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Reposted by: Oliver Heath, Ruth Dassonneville, Zack Taylor , and 2 more

lawrencemckay.bsky.social
Out now (OA) in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. Do people in rural areas want politicians offering stronger representation to rural areas - as opposed to just their local area? Yes - based an original conjoint experiment in the UK (1/5)

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lauraserra.bsky.social
I’m just a girl standing in front of a boy telling him it’s not true he has become more right-wing… it is me who has become more left-wing 🫠
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politicalquarterly.bsky.social
Has Britain's Eurosceptic and anti-immigration movement broadened its social appeal?

@olliheath.bsky.social, Christopher Prosser, Humphrey Southall and Paula Aucott look at the rise of Reform UK

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The 2024 General Election and the Rise of Reform UK
Has Britain's Eurosceptic and anti-immigration movement broadened its social appeal?
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Reposted by: Oliver Heath, Henning Finseraas, Staffan Kumlin

peterla.bsky.social
Very happy to share our new article in JoP @thejop.bsky.social, where we explore how parties forge links with social groups (here: social classes) through different appeals and how citizens respond to such appeals.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
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Reposted by: Oliver Heath, Sara B. Hobolt, Alexi Gugushvili , and 2 more

anjaneundorf.bsky.social
The most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪:

🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!

Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
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Reposted by: Oliver Heath, Thomas Saalfeld

electoralstudies.bsky.social
As Germany heads to the polls on Sunday, here are some articles we have published on German elections that can guide you through what to expect… 🗳️ 📊
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politicalquarterly.bsky.social
Our SI on the 2024 UK General Election is out now!

Eds @pjsloman.bsky.social @colmpm.bsky.social with @profdaverichards.bsky.social @profrosiecamp.bsky.social @aduggan.bsky.social @kitkowol.bsky.social @mathewlawrence.bsky.social @olliheath.bsky.social

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The 2024 UK General Election
The 2024 general election was a landslide in the true sense of the word, as the collapse in Conservative and SNP support allowed Sir Keir Starmer to take power with a large parliamentary majority. Thi...
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electoralstudies.bsky.social
🚨 New report! 📊 Last week we published our 2024 annual journal summary with data on acceptance rates and average review and publication timings. Here are some highlights.
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caprosser.com
New from @olliheath.bsky.social, me, Humphrey Southall and Paula Aucott in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social:

The 2024 General Election and the Rise of Reform UK

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The 2024 General Election and the Rise of Reform UK
This article examines the social base of support for Reform UK. Did Nigel Farage's new party depend on the same types of ‘left behind’ voters who had previously backed UKIP? Do the results of the 202...
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Reposted by: Oliver Heath, Andrew Wyatt

danielalai.bsky.social
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by Peter Allen — Reposted by: Oliver Heath

peterallen.bsky.social
Myself and @ntmatthews.bsky.social have a new paper out in the Journal of Political Ideologies titled “New Labour and political myth”. It is available open access — www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Abstract for journal article titled New Labour and political myth — The 1997 UK General Election preceded 13 years of New Labour government. It would be a further 14 years until the Labour Party next held office. Following the initial disavowal of New Labour by many in the wake of the 2010 General Election, these 14 years saw the emergence of a positive narrative regarding New Labour and its time in office – in addition to the reestablishment of what can be seen as ‘New Labour people’ reproducing this narrative – in the mainstream of British political life. In this paper, we use the concept of political myth to explore the persistence of the ideas, strategy, and personnel of New Labour. We begin by defining the concept of political myth in greater detail, drawing out its key features as outlined in the existing literature. We then introduce the case of New Labour, giving an account of the emergence of what we term the New Labour Myth. We then demonstrate how this case falls under the concept of political myth using evidence drawn from a variety of sources across the post-2010 period. Taken together, we argue that the New Labour Myth constitutes an important strain of thought in contemporary British politics.
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Reposted by: Oliver Heath, Andrew Russell

ralphscott.bsky.social
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨

"Does disability affect support for political parties?"

Just published in Electoral Studies, co-authored with Melanie Jones.

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The abstract of the publication, which reads: While it is well-established that disability reduces the probability of electoral turnout, far less is known about the relationship between disability and support for particular political parties. Using nationally representative longitudinal data from Understanding Society we explore the relationship between disability and party support in England and Wales along left-right and protest dimensions. Consistent with our hypotheses, analysis of cross-sectional data suggests that, after accounting for demographic characteristics, disabled people are significantly less likely to support parties to the right and more likely to support protest parties. In contrast, however, after accounting for time invariant individual unobserved heterogeneity using panel data methods, we find no evidence of a relationship between disability and left-right party support, and far less evidence of a relationship with protest parties. We discuss and attempt to reconcile these findings.
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Reposted by: Oliver Heath, Jon H. Fiva, Andrew Russell , and 2 more

laurabronner.bsky.social
A thread about being wrong:

5 years ago, we wrote a paper about how how newly enfranchised 16-year-olds vote in Austria. But we were wrong.

This year, @elisabethgraf.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social, Sylvia Kritzinger and I are setting the record straight: authors.elsevier.com/c/1juT5xRaZk...
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Reposted by: Oliver Heath, Ben Bradford

danjdevine.bsky.social
Our paper on trust and trusworthiness is out, where we test a model of competence, benevolence, and integrity in 5 countries. We find these are generally consistent across people and countries, with benevolence being most important in determining trust judgements.

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cerifowler.bsky.social
New from me, @annasanders.bsky.social , @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and Rosie Shorrocks: some first reflections on gender & the 2024 UK election @politicalquarterly.bsky.social . More to come from the same team too- watch this space! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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by Philip Cowley — Reposted by: Oliver Heath

philipjcowley.bsky.social
A tribute to David Denver, by me and Justin Fisher.

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by Joost van Spanje — Reposted by: Oliver Heath

joostvanspanje.bsky.social
New!

The *New Parties Data Set* by Stuart Bramwell and me.

2,434 parties in 22 countries since 1945, their score in 3 elections, and their mode of establishment.

Thanks to our 🇪🇺ERC Consolidator Grant project 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇯🇵🇭🇺🇲🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹🇿🇦🇳🇱team in 🇬🇧London @rhulpirp.bsky.social.

See
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britishelectionstudy.com
📣 New Research 📣

We're excited to see your analyses of the new post-2024 GE BES data

For now, @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social @profjanegreen.bsky.social and Ed Fieldhouse have looked at what we know about Reform

Watch: youtu.be/Z8s9hzTsruc?...

Read: www.britishelectionstudy.com/bes-impact/b...
Back to the Future: Similarities of 2015 UKIP & 2024 Reform UK
YouTube video by Nuffield College, Oxford
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lauraserra.bsky.social
Somehow managed to summarise my entire PhD thesis on the growing UK voting age gap in 1000 words for the PSA blog. Give it a read! ⬇️

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