Quality, Speed, Openness: Research & Politics is a peer-reviewed, open access journal, which focusses on research in political science and related fields.
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Robert Nordström, Sou Shinomoto & @antonio_bcchi show that court rulings on same-sex marriage in Japan can shift public attitudes when citizens are reminded of them, even if their effects are limited in everyday settings.
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@HansonKolby & Angelina Kunitskaia show that how wars are framed can strongly shape public sympathy and support for military aid—even when the underlying facts stay the same.
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@ronantfu, Elaine I-lien Lee & Karyn Y. Kao show that Taiwanese perceptions of wartime victory depend not only on external military support, but also on domestic readiness, public morale, and political unity.
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John Garry shows that reaching “across the divide” can come at a political cost: in divided societies, conciliatory appeals may win support from rival groups while weakening support among a leader’s own community.
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What makes states talk about arms control as a security issue rather than a humanitarian one? Tobias Risse shows that acute intrastate conflict shifts UN rhetoric toward national security - revealing how domestic conflict shapes arms-control debates
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Marisa Abrajano, Marianna Garcia, Aaron Pope, @RobbVidi & Jonathan Nagler find significant post-Dobbs knowledge gaps: Latinos, especially foreign-born Latinos, are more likely to overestimate the strictness of their state’s abortion laws.
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Kiyoung Chang & Jeeyoung Park show East Asian publics don’t view U.S.–China rivalry through one threat lens: survey evidence from Japan, South Korea & Taiwan finds threats vary by issue domain and assigned responsibility.
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Do campaign rallies move voters? Henrique Barros shows that 2016 rallies produced short-lived shifts in candidate support, fading within a week — with Clinton gains broadly consistent and Trump effects varying across urban/suburban counties.
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Robert Nordström, Sou Shinomoto & @antonio_bcchi show that court rulings on same-sex marriage in Japan can shift public attitudes when citizens are reminded of them, even if their effects are limited in everyday settings.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Do campaign rallies move voters? Henrique Barros shows that 2016 rallies produced short-lived shifts in candidate support, fading within a week — with Clinton gains broadly consistent and Trump effects varying across urban/suburban counties.
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Kiyoung Chang & Jeeyoung Park show East Asian publics don’t view U.S.–China rivalry through one threat lens: survey evidence from Japan, South Korea & Taiwan finds threats vary by issue domain and assigned responsibility.
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@r_dassonneville & 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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Batista, Calvo & @ShibleyTelhami's study on fact-checking shows confirmation frames drive higher engagement than refutations. Even without added effort, refutations spark anger/disgust, while confirmations evoke happiness.
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Do prestigious offices make voters less likely to support women candidates? Nichole Bauer finds no direct “prestige penalty,” while showing how prestige and masculinity may shape women’s path through politics.
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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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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 alliance treaties sway public support for war everywhere? @MichalSmetana3, @mVranka & @OndrejRosendorf find they do—but much less in non-Western, non-NATO countries. Alliance politics travels, but not evenly.
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Gender shapes candidate choice in both directions. Alejandro Tirado Castro & @femalebrain 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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Why introduce bills that rarely pass? Eunseong Oh & @indridih show MPs use them less to win than to play party roles: government MPs stay cautious, opposition MPs signal credibility.
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How do you study political trust across countries and over time? @TaiYuehong 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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