🗳️Does satisfaction boost turnout, or does voting boost satisfaction?. ➡️@Filip_Kostelka L.Linek @JanRovny M.Škvrňák find both in Central and Eastern Europe. Satisfaction drives turnout, and voting boosts satisfaction, especially for winners #FirstView

✝️Does the rise of evangelical Christians reshape electoral politics?. ➡️ V. Araújo shows that Brazil’s evangelical boom is linked to lower voter turnout and greater conservatism, but not to a rise in electoral competition or polarization #FirstView

💣Do terrorist attacks always boost support for incumbents?. ➡️ @afalcogimeno @jordimunozm @robbpann show that in Spain support for incumbents rose ~4pts after attacks, mostly when the incumbent was conservative and when civilians were targeted #FirstView

🧠Can dignity appeals boost engagement with marginalized groups?. ➡️P. Bollen, W. Kymlicka, @evlieb & B. Read show that Facebook ads using dignity language spark positive reactions, but only when targets are not seen as “blameworthy” #FirstView

🗣️Do you want to automate the classification of protest events and political event data?. ➡️@sehaunss, P.Daphi, @JanMattiD, L.Hristova, P.Susánszky & E.Steinhilper introduce PAPEA, a new pipeline that uses fine-tuned LLMs to analyze event data #FirstView

💘Can authoritarian propaganda cultivate support and deter protest during “normal” times?. ➡️Tony Zirui Yang & @HongshenZhu find that hard propaganda reinforces support for protest, while soft propaganda loses credibility #FirstView

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⁉️In survey experiments, should you ask covariates before the treatment?. ➡️@asdurso @TabithaBonilla & G.Bogdanowicz study the effects of placing sensitive items in different parts of the survey flow and offer guidance on optimal question order #FirstView

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💡Can citizens in autocracies evaluate leaders without knowing their ideologies?. ➡️Using Wason selection tasks in China, Y. Yang, M. Liang & B. Wang show that people rely on cheater detection, judging leaders by fairness rather than ideology #FirstView

🧠Can affective polarization erode democratic support without strong party ties?. ➡️Using a survey experiment in Chile’s 2022 plebiscite, L. Cox, P. Cubillos & @Carmenlef show that subtle polarization cues reduce democratic commitment #FirstView

📺Do TV ads sway voters in presidential primaries?. ➡R Bird & M Peress develop a new method to estimate ad effects and find that both positive and negative ads boost support—but negative ads work best #FirstView

🧠What drives support for antitrust policies?. ➡️@ryan_brutger & @amypond_ps find that fairness and the importance of maintaining democratic institutions matter more than lower prices #FirstView

🖤Are emotions in surveys shaped by social desirability?. ➡️Marzia Oceno finds that respondents underreport negative emotions like anger & fear—and even positive ones like hope & pride are not immune to social desirability bias #FirstView

🚜🏙️ Do urban and rural Americans care about different policy issues?. ➡️Using data from 850 surveys, @tmyildirim & K.M.Solvig show modest but consistent differences in priorities—but it’s partisanship, not place, that shapes most views #FirstView

🗣️Every politician knows: ask for more than you want (or need). ➡️Z.Desai & @scottatyson develop a theory of electoral competition where voters evaluate politicians by both their ideological platforms and their ability to implement them #FirstView

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