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Lecturer in Politics, Cardiff University. Political Psychology. Polarization. Political Communication.

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Joe Phillips @polpsychjoe.bsky.social · Nov 17

Hello new followers! For those I don't know yet, let me introduce myself:

- I'm an American working at Cardiff University
- My work focuses on animosity between political groups, misinformation, and support for democratic norms.
- I tend to be much more of a doomer than my empirical results warrant

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Joe Phillips @polpsychjoe.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks!

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Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · 7h

@electoralstudies.bsky.social If you’re interested in academic studies of political polarisation we have loads of great papers at Electoral Studies. Check out this one by Joseph Phillips www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Affective polarization and habits of political participation

Affective polarization, or relative dislike of opposing partisans, is associated with several negative outcomes for democracy. However, a number of st…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Steve Saidemonster @smsaideman.bsky.social · 3h

Obstructing injustice maybe.

Nothing these ICE and other feds are doing has anything to do with justice.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 4h

Painful to hear the fear in her voice as she says, "let them know." And as others have noted, this seems to violate Judge Ellis's order issued just yesterday about arresting journalists & also about unnecessary physical force. (See 1(a) and 1(h) of order). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 12h

#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -

The Politics of Status Preservation: Immigration and the Knowledge Economy Class - https://cup.org/3VYHxGx

- @briittavs.bsky.social

#FirstView

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 3h

Look how quickly the “justification” for deploying military troops to US cities mutated.

Just weeks ago it was, Crime!

Now it’s: hypothetical imagined crimes by Americans peacefully demonstrating in an act of constitutionally sacred dissent.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 3h

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Liberal democratic values among immigrants in Europe: Socialisation and adaptation processes - https://cup.org/42C8Zxv

- @fguelzau.bsky.social, Marc Helbling & @snmorgenstern.bsky.social

#FirstView

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3h

It wouldn't be tolerated for even a day if the Democrats controlled the House. The national outcry & front page coverage would be nonstop & the seat stealing would end immediately. The national media has two completely sets of expectations for the two parties.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5h

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Fabian Guy Neuner @fabianneuner.bsky.social · 3h

Nice + accessible overview of my @jepsjournal.bsky.social paper on validating populism treatments, showing that some “thin” populism treatments also affect perceptions of host ideology. Also makes broader point about validating conjoint treatments #Openaccess paper: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

Authoritarian systems tend towards corruption because they a) attract people disinterested in maintaining public goods, and b) systematically remove guardrails and accountability to enable private capture of those goods

Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 4h

How a New Firm With DHS Ties Won a $915 Million Contract to Help Immigrants "Self-Deport."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Katy Glenn Bass @katygb.bsky.social · 6h

If you’ve never been to a big protest like No Kings before: It feels great to be part of a big gathering of people who want to change things. It sparks joy, and resolve for the long fight ahead. Sometimes there are dance parties. You could be the one who starts the dance party! Just show up!

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 7h

If you can show up on October 18, you should. The country is shifting. The battleship is turning. And while, yes, usually mass street protests don't do much, there are exceptions.

And sometimes those exceptions go down in history.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Whether it’s Donald Trump saying J.B. Pritzker should be in jail or Donald Trump being convicted of 36 felonies but not going to jail because the American people re-elected him as president, both sides have been linked to jail time.

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 11h

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The Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination - https://cup.org/3WCwC5v

"decades after the fall of the GDR, the attitudinal effects of authoritarian socialization persist"

- Nourhan A. Elsayed, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @riazsascha.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social

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BJPolS abstract about a study on the effects of authoritarianism in the former German Democratic Republic, focusing on gender disparities in education and authoritarian values post-reunification. The text emphasizes methodological approach and historical analysis.

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Joe Phillips @polpsychjoe.bsky.social · 10h

@gabrielagreilinger.bsky.social Not sure if you’re on the market yet but wanted to signal boost in case

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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 14h

NEW DATA: Notional results for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election on 2026 boundaries. Of interest to academics/pollsters/journos

Post: chrishanretty.co.uk/posts/sp2026...
Data: github.com/chrishanrett...
Source: github.com/chrishanrett...

Notional results for the 2021 Scottish Parliament Election – chris hanretty

chris hanretty’s site

chrishanretty.co.uk

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 11h

A ward that has gone from 85% combined Con and Lab vote, no Reform or Greens standing to 69% Reform and Green vote, with 24% for Con and Lab combined.

Volatile times...

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 12h

Bretforton & Offenham (Wychavon) Council By-Election Result:

➡️ RFM: 43.5% (New)
🌍 GRN: 25.9% (New)
🌳 CON: 20.1% (-35.4)
🌹 LAB: 4.0% (-25.9)
🔶 LDM: 3.8% (-10.8)
🙋 Ind: 1.5% (New)
🙋 Ind: 1.2% (New)

Reform GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2023.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 22h

It just goes to show that hard-won rights are never guaranteed to last. Never believe any politician or pundit who claims an issue is settled; everything, yes, everything you hold dear, can be overturned and upended in a future election. We only have to look South.

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Joe Phillips @polpsychjoe.bsky.social · 10h

30 tabs? Amateurs. I usually have about 150 open at any given time.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 2d

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 11h

Reform narrowly hold a ward where their previous councillor had to resign due to toxic racism allegations, assisted by a split on the left between Labour and the Greens (who have over 50% of the vote here between them).

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 12h

Lloyds & Corby Village (North Northamptonshire) Council By-Election Result:

➡️ RFM: 38.5% (+2.1)
🌹 LAB: 32.4% (-11.8)
🌍 GRN: 18.9% (+9.7)
🔶 LDM: 5.8% (+1.5)
🌳 CON: 4.4% (-1.5)

Reform HOLD.
Changes w/ 2025.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 10h

Among the many possibilities for the next few years, the scenario of swapping one pair of dominant parties (Lab and Con) for another (Reform and LD) is intriguing, under-discussed and, in English elections, not entirely implausible either (several county councils made this leap in May)

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 12h

Aggregate Result of the 122 Council By-Elections (for 125 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:

RFM: 47 (+40)
LDM: 32 (+10)
CON: 13 (-15)
LAB: 12 (-30)
GRN: 11 (+3)
Ind: 5 (-4)
Local: 3 (-3)
SNP: 1 (-1)
PLC: 1 (=)

Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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James Breckwoldt @jamesbreckwoldt.bsky.social · 12h

Support/opposition to economic growth, technological change, innovation etc. is related to your class position.

Those who have most benefitted from change in the past are the most supportive.

Those who have most lost out from recent change (skilled manual workers) are the least supportive

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James Breckwoldt @jamesbreckwoldt.bsky.social · 2d

Best predictor is a person’s occupation.

People in most elite jobs much more likely to hold pro-growth views

Skilled manual workers (rather than semi-skilled or unskilled) are the most anti-growth.

This relates to how exposed these jobs have been to automation in the past

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 1d

As the DOJ indicts Letitia James, 62% of Americans say Donald Trump has improperly encouraged federal investigations into his political opponents. That includes 85% of Democrats and 40% of Republicans. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Dot plot showing partisan differences in Americans' views of how Donald Trump has governed since returning to the White House in January. The chart is based on a September 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 1d

Want to fight fascism and the attack on higher ed?

Encourage colleges & universities YOU are connected with to NOT fold to Trump's "compact."

Contact them directly - you can find Presidents' emails online. Get other alumni you know to do the same, or make a collective letter & gather signatures.

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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