on a year of political upheaval with 4 major elections, as #AfD + #BSW gained support, the economic crisis deepened + snap elections were called for 2025 after the coalition collapsed. #OlafScholz
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Jul 24

🆕 #Iceland #PoliticalData
🔀 Iceland saw major political shifts in 2024: a new president, new prime minister #BjarniBenediktsson, snap elections, coalition collapse + historic parliamentary changes favouring centrist, female-led parties, reports Olafur Th. Hardarson.
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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Jul 23

🆕 #Czech Republic 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ #ANO2011 dominated the elections. Governing coalition parties lost ground, as #Přísaha and #Stačilo gained, resulting in cabinet reshuffles and electoral reform, report Ivan Petrúšek & Aleš Kudrnáč .
✍️ bit.ly/4mdXpQJ #OA

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Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Jul 18

🆕 #Slovakia 2024 #PoliticalData
Erik Láštic reports on a year of rising political polarisation & media crackdowns after an assassination attempt on #Fico. By year end, concerns mounted over the government's attempts to consolidate power & declining democratic standards.
✍️ buff.ly/CxljYZu #Polisky

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