Simon Otjes
@simonotjes.bsky.social
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Political Scientist | Associate Professor of Dutch Politics at Leiden University | Editor Acta Politica | Political Parties | Voting | Parliaments | Interest Groups | Electoral Systems | Local Politics

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10 Predictions about the coming five years:

1) All Palestinians will be forced to leave Gaza by the Israelis with US support. It will be occupied by Israeli colonists.

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Over de schaling vsn het model is kieskompas altijd heel stil

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I *love* the CPB data, I previously published with it in Acta Politica and Party Politics. I provides a very detailed insight into what Dutch parties want to do

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And the publication is very timely as the new CPB reports are due very soon and will play a major role in the upcoming coalition negotiations

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It might also be of interest to practioners as well: when negotiating with multiple parties it is very useful to have an ideologically proximate party at the table

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This paper took very long to get published. David and I first discussed this idea at the 2018 ECPR General Conference in Hamburg (!)

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Perhaps the most surprising outcome is that these factors don’t matter or at least not consistently: larger parties do not get more of their manifesto in agreements and neither are policies more likely to be in the agreement if parties prioritize them

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Our result may seem trivial: the more parties agree the greater the chance of inclusion but it really stands in contrast to the existing literature which emphasizes the importance of size or issue ownership

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Using very fine grained data from the Dutch Bureau of Economics Analysis (CPB) where parties register very detailed policy commitments both before the elections and those in the coalitiom agreement, we really tap into how Dutch parties negotiate. We look negotiations between 2006 and 2022

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Over the moon to see this paper out in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social David Willumsen and I look at coalition agreements in the Netherlands. We show that the greater the share of negotiating parties that agree on a policy the more likely it ends up in the agreement www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Coalition government formation and policy payoffs | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Coalition government formation and policy payoffs
www.cambridge.org

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peilingwijzer levert *geen* prognoses

Reposted by Matthijs Rooduijn

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Conclusie: "Of JA21 blijft bestaan of dat bij Eerdmans de vingers zo gaan jeuken dat hij toch weer een nieuwe partij opricht, mag Joost weten. Maar het lijkt er op dat er in het diverse Nederlandse partijenlandschap ruimte is voor meerdere radicaal-rechtse partijen die economisch verschillen."

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Interesting! Never thought of these commonwealths, provinces and former republics that never had their own princes as principalities

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United States of America?
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🎓✨ Officially Dr. Reuse! ✨🎓

After 4 years of hard work, I defended my PhD on ideology in local politics.

It was an unforgettable night. Grateful to my supervisors @nicolasbouteca.bsky.social & Kristof Steyvers, colleagues, family & friends for making this possible. ❤️

Reposted by Matthijs Rooduijn

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In onze blog van vandaag gaan @simonotjes.bsky.social en ik in op de achterban van de SP. Interessantste bevinding: potentiële SP-kiezers zijn op immigratie positiever dan gemiddeld. En zelfs de kernachterban is minder negatief dan soms wordt aangenomen.
stukroodvlees.nl/plaatjes-van...

Reposted by Simon Otjes

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There are many parallels between publishing papers and putting a baby asleep. An endless 🧵

1. it takes longer than you think.
2. there are strategies, but it‘s essentially trial + error.
3. don‘t let them out of your hands too early, it‘ll fail
4. you usually hear back from them sooner than hoped

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In de Helling @wbgroenlinks.bsky.social over hoe links het voordeel op sociale media verloor

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I am really happy to announce that the @polscileiden.bsky.social has promoted me to Associate Professor.

I am really grateful to everyone who has helped me to become a better scholar and teacher: my wonderful colleagues at Leiden University; my collaborators on different projects; and my students.

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Opvallend genoeg: in 2021 paste ook een paar stellingen (over corona en de AOW-leeftijd) niet. En het waren toen vrijwel dezelfde partijen die een afwijkend standpunt innamen.

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De stellingen die niet passen gaan over de NAVO (NAVO-uitgaven en Oekraïens lidmaatschap). PvdD, PVV, JA21, BBB, DENK, SP en FVD zijn het op dit vlak niet eens met Volt, GL-PvdA, D66, NSC, CDA en VVD.

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Als we inductief naar de partijposities kijken zien we dat 28 van de 30 stellingen in een dimensie passen. Slechts twee stellingen passen niet. De horizontale links-rechts dimensie is dus dominant.

Reposted by Patrick A. Jansen