Maxime Walder
@walderm.bsky.social
Post-Doc, PolSci, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Representative democracy, public opinion, political parties and computational methods
Representative democracy, public opinion, political parties and computational methods
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🆕 Voters at cross swords ⚔️
@walderm.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social analyse situations where the average voter and the party electorate don't align, using Swiss context to highlight how parties responses toward party #VoterPreferences compares to the median voter 🗳️
buff.ly/v4Ugd7E
@walderm.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social analyse situations where the average voter and the party electorate don't align, using Swiss context to highlight how parties responses toward party #VoterPreferences compares to the median voter 🗳️
buff.ly/v4Ugd7E
Parties’ responsiveness to voters’ positions in a direct democratic setting | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Parties’ responsiveness to voters’ positions in a direct democratic setting
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May 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
🆕 Voters at cross swords ⚔️
@walderm.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social analyse situations where the average voter and the party electorate don't align, using Swiss context to highlight how parties responses toward party #VoterPreferences compares to the median voter 🗳️
buff.ly/v4Ugd7E
@walderm.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social analyse situations where the average voter and the party electorate don't align, using Swiss context to highlight how parties responses toward party #VoterPreferences compares to the median voter 🗳️
buff.ly/v4Ugd7E
Really happy to share this new open-access paper (with @nathaliegiger.bsky.social ) in the European Journal of Political Research:
We revisit a core question in the study of party competition:
Who do parties respond to when they take positions?
We revisit a core question in the study of party competition:
Who do parties respond to when they take positions?
#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -
Parties’ responsiveness to voters’ positions in a direct democratic setting - https://cup.org/4sSGIgh
- @walderm.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social
#FirstView
Parties’ responsiveness to voters’ positions in a direct democratic setting - https://cup.org/4sSGIgh
- @walderm.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social
#FirstView
May 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Really happy to share this new open-access paper (with @nathaliegiger.bsky.social ) in the European Journal of Political Research:
We revisit a core question in the study of party competition:
Who do parties respond to when they take positions?
We revisit a core question in the study of party competition:
Who do parties respond to when they take positions?
Reposted by Maxime Walder
In einem weiteren spannenden Beitrag in DeFacto zeigen Maxime Walder, Gaia Fieramosca, Nathalie Giger und Denise Traber, dass sich Wählende vor Abstimmungen selektiv informieren 🗳️🤳
Lies den Beitrag hier! 😊👇
www.defacto.expert/2025/08/04/s...
Lies den Beitrag hier! 😊👇
www.defacto.expert/2025/08/04/s...
Selektive Aufmerksamkeit bei Volksabstimmungen – DeFacto
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September 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In einem weiteren spannenden Beitrag in DeFacto zeigen Maxime Walder, Gaia Fieramosca, Nathalie Giger und Denise Traber, dass sich Wählende vor Abstimmungen selektiv informieren 🗳️🤳
Lies den Beitrag hier! 😊👇
www.defacto.expert/2025/08/04/s...
Lies den Beitrag hier! 😊👇
www.defacto.expert/2025/08/04/s...
🚨 New paper out!
Using data on direct democracy, the paper proposes an alternative estimation strategy of the ideological positions of Swiss municipalities in the party competition space.
It’s open access in @spsr.bsky.social .
Check it out 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Using data on direct democracy, the paper proposes an alternative estimation strategy of the ideological positions of Swiss municipalities in the party competition space.
It’s open access in @spsr.bsky.social .
Check it out 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Latent Ideological Positions of Swiss Parties and Subsets of the Population
Prominent theories of political representation consider ideology to be a central concept that links political elites and citizens. However, studies usually rely on different data and measures to oper...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🚨 New paper out!
Using data on direct democracy, the paper proposes an alternative estimation strategy of the ideological positions of Swiss municipalities in the party competition space.
It’s open access in @spsr.bsky.social .
Check it out 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Using data on direct democracy, the paper proposes an alternative estimation strategy of the ideological positions of Swiss municipalities in the party competition space.
It’s open access in @spsr.bsky.social .
Check it out 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Maxime Walder
This article now has page numbers! 🤩
Using data from 28 countries between 1980 and 2021 I find that parties polarize during economic downturns. Further exploring the mechanisms, I show that they do so in reaction to changing voter priorities and grievances.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Using data from 28 countries between 1980 and 2021 I find that parties polarize during economic downturns. Further exploring the mechanisms, I show that they do so in reaction to changing voter priorities and grievances.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Polarisation or convergence? How the economy shapes party policy positions
A well-studied hypothesis in the political economy literature is that economic globalisation leads to the convergence of economic policies because of increasing international constraints. However, ...
www.tandfonline.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This article now has page numbers! 🤩
Using data from 28 countries between 1980 and 2021 I find that parties polarize during economic downturns. Further exploring the mechanisms, I show that they do so in reaction to changing voter priorities and grievances.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Using data from 28 countries between 1980 and 2021 I find that parties polarize during economic downturns. Further exploring the mechanisms, I show that they do so in reaction to changing voter priorities and grievances.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....