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Election Campaigning on Social Media: Politicians, Audiences, and the Mediation of Political Communication on Facebook and Twitter Open
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Algorithms, bots, and political communication in the US 2016 election: The challenge of automated political communication for election law and administration Open
Political communication is the process of putting information, technology, and media in the service of power. Increasingly, political actors are automating such processes, through algorithms that obscure motives and authors yet reach immen…
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US and international climate policy under President Trump Open
The election in November 2016 of Donald Trump as a populist, nationalist and unpredictable US President has upended many aspects of international relations and policy, and of American national poli...
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It’s no longer the economy, stupid! Issue yield at the 2017 German federal election Open
This article demonstrates that the issue-yield concept is able to predict the electoral strategies of mainstream and challenger parties at the 2017 German federal election. While the electorate of mainstream parties favour valence issues, …
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Political Elites' Use of Fake News Discourse Across Communications Platforms Open
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Calling the Ghost of Populism: The AfD's Strategic and Tactical Agendas until the EP Election 2014 Open
Since the formation of the German AfD in spring 2013, political scientists have discussed whether the AfD can be classified as a populist party. Despite the split of the party in summer 2015 leading to this characterisation becoming uncont…
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Party system fragmentation and single-party government: the British general election of 2015 Open
The 2015 British general election returned a majority Conservative government after five years of coalition government – the first coalition government in Britain since 1945.1 The result defied exp...
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Election campaigning on social media: Politicians, audiences and the mediation of political communication on Facebook and Twitter Open
Although considerable research has concentrated on online campaigning, it is still unclear how politicians use different social media platforms in political communication. Focusing on the German federal election campaign 2013, this article…
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‘Show me the money and the party!’ – variation in Facebook and Twitter adoption by politicians Open
Our study explores the adoption of Facebook and Twitter by candidates in the 2013 German Federal elections. Utilizing data from the German Longitudinal Election Study candidate survey fused with data gathered on the Twitter and Facebook us…
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Many losers – One winner? An examination of vote switching to the AfD in the 2017 German federal election using VAA data Open
The German federal election of 2017 saw significant losses for the two German mainstream parties (Volksparteien) and governing coalition partners, the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD). The major beneficiary was …
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A Predictive Test of Voters' Economic Benchmarking: The 2013 German Bundestag Election Open
Do voters judge their national economy relative to economic performance abroad? In 2013 we took advantage of the German Bundestag election to test this hypothesis predictively. Nearly two months prior to the election, we published an elect…
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Introduction: Social Media, Political Marketing and the 2016 U.S. Election Open
This essay introduces the contributions of the volume "Social Media, Political Marketing and the 2016 U. S. Election." Using a variety of methodological approaches, the authors investigate the communication strategies of the Democratic and…
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‘Get Brexit Done’: The New Political Divides of England and Wales at the 2019 Election Open
This article analyses the successful Conservative election campaign of 2019 and how it took advantage of a fractured political and economic landscape. It reviews the unique circumstances around the 2019 election and the ‘surprising death’ …
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Do 40-Year-Old Facts Still Matter? Long-Run Effects of Federal Oversight under the Voting Rights Act Open
In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act that mandated federal oversight of election laws in discriminatory jurisdictions, prompting a spate of controversial new voting rules. Utilizing difference-in-difference…
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From<i>Alt-Right to Alt-Rechts</i> Open
In the 2017 German Federal elections, the "Alternative for Deutschland'', or AfD, party was able to take control of many seats in German parliament. Their success was credited, in part, to their large online presence. Like other "alt-right…
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Social Media in Australian Federal Elections: Comparing the 2013 and 2016 Campaigns Open
Against a backdrop of substantial and persistent disruption in Australian federal politics, this article examines the uses of Twitter in campaigning in the 2013 and 2016 federal elections. We comprehensively tracked the tweets posted by, a…
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Morrison's Miracle: The 2019 Australian Federal Election Open
This book, the 17th in the federal election series and the ninth sponsored by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, provides a comprehensive account of the 2019 Australian election, which resulted in the surprise victory of the …
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Response to Morgan: On the Role of Status Threat and Material Interests in the 2016 Election Open
I am delighted to have the opportunity to respond to Morgan’s article, which is a critique of my recent publication (Mutz 2018). I will restrict my response to matters concerning the data and analysis, excluding issues such as whether the …
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The Alternative for Germany (AfD) as Populist Issue Entrepreneur: Explaining the Party and its Voters in the 2021 German Federal Election Open
This article analyses the vote for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the 2021 German Federal Election. Using the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES), we confirm some findings from previous studies, above all that attitudinal varia…
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Strategic issue emphasis in parties’ election campaign statements Open
Parties should develop a consistent issue profile during an electoral campaign. Yet, manifestos, which form the baseline for a party’s programmatic goals in the upcoming legislative period, are usually published months before Election Day.…
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Election Campaigns and Voter Decision-making in a Multi-Party System: The 2009 and 2013 German Federal Elections Open
These are the supplemental materials to the book "Election campaigns and voter decision-making in a multi-party system: The 2009 and 2013 German federal elections."
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Not a powerful electoral issue yet: on the role of European integration in the 2017 German federal election Open
This article explores the role of European integration in affecting voting behaviour in the 2017 German federal election. Building on a theoretical analysis of EU issue voting, it demonstrates that despite a list of issues on the European …
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Picture me in person: Personalization and emotionalization as political campaign strategies on social media in the German federal election period 2021 Open
Due to the possibilities of direct communication with voters, politicians successfully use social media for personalization and emotionalization in election campaigns. However, since much of the research is based on text-centered analyses …
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The Role of Party and Coalition Politics in Federal Reform Open
The article analyses the role of the German political parties as actors of federal change. Parties perceive federal processes through their own organizational lenses, giving priority to electoral logics, programmatic ideas or territorial i…
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The 2019 Swiss federal elections: the rise of the green tide Open
The Greens made spectacular gains in the 2019 Swiss federal elections. In a campaign that was dominated by the climate change issue, the party outperformed the Christian Democrats to become the fourth largest party in the lower house. This…
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Election Campaigning on Social Media: Politicians, Audiences, and the Mediation of Political Communication on Facebook and Twitter Open
Although considerable research has concentrated on online campaigning, it is still unclear how politicians use different social media platforms in political communication. Focusing on the German federal election campaign 2013, this article…
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Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election Open
"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the 2016 Australian federal election. Won by the Liberal–National Coalition by the slimmest of margins, the result created a climate of political uncertainty that threatened the government’s …
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Issue Ownership and Agenda Setting in the 2019 Swiss National Elections Open
The 2019 Swiss national elections were characterized by the unusual prominence of two issues, environment and gender, whereas two staples of Swiss politics, immigration and Europe, were less dominant compared to previous elections. We stud…
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Anticipated Election Result and Protest Voting: Why and When Canadian Voters Signal Discontent Open
This article investigates how Canadian voters react to a perceived lack of quality provided by their most preferred parties and how the anticipated election outcome conditions the reactions. The central argument is that a lack of quality m…
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The surge in women's representation in the 2019 Swiss federal elections Open
In the 2019 Swiss federal elections, women's representation increased more than at any time before, reaching an all‐time high at 42%. In this article, we offer several explanations for this. First, in almost all parties, the percentage of …