Do changes in wealth shape voting preferences? We explored this question using an 11 year panel study in🇬🇧 We find no evidence that an increase in assets leads to greater support for the Conservatives New paper with Justin Robinson & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social@bjpols.bsky.social
Gestern hat @schieritz.bsky.social auf ZEIT Online die Theese aufgestellt, 71% der Deutschen lebten in "Großstädten und deren Umfeld". Deshalb ein kleiner Thread zum Thema: Wie viele Deutsche leben eigentlich auf dem Land?
Tabea Palmtag, @DominikSchraff and I have a new paper forthcoming at @bjpols.bsky.social in which we ask: How do voters react to place-based appeals, such as in these pictures? We find a strong asymmetry: while rural voters appreciate rural appeals, urban voters strongly dislike urban appeals 1/9
Excited to see this paper on political appeals to urban and rural places forthcoming @bjpols.bsky.social
Tonight is a good night to note again that most of the “rules” enabling our SCOTUS-led collapse into authoritarianism just extra-constitutional norms or regular laws Congress can change at anytime. # of seats, docket control, control over clerkships, circuit riding, budget. It could all go tomorrow.
Are you interested in political trust? Of course! And redistribution preferences? Naturally! Then do I have the paper for you, accepted @jeppjournal.bsky.socialosf.io/preprints/os...
After weeks of obsessive debates about immigration, just 17% of today's voters in the eastern state of Brandenburg said that this was the most important issue for them. Therefore, expect more wall-to-wall coverage of mainstream pols frantically announcing/demanding new measures.
Individuals who perceive higher levels of income inequality rate their social status lower than those who perceive lower income inequality. The higher the perceived unfairness of income distribution, the lower the individuals' subjective social status academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
Abstract. This article examines the relationship between perceived income inequality, the perceived unfairness of income distribution (discrepancy between
Durch die Position zu Berlin zeigen sich in der Bevölkerungsentwicklung von Brandenburg enorme räumlich Ungleichheiten. Bis auf die Gemeinden des Berliner Umlands verzeichnen fast alle Gemeinden Brandenburgs gegenüber 1995 einen Bevölkerungsrückgang. (1/2)
