Post-Doc, PolSci, University of Geneva, Switzerland Representative democracy, public opinion, political parties and computational methods https://bsky.app/profile/walderm.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/walderm.bsky.social/post/3mkzyqmdsjk23Really 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? [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:g225mdofueo576lqb6tmcb2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzyqmdsjk23https://bsky.app/profile/walderm.bsky.social/post/3ltevxgf6ws2e🚨 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 👉 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spsr.7000307 Jul 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:g225mdofueo576lqb6tmcb2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltevxgf6ws2e