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Törnberg, Lundstedt, Vallström & Wahlström introduce a geocoded, nationwide dataset of Sweden’s police-reported xenophobic violence (2009–2022; N=2,522), enabling consistent longitudinal analysis beyond media or surveys.
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Populist rhetoric may not win many votes—but it can get people to the polls. Alexander Kustov & Yaoyao Dai find that populist messaging has limited persuasive power, yet can slightly boost turnout, especially among already populist voters.
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Lisa Basil shows that not all conspiracy theory agreement reflects deep belief. She introduces a salience-based measure that separates fleeting endorsement from consequential belief—and suggests standard surveys may overstate it.
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Do younger voters turn against older people when politics feels unfair? @alonsoroman.bsky.social & @scottrw630.bsky.social show that perceived age-based political exclusion is strongly linked to explicit ageism across Italy, South Korea, and the US.
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Yixuan Zhang shows that corruption scandals in nearby regions can boost trust in China. When nearby areas face investigations, people report more trust in local government—showing institutions are judged by comparison, not just performance.
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Gender shapes candidate choice in both directions. @atiradocastro.bsky.social & Susan Banducci find that women tend to prefer women candidates and men tend to prefer men—especially when gender identity is more strongly felt.
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Do alliance treaties sway public support for war everywhere?
@smetanamichal.bsky.social, @mvranka.bsky.social @ondrejrosendorf.bsky.social find they do—but much less in non-Western, non-NATO countries. Alliance politics travels, but not evenly.
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How do you study political trust across countries and over time? Yuehong Tai introduces TrustGov, a new dataset covering 115 countries from 1973–2020—giving scholars a major new tool to track what shapes trust in government, and why it matters.
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Why introduce bills that rarely pass? Eunseong Oh & @indridi.bsky.social show MPs use them less to win than to play party roles: government MPs stay cautious, opposition MPs signal credibility.
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@rdassonneville.bsky.social & McAllister show that education divides voters less by changing opinions than by changing political labels, as immigration increasingly shapes how Europeans understand left and right.
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Although political trust is a long-standing interdisciplinary topic, the lack of com parable cross-national time-series data has limited scholars’ ability to an...
