(4/4) Learn more from reading Hübscher, Sattler, and Wagner’s article, linked below:

(3/4) The authors found that party system polarization–as well as vote share for non-mainstream parties and electoral abstention–increase from one election to the next when the government implements a fiscal austerity package during its legislative term.

(2/4) To test whether fiscal austerity measures increase party system polarization, Hübscher, Sattler, and Wagner analyzed national-level parliamentary elections from sixteen advanced economies between 1980 and 2016.

(1/4) Do fiscal austerity measures cause political polarization? Check out this @BJPolS article by Evelyne Hübscher, Thomas Sattler, and Markus Wagner:

👥Can peer pressure get out the vote? A new @3Streamsblog post explains recent research finding that we are more likely to vote when we believe the people closest to us are going to vote. #PoliticalScience.

What are the risks of hiring former government officials in China? Hear UCR professor Kim Yi Dionne describe a recently published study on revolving door hiring practices in China: .#PoliticalScience.

Check out this recent article, “Which candidates benefit from social media? An analysis of the 2021 German federal election,” published in @ElectoralStdies by Ole Kelm, Michael Angenendt, Thomas Poguntke, and Ulrich Rosar. 👇

Check out this recent article, “Support for digitising the ballot box: A systematic review of i-voting pilots and a conjoint experiment,” published in @ElectoralStdies by Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte and Daniel Devine. 👇

(4/4) Learn more about Gerszo’s article, linked below:.

(3/4) The study finds that constitutional reforms between 2008–2010 played a role in increasing the number of judicial resistance cases and decisions in favor of the opposition (1 in the figure below) by isolating courts from executive influence and activating support networks.

(2/4) Gerzso’s case study of the Kenyan judiciary draws on original qualitative and quantitative data. Using process tracing, the study examines when courts resist incumbent pressure to legitimize electoral malpractice and instead side with the opposition.

(1/4) How Do Judicial Reforms Protect Elections? Check out this recent article in @ElectoralStdies by Thalia Gerzso: #PoliticalScience #research

🗣️Why do we see so many narcissistic politicians? A new @3Streamsblog post explains recent research showing that narcissists find political office more attractive than the general public. #politicalscience.

Does providing people with more opportunities to vote make them less likely to vote in elections? #PoliticalScience. Hear UCR professor Jennifer Merolla describe a recently published study on voter turnout among frequent elections in Europe:

Check out this recent article, “Elite party disunity negatively predicts mass partisan-ideological sorting,” published in @ElectoralStdies by Joshua Robison 👇.

Why do people choose to label themselves as anti-vaxx? #politicalscience. Hear UCR professor Marissa Brookes describe a recently published study on anti-vaccine beliefs, social identity, and social belonging:

(4/4) Learn more from reading Gyárfášová and Hlatky’s article, linked below:

(3/4) The authors found that party leader evaluations are strongly associated with voting decisions and that these evaluations tend to be stronger predictors of vote choice than the ideological distance between the voter and the party.

(2/4) Gyárfášová and Hlatky used survey data from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems after the 2017 election from the Czech Republic and after the 2020 election in Slovakia to test whether party leader evaluations predict individual-level vote choice.

(1/4) Do evaluations of party leaders impact individual vote choice? Check out this @ElectoralStdies article by Oľga Gyárfášová and Roman Hlatky: