Ah, the eternal mystery: why do people vote against their own interests? 🤔 Apparently, the answer lies buried under layers of academic jargon and irrelevant university promo. 🎓 Spoiler alert: it's not because they suddenly found a secret stash of empathy for billionaires. 🙄
https://www.unibocconi.it/en/news/why-poor-vote-right-and-stop-demanding-more-equality #votingbehaviour #selfinterest #politicalpsychology #academia #critique #HackerNews #ngated

Institut Montaigne made an impressive study of the French youth which confirms the gender gap in politics observed in many other countries: young women are much less conservative than men.
https://www.institutmontaigne.org/ressources/pdfs/publications/les-jeunes-et-le-travail-aspirations-et-desillusions-des-16-30-ans.pdf

It wasn't always like this:
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/droits-des-femmes/quatre-vingts-ans-apres-leur-premier-vote-en-france-les-femmes-sont-presque-devenues-des-electrices-comme-les-autres_7208598.html

#InstitutMontaigne #gendergap #frenchyouth #frenchpolitics #votingbehavior #votingbehaviour

The latest findings from the British Social Attitudes survey suggest younger #voters appear to have little faith that public spending will be directed their way.

#UKPolitics #Vote #VotingBehaviour #GeneralElection
https://www.pmp-magazine.com/2023/09/25/age-not-class-is-now-the-biggest-divide-in-british-politics/

#GermanFederalElection #germany #VotingBehaviour #LGB #LGBTQ
Out now: @CW_PoWi@twitter.com: "German Gays Go Green? Voting Behaviour of #Lesbians, #Gays, and #Bisexuals in the 2021 German Federal Election." @ElectoralStdies@twitter.com doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2022.102558.

I am more than delighted that my paper "German gays go green? Voting behaviour of lesbians, gays, and bisexuals in the 2021 German federal election” has now been published in Electoral Studies.

#LGB #LGBTQ #GermanPolitics #VotingBehavior #Votingbehaviour

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