Assistant Professor @AarhusUni. Researching how public opinion dynamics sustain regimes or facilitate regime change. Comparative politics | Political behavior | Authoritarianism | Democracy https://www.lauritsaarslew.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/aarslew.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/aarslew.bsky.social/post/3mr5cnh6nns2qThis is extraordinarily blatant [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:cv5dwlqceulpewkmkddyldsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5cnh6nns2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/aarslew.bsky.social/post/3mqbg4nq2722wKlopp and Liverpool “flew around in circles” over Nice with Mbappe” in a private jet with “five rooms or something” trying to reach an agreement, because they didn’t want to be seen. Wonder why we’re not making progress on climate change? https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cpd3052gjvxo10 Jul 2026 05:29 +0000at://did:plc:cv5dwlqceulpewkmkddyldsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbg4nq2722whttps://bsky.app/profile/aarslew.bsky.social/post/3mhizzh5zpk2eGratis svinemørbrad, benzin, eller strøm til din elbil? Danske politikere har fået smag for at dele gaver ud til vælgerne (https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/politik/2026-02-26-folketingsvalg-2026/danmarksdemokraterne-deler-gratis-svinemoerbrad-ud?entry=d7fd00e6-3bb8-47a0-b97d-c92923e46b66) Men er det en god idé? Kort svar fra forskningen: næppe. Faktisk kan det give bagslag. En tråd.20 Mar 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:cv5dwlqceulpewkmkddyldsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhizzh5zpk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/aarslew.bsky.social/post/3mgp6khcddk2kVery happy to see this out in @bjpols.bsky.social The last paper from my dissertation has found a home [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:cv5dwlqceulpewkmkddyldsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgp6khcddk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/aarslew.bsky.social/post/3mgoyty7cw22qMuch research concludes that partisans tolerate anti-democratic behavior, such as electoral subversion, because they rarely punish it at the ballot box. But refusing to vote against your party and actively supporting democratic subversion are not the same thing. My new paper in @bjpols.bsky.social:10 Mar 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:cv5dwlqceulpewkmkddyldsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgoyty7cw22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/aarslew.bsky.social/post/3lz6kzdm3522aRe. Trump’s comments on Kimmel, do you know who else have “bad ratings”?19 Sep 2025 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:cv5dwlqceulpewkmkddyldsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6kzdm3522ahttps://bsky.app/profile/aarslew.bsky.social/post/3lyoi6gv6mc2gCheck out this paper with @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social in @psrm.bsky.social. We examine whether social desirability bias contaminates survey measures of democratic support. tl/dr: we find no evidence to suggest that SDB inflates support for democracy in commonly used survey measures [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2025 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:cv5dwlqceulpewkmkddyldsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyoi6gv6mc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/aarslew.bsky.social/post/3lj5vdlj23c2xSpot the difference! Hint: one of them is a dictator, who ruled Turkmenistan for more than 20 years... #Trump #Gaza #Trumpgaza27 Feb 2025 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:cv5dwlqceulpewkmkddyldsl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5vdlj23c2x