PhD-researcher @SciencePoULB @ULBruxelles | public opinion, affective polarization, elections
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In the meantime, I have been in Montreal for several weeks already for my research stay this fall at @CRC_DemElect @Sciencepo_UdeM. I'll also travel to Philadelphia today for #APSA. Happy to meet with anyone in Montreal this fall or in Philadelphia the upcoming days!
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Extraordinary presentation by @bjarneck from @SciencePoULB on emotional responses to winning and losing elections at the @CRC_DemElect yesterday !
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Today were the first local #elections in Belgium since compulsory voting was abolished for local elections in Flanders (it still is compulsory in other regions). The impact was instantaneous and large, with turnout dropping from +90% to ca. 65% according to preliminary estimates.
We analysed three decades of Belgian election studies, using a hypothetical question about turnout if compulsory voting were abolished. We find that especially affective polarisation drives turnout intention, while the effects of ideological polarisation are less clear.
New article out in Politics of the Low Countries, co-authored with @ElieMichel3. We explore whether ideological and affective polarisation stimulate voter turnout in compulsory voting systems, a context often excluded from cross-national studies.
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❓ How do dissatisfied citizens experience a participatory process❓
In this article in @PolStudies based on 35 interviews, I find that highly populist citizens pay special attention to whether authorities take citizens and their decisions seriously. 1/4🧵journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Nieuw onderzoek door
@m2p_be en @SciencePoULB door Stefaan Walgrave, @jbpilet, Jonas Lefevere, @bjarneck & @LCJacobs89 obv NotLikeUs (notlikeus.be/) analyseert de kiesstromen, volatiliteit & campagne. Alle info 👇vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/09/09/…
For @whogovernseu, I reflected on yesterday's federal and regional elections in Belgium whogoverns.eu/belgiums-2024-…
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Wrote about Georgian people's fight for democracy, their European future and finally breaking away from Russian influence. Their fight is reaching a critical point. Now more then ever, they need support. #TbilisiProtests
@FR_Conversation @SciencePoULB
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The @eu_elections is now live! 🚀
EU&I is a research-based app that helps citizens find the party that best aligns with their views prior to the #EPelections.
It takes only 6 minutes to answer 30 questions on key policy issues.
Try it out 🔗👉 loom.ly/-IidGj0
#EUandI
Existing work has found mixed results on the influence of income inequality on EU attitudes. In a systematic analysis of @ESS_Survey data between 2002 and 2020, we find no direct effects of static nor developing income inequality on EU attitudes.
We show that citizens who care about inequality are particularly more supportive of further integration if their country is relatively unequal. The opposite holds for pro-redistributive citizens in relatively equal settings.
New paper out in @EUP_TheJournal together with @svenschreurs. We study how income inequality and pro-redistributive attitudes shape attitudes toward European integration. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Dit soort uitspraken, telkens weer. Het maakt geen enkel verschil of je als partij van 50 naar 20 zetels of van 0 naar 20 zetels bent gegaan voor coalitiedeelname: je representeert exact evenveel kiezers. Die hebben daar dus ook geen ‘signaal’ over afgegeven.
VVD-fractievoorzitter Yesilgöz: VVD niet in kabinet ift.tt/6zOG9il
Het gaat in Nederland maar om één ding: kan je een meerderheid vormen met andere partijen? Ideologische verschillen kunnen dan een legitiem onoverbrugbaar obstakel vormen, maar niet ‘het signaal’ van de kiezer.