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People have always asked me why I don’t vote. My answer has always been that I want to see a candidate’s psychological profile, a report on their mental health, not their political program. I think the behavior of today’s political leaders says enough about why I will continue to say this […]

New research presented earlier this month by CGU's Dr. #TylerReny at #TuesdayTalks on #Copaganda: The Cultural Foundations of Police Trust. Check out the full presentation here: vimeo.com/1163797625.

#politicalscience #politicalbehavior #surveyresearch #CGU #Claremont

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Participation in a Google Search Data Donation Study during the 2025 German Federal Election. Using a two-stage model, they analyze willingness and completion — and show how participation differs by socio-demographics and party vote.

Leaving a legacy?
Darr & Harman find that Americans who move away from local newspapers lose faith in elections, but not in democracy itself. Declining local news may erode electoral trust.
#PoliticalBehavior #MediaEffects
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Do Fans Make Poor Referees? Exploring Citizens’ Reactions to Partisan Gamesmanship - Political Behavior Political (as opposed to professional) election oversight is one area in which the U.S. scores extremely low in measures of election integrity. Meanwhile, rancorous political battles to determine acceptable election procedures and judge when tactics cross the line have become common events. Our work contributes to recent scholarship investigating whether voters prioritize democratic principles or strategically favor electoral procedures that provide partisan advantage. In two survey experiments, we confirm that Americans’ attitudes about antidemocratic election tactics reveal more about which team they are cheering for than they do about whether the tactics are fraudulent. The tendency to engage in partisan motivated reasoning occurs among all partisans, but there are subtle differences as to when citizens will engage in it. Partisan motivated reasoning is more common when actions cause harm and by the partisans that are harmed. Finally, Independents are more impartial, but less likely to call out improper tactics in the aggregate because they often fail to condemn actions by either party.

Can seeing the “other side” differently heal division?
Myers & Hvidsten find that meeting counter-stereotypical partisans reduces bias and improves feelings toward the out-party.
#PoliticalBehavior #AffectivePolarization
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Do Fans Make Poor Referees? Exploring Citizens’ Reactions to Partisan Gamesmanship - Political Behavior Political (as opposed to professional) election oversight is one area in which the U.S. scores extremely low in measures of election integrity. Meanwhile, rancorous political battles to determine acceptable election procedures and judge when tactics cross the line have become common events. Our work contributes to recent scholarship investigating whether voters prioritize democratic principles or strategically favor electoral procedures that provide partisan advantage. In two survey experiments, we confirm that Americans’ attitudes about antidemocratic election tactics reveal more about which team they are cheering for than they do about whether the tactics are fraudulent. The tendency to engage in partisan motivated reasoning occurs among all partisans, but there are subtle differences as to when citizens will engage in it. Partisan motivated reasoning is more common when actions cause harm and by the partisans that are harmed. Finally, Independents are more impartial, but less likely to call out improper tactics in the aggregate because they often fail to condemn actions by either party.

Do fans make poor referees? ⚖️
Claassen, Ensley & Ryan find that when judging election tactics, partisans care more about who benefits than what’s fair. Independents? More neutral—but quieter critics.
#PoliticalBehavior #ElectionIntegrity
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Independent Political Networks: Comparing the Discussion Network Size and Composition of Partisans, Leaners, and Independents - Political Behavior Most prior U.S. political discussion research has failed to pay close attention to the networks of political independents, and to the differences between true partisans, leaners, and true independents. This is in direct contrast to the (appropriately) growing research attention paid to the decades-long rise in the proportion of independents and the decline of true partisans. This study presents representative U.S. survey data that compares political discussion frequency, network size, and the partisan composition of the discussion networks of partisans, leaners, and independents. After applying controls for ideological strength and political interest, we find that the three groups do not differ in discussion frequency or network size. However, there are meaningful differences across the groups in three different network composition measures, including partisan bias. We interpret our findings in the context of both applied measurement considerations and normative democratic expectations of partisan diversity within discussion networks.

How do independents talk politics? Eveland & Gee show that while partisans & true independents have similar discussion frequency & network size, their networks differ in partisan composition, shaping democratic diversity. #PoliticalBehavior
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The gendered long-term consequences of automation risk on electoral behaviour: Evidence from Norway BERNT BRATSBERG, HENNING FINSERAAS, PETER EGGE LANGSÆTHER, OLE ROGEBERG

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Our authors find automation risk lowers political turnout for men but not women, while strong populist right mobilization can offset the decline. Job impacts but not awareness, drive these effects.

#Automation #GenderGap #PoliticalBehavior #Populism

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This “spectacle politics” offers emotional dividends: catharsis, vengeance, a sense of dominance. It redefines the carrot: not material benefit, but the feeling of victory in a culture war. #CultureWar #PoliticalBehavior

Seligson Prize

[4/4]🏆 Learn more about the Seligson Prize and see past winners here:
🔗 vanderbilt.edu/lapop/seligs...
#SeligsonPrize #LAPOPLab #PoliticalBehavior #AmericasBarometer

Parliament concerned over rise in foul language Parliament concerned over rise in foul language NBC Online Mon, 06/09/2025 - 18:37

#Parliament #FoulLanguage #NationalAssembly #PoliticalBehavior #PublicDiscourse

Do only poor voters respond to political freebies? This study suggests that rich voters do too, but only when it comes from their own party.

@cmparreira.bsky.social @thejop.bsky.social

#JOP #Clientelism #Elections #PoliticalBehavior #Lebanon #PoliticalScience

Genetic influence on political interest is stronger in high-income families, highlighting a gene-environment interaction A study published in Politics and the Life Sciences reveals that genetic predispositions to political interest manifest more strongly in adolescents from wealthier families. Political engagement follows...

Genetic influence on political interest is stronger in high-income families, highlighting a gene-environment interaction #Science #Biology #Genetics #PoliticalBehavior #GeneEnvironmentInteraction

Got a signed thank you card from #PoliticalBehavior for reviewing & it does legit make me feel appreciated 🥰 #PolySky

Rescheduling: The Paradox of Politics When the current project schedule no longer leads to acceptable results, we must reschedule. Sometimes political factors compel us to not only delay our results, but also to produce those results in w...

Anti-cooperative #PoliticalBehavior is that in which we set our own concerns ahead of others’ just because our concerns are ours. We do this even though -- or sometimes *because* -- we recognize that doing so can prevent others achieving their objectives.

Rescheduling: The Paradox of Politics When the current project schedule no longer leads to acceptable results, we must reschedule. Sometimes political factors compel us to not only delay our results, but also to produce those results in w...

To understand #PoliticalBehavior, consider both the direct scale & the system scale. Choices at the direct scale affect how individuals or business units collaborate. Choices at the system scale affect how systems of individuals or business units collaborate.

IN LATEST ISSUE: Keeping Up With the Joneses? @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social & Wouter van der Brug analyse the neighbourhood effects on voting. Read OPEN ACCESS in @polstudies.bsky.social: https://buff.ly/4iK3uTL

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #politicalbehavior #geocoding

#BehavioralHealth #Parenting #PoliticalBehavior #Media
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