RT @robfordmancs: Very cool paper on something I’ve often wondered about - how politicians’ theories of how voters think match up to how vo…

RT @CUP_PoliSci: #OpenAccess from @apsrjournal - Politicians’ Theories of Voting Behavior - - @LiorSheffer, @Peej…

Thank you to Stefaan Walgrave, @KSoontjens, @EranAmsalem, Pirmin Bundi, Frédéric Varone, @StefanieBailer, @NathalieBrack, Christian Breunig, @LindaCoufalova, Patrick Dumont, @nathalie_giger, @miguelmaria, @ProfPersson, @jbpilet, @a_rasmussen, and Maj-Britt Sterba

We also show that success in both pathways is predicted by the same factors, and find large variance in accuracy and knowledge across issues. Proud to have worked on this paper with Jack Lucas and @PeejLoewen. Open access link:

RT @apsrjournal: Testing the conservative bias in elites' perception of public opinion in Belgium, Canada, Germany, & Switzerland, @jbpilet…

RT @r_senninger: Feeling privileged to gather such a great group with my team for our Aarhus workshop on Political Elite Behavior and Perce…

We also show that politicians with office seeking ambitions are more affectively polarized, potentially explaining why top politicians - those who citizens often take affective cues from - may hold especially high levels of partisan animosity. More on implications in the paper!

RT @panievsky: Excited to share my new publication in the International Journal of Press/Politics with my brilliant friends @DavidYossi82 @…

RT @EJPRjournal: 🆕 Are politicians democratic realists? Using #SurveyData from c. 2000 elected local politicians in 🇨🇦 & 🇺🇸, J.Lukas, @Lio…

This paper is the first contribution in what we argue should be a new, comparative research agenda on the causes and consequences of politicians' democratic theories. We are definitely working on that! Much more in the paper: