Maxime Walder
@walderm.bsky.social
Post-Doc, PolSci, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Representative democracy, public opinion, political parties and computational methods
Representative democracy, public opinion, political parties and computational methods
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In einem weiteren spannenden Beitrag in DeFacto zeigen Maxime Walder, Gaia Fieramosca, Nathalie Giger und Denise Traber, dass sich Wählende vor Abstimmungen selektiv informieren 🗳️🤳
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Selektive Aufmerksamkeit bei Volksabstimmungen – DeFacto
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September 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In einem weiteren spannenden Beitrag in DeFacto zeigen Maxime Walder, Gaia Fieramosca, Nathalie Giger und Denise Traber, dass sich Wählende vor Abstimmungen selektiv informieren 🗳️🤳
Lies den Beitrag hier! 😊👇
www.defacto.expert/2025/08/04/s...
Lies den Beitrag hier! 😊👇
www.defacto.expert/2025/08/04/s...
🚨 New paper out!
Using data on direct democracy, the paper proposes an alternative estimation strategy of the ideological positions of Swiss municipalities in the party competition space.
It’s open access in @spsr.bsky.social .
Check it out 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Using data on direct democracy, the paper proposes an alternative estimation strategy of the ideological positions of Swiss municipalities in the party competition space.
It’s open access in @spsr.bsky.social .
Check it out 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Latent Ideological Positions of Swiss Parties and Subsets of the Population
Prominent theories of political representation consider ideology to be a central concept that links political elites and citizens. However, studies usually rely on different data and measures to oper...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🚨 New paper out!
Using data on direct democracy, the paper proposes an alternative estimation strategy of the ideological positions of Swiss municipalities in the party competition space.
It’s open access in @spsr.bsky.social .
Check it out 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Using data on direct democracy, the paper proposes an alternative estimation strategy of the ideological positions of Swiss municipalities in the party competition space.
It’s open access in @spsr.bsky.social .
Check it out 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Maxime Walder
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Using data from 28 countries between 1980 and 2021 I find that parties polarize during economic downturns. Further exploring the mechanisms, I show that they do so in reaction to changing voter priorities and grievances.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Using data from 28 countries between 1980 and 2021 I find that parties polarize during economic downturns. Further exploring the mechanisms, I show that they do so in reaction to changing voter priorities and grievances.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Polarisation or convergence? How the economy shapes party policy positions
A well-studied hypothesis in the political economy literature is that economic globalisation leads to the convergence of economic policies because of increasing international constraints. However, ...
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June 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This article now has page numbers! 🤩
Using data from 28 countries between 1980 and 2021 I find that parties polarize during economic downturns. Further exploring the mechanisms, I show that they do so in reaction to changing voter priorities and grievances.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Using data from 28 countries between 1980 and 2021 I find that parties polarize during economic downturns. Further exploring the mechanisms, I show that they do so in reaction to changing voter priorities and grievances.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....