By utilizing unique data capturing candidates' ideological positions in Finnish municipal
elections and leveraging exogenous changes in council size at different population …

Voters often face a complex information environment with many options when they vote in
elections. Research on democratic representation has traditionally been skeptical about …

Populist parties have gained significant power in European politics in the last decades,
raising concerns about the potentially contagious effect of populism. I study how populist …

Political investorism involves the use of financial investments to promote political aims, but
has, with some recent exceptions, received scarce attention from political scientists although …

Pre-electoral coalitions (PECs) may increase parties' chances of winning an election, but
they may also distort electoral results and policies away from citizens' preferences. To shed …

Voting advice applications (VAA) allow potential voters to compare their own policy positions
to political parties running for an election. One of the key design elements of a VAA are the …

Voting advice applications (VAAs) are pivotal web-based tools that guide citizens to align
with political parties and candidates that match their preferences. Traditional methods for …

This research delves into the abundant landscape of party positioning data, highlighting a
scarcity of interconnected voter and party positioning sources. Leveraging Voting Advice …

Citizens in established democracies have been shown to make trade-offs between political
goals and democratic principles. Yet we know less about which policy issues citizens are …

Recent studies have shown that citizens in established democracies are willing to make
trade-offs between valued political goals and democratic principles. Yet we know rather little …