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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats, Hugo! 🎉

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Jeyhun Alizade @jeyalizade.bsky.social · 8d

Glad to see this out at @ajpseditor.bsky.social! I show that the immigration-crime issue, when salient, can shift leftist cosmopolitans to the Right. This is due to leftist voters being more conservative on crime than leftist parties.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library

Concern that immigration worsens crime problems is prevalent across Western publics. How does it shape electoral politics? Prior research asserted a growing left–right divide in immigration attitudes...

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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · Jun 14

Congrats Julius! :)

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Noam Gidron @noamgidron.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thinking about immigration from a cultural perspective heightens distrust of political opponents—with Adams, @rwillh11.bsky.social and @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social at @bjpols.bsky.social. Might interest scholars of polarization and ideology, and those analyzing open-ended questions. cup.org/3ZajcQ1

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Arndt Leininger @aleininger.bsky.social · May 30

Another great paper by @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social of now also TU Chemnitz. Congrats, Thomas!

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · May 30

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Beyond Observational Relationships: Evidence from a Ten-Country Experiment that Policy Disputes Cause Affective Polarization - cup.org/3Zvgchx

- @noamgidron.bsky.social, James Adams, @rwillh11.bsky.social & @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing scholars' investigation into polarization and logical comparisons across party entities, cultural priming in economic discussions, and the effect of cultural debates on political discourse.

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · May 30

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Beyond Observational Relationships: Evidence from a Ten-Country Experiment that Policy Disputes Cause Affective Polarization - cup.org/3Zvgchx

- @noamgidron.bsky.social, James Adams, @rwillh11.bsky.social & @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · Jun 2

Important research by @annekreft.bsky.social reveals the scale and impact of political violence in Germany. Drawing on a survey of over 1,400 politicians, the study shows that 1 in 5 politicians reduces their political activity as a result.

Dr. Anne-Kathrin Kreft @annekreft.bsky.social · Jun 2

Hier gibt es das Factsheet mit ersten Ergebnissen unserer Studie zu Aggressionen und Gewalt gegen Politiker*innen in Deutschland: kfn.de/wp-content/u...

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Felicia Riethmüller @feliciarthm.bsky.social · May 13

Thrilled to see my 1st PhD paper out in #PartyPolitics! Based on ~15000 posts by 86 German subnat. parties (2015-2019), Simon Franzmann & I show that dominant & challenger parties differ in the use of policy-based vs symbolic & positive vs negative appeals.

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doi.org/10.1177/1354...

Abstract
Social group appeals are a crucial but often overlooked aspect of party competition. Challenger parties differ from
dominant parties not only in their issue entrepreneurship and anti-establishment rhetoric, but also in how they approach
social groups. Whereas dominant parties can and must use their policy record when appealing to groups rhetorically,
challenger parties compensate for their lack of policy influence and long-lasting group ties by using more symbolic groupbased appeals, creating affective affiliations with voters while avoiding accountability or dividing their potential base.
Similarly, they are more inclined to use negative group-based appeals. Using a most-similar-systems design and a new
dataset of 15,460 tweets from German subnational parties, our main finding is that dominant parties, particularly those
having held the prime minister’s office, favour policy-based group appeals, while challengers rely more on symbolic appeals.
However, differences in appeal strategies diminish during campaign times. Our findings underline the importance of groupbased appeals for mainstream-challenger competition.

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Sofia Ammassari @ammassarisofia.bsky.social · May 12

Thrilled that my article on women's activism in PRR parties has been conditionally accepted in @cpsjournal.bsky.social!

Drawing on membership surveys of the League 🇮🇹 and the Sweden Democrats 🇸🇪, I show that women members are *more active* than men because they are more embedded in party networks.

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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · May 10

Thanks so much Sofia and thank you again for your feedback! 😊

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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · May 8

Thanks so much for sharing our work! 😊 I fully agree with the narrator voice!

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Arndt Leininger @aleininger.bsky.social · Apr 29

Another great publication by @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social and his first with TU Chemnitz affiliation: "Does political violence undermine descriptive representation? The case of women in politics" out in EJPR. #openaccess Thanks for helping us put Chemnitz on the map, Thomas! doi.org/10.1111/1475...

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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · May 8

@riazsascha.bsky.social,
@antvalentim.bsky.social

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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · May 8

We are grateful to many people for their generous feedback @ammassarisofia.bsky.social , @rdancygier.bsky.social, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @homola.bsky.social, Anne-Kathrin Kreft, @pmkuhn.bsky.social, Tali Mendelberg, @simonotjes.bsky.social, @tinepaulsen.bsky.social, @neerajprsd.bsky.social

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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · May 8

As highlighted by @sandrahkansson.bsky.social, Sofia Collignon, and @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social, this challenge adds to the broader problem that political violence more frequently targets women in public office.

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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · May 8

Our findings contribute to research on political violence and gender by suggesting that such exposure may hinder efforts to close the gender gap long-term by deterring women early in the political pipeline from pursuing public office.

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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · May 8

Re-running our survey experiment in a representative survey, we find suggestive evidence that there is some heterogeneity among women. Women with lower political interest are less likely to indicate that they are willing to become active in politics (WTE)

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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · May 8

Using observational data and a survey experiment in Germany, we find that exposure to political violence does not produce gender-differentiated effects among politically interested individuals. If anything, the treatment suggests that men become less willing to engage in politics (WTE)

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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · May 8

Happy to share a new paper now out in EJPR w/ @jeyalizade.bsky.social , @fabioellger.bsky.social and @mgruenewald.bsky.social exploring gendered effects of political violence on political supply.

https://ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1475-6765.70017

A 🧵 with findings

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Arndt Leininger @aleininger.bsky.social · May 8

New 📰: In "Can Individual MPs Damage Their Party’s Brand? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Public
Procurement Corruption Scandal" out in @thejop.bsky.social @lukrudolph.bsky.social and I show that the "mask affair" cost the CDU 4%-points in elections. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... 1/

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Saad Gulzar سعد گلزار @saadgulzar.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨 Just published in American Political Science Review 🚨
with Durgesh Pathak @sarahthompson.bsky.social and Aliz Toth

We show that strategic messaging by party leaders can effectively shape volunteer rank&file recruitment with consequences for long-term party development

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Johanna Rickne @johannarickne.bsky.social · Apr 16

We’re excited to introduce the Swedish Municipal Council Database! This open-access resource contains our hand-coded data for all local politicians in Sweden's democratic local elections between 1919 and 2018. A 🧵

Co-authors 🤩 @abrarbawati.bsky.social, @josefinemagnusson.bsky.social Moa Frödin

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Korinna Lindemann @korinlind.bsky.social · Mar 26

New preprint available! In this paper, @antvalentim.bsky.social and I investigate why progressive parties, such as the greens, might be more attractive for immigrants from established democracies than those from (post-)authoritarian regimes:

osf.io/preprints/os...

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Noam Gidron @noamgidron.bsky.social · Mar 24

🚨Why do masses support democratic backsliding?🚨
A new @AJPS_Editor paper with Yotam Margalit, @liorsheffer.bsky.social and Itamar Yakir explores this question in the Israeli context. Our findings emphasize the role of leader attachment and affective polarization.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

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