German Campaign Panel Publicly Available!
The 2017 German elections (and its aftermath) were extraordinary. At the campaign’s outset, the SPD experienced the strongest surge in public approval eve...
Autor: Alexander Wuttke
New publication in [Review of International Political Economy]: Context-Driven Attitude Formation – The Difference Between Supporting Free Trade in the Abstract and Supporting Specific Trade Agreements
Many studies use the same factors to explain attitudes toward specific trade agreements and attitudes toward the principle of free trade and thus treat both obj...
Kurzfassung: Wie Partizipation wirkt – Attraktivere Parteien durch mehr Mitbestimmung?
Die Hauptbefunde der kürzlich veröffentlichte Studie (Party Politics, mit Andreas Jungherr und Harald Schoen) zur Wirkung innerparteilicher Partizipation haben ...
New publication in Party Politics: Will participation in an intra-party referendum affect how members perceive the party organization?
After the country’s reunification German political parties have lost half of their members. Parties respond by expanding intra-party participation. Their...
Science Podcast: Improve your research on the treadmill
I eat a lot. Therefore I need to spend a lot of time in the gym. Turns out it is a good place to learn about science and to improve your research skills. Take N...
Polls: Do they measure or do they influence voting intentions?
Polls are ubiquitous. Here in Germany, these are the final days of the run-up to the federal elections and each and every day we wake up to a new poll. There ar...
Personal engagement and scholarly insights on misperceptions: Launching the fact-checking platform stimmtdas.org
Acting as a scholar in the public sphere and speaking out on political issues is a complicated matter; particularly as a political scientist. Taking a public st...
New publication: „When the world around you is changing: Investigating the Influence of Alienation and Indifference on Voter Turnout“
This chapter investigates the amount of variability in individual turnout decisions over time and its dependence on the changing characteristics of political pa...
Wahlkampf-Panel Deutsche Wahlstudie, Welle 2: Der Schulz-Effekt
Die Deutsche Wahlstudie ist eine zentrale wissenschaftliche Instanz zur Beobachtung des Wahlverhaltens in Deutschland und gehört zu den umfangreichsten Wahlstud...
Talking persuasion and participation at #MPSA2017
Conferences are the sweet treat of academic life. At MPSA in Chicago I had the chance discuss a paper on electoral integrity and to present two of our own ongoi...