Besides potential voters, the GLES also surveys candidates running for office in the Federal Elections. Check out our recently published short report on the 2021 Candidate Study [in German], which shows exemplary results of the study: gesis.org/gles/kurzberic…

.Erhard Scherfer u ich sprachen neulich bei #unter3 über Bedrohungen von Politiker:innen, ich hatte ein paar Zahlen dazu aus der German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) Kandidierendenstudie. Hier gibts jetzt einen ganzen Kurzbericht dazu - well worth a read!!

The candidate study and the nomination study of German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) allow for studying the attitudes of candidates and the candidate selection processes. Data is available here doi.org/10.4232/1.14100 and doi.org/10.4232/1.13988 This report provides an overview ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/d…

📢 New dataset: GLES Tracking 2009 -2023, Cumulation! The cumulation comprises cross-sectional data from 2009 to 2023 & therefore enables analyses of long-term developments of voting behavior & attitudes covering 4 Federal Elections in Germany. dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.14232

🚨 New data: GLES Tracking November 2023, T56 💻📱 CAWI cross-section, 👥 1,118 interviews, 📅 08/11–15/11/2023 Recurring questions on voting & attitudes, and new items on antisemitism and support for climate protection & climate activist groups dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.14243

Great day to announce that the joint work of Marc Debus Marc Debus and myself on "LGB+ identity and its implications for the policy positions of parliamentary candidates" is now published open access in the European Political Science Review. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Using the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) 2021 candidate study, Constantin Wurthmann and I find that Bundestag candidates who identify as LGB+ adopt more progressive positions on societal affairs and are also more progressive than their respective party: shorturl.at/BDGQS (oa in European Political Science Review)

Data collection of GLES Tracking T57 has started yesterday!🎉 The newly founded party “Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht” was added to the questions on voting intention and party perception. Further information and the pre-release questionnaire are available here: gesis.org/en/gles/study-…

New publication 📚📈 What are politicians’ attitudes towards men’s engagement in the representation of gender equality? My new paper in WEP Journal shows that gender equality is still perceived as a policy field that is primarily suited to women MPs. doi.org/10.1080/014023…

Do you do research on political candidates? The Comparative Candidate Survey launched a Call for Questions/Modules to be included in their round IV questionnaire. This questionnaire will automatically also be part of the GLES Candidate Studies fielded between 2025 and 2030!👇

🚨 New data: GLES Tracking March 2024, T57 💻📱 CAWI cross-section, 👥 1,145 interviews, 📅 06/03–15/03/2024 Party “Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht” newly included in questions on voting intention, perceived left-right ranking, and position issues ➡️ dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.14315

🚨 New data release! 🚨 GLES Candidate Study European Elections 2024, Social Media Accounts (ZA7959)! 🎉 The data covers accounts from Facebook, Instagram, X, and personal websites of German candidates for the upcoming European Elections. ➡️ doi.org/10.4232/1.14326

Call for Questions for the GLES📢 The DGfW and GESIS are conducting a Call for Questions for German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) (GLES Tracking T59 in October 2024). Questions and models can be submitted until July 9. Find out more here: gesis.org/gles/daten-und…

Data collection of GLES Candidate Study European Election 2024 has started!🎉 Questions on candidates' backgrounds, recruitment & selection, attitudes, policy positions, campaigns & special focus on social media campaigning Pre-release questionnaire: gesis.org/en/gles/overvi…

📢 #publicationalert First solo-authored paper out Political Analysis: Replicating #twitter studies is challenging due to nonrandom tweet mortality and data access restrictions. I analyze replication archives, replicate a case study, and propose post-API ideas. 🧵(1/6)

Data collection of GLES Tracking T58 has started today!🎉 The questionnaire includes questions on the European election & voter eligibility of 16 year olds. In addition to the 1,000 respondents, 300 respondents aged 16-19 will be surveyed: gesis.org/en/gles/overvi…

🗞️ In a new contribution to the GESIS blog [in German], Axel Burger, Joscha F. Bäuerle, and Marc Debus describe how the GLES Nomination Study can be used to investigate the links between sociodemographic characteristics and intra-party candidate selection: blog.gesis.org/ist-der-weg-zu…

#GESISBlog Neuer Blog-Beitrag: Axel Burger Joscha F. Bäuerle & Marc Debus erklären, wie es sich mit den Chancen auf eine Nominierung zur #Wahlkreiskandidatur verhält: doi.org/10.34879/gesis…

🚨 New data: GLES Tracking June, T58 (ZA7716) 💻📱 CAWI cross-section, 👥 1,109 interviews, 🚀 304 extra interviews of first-time voters (boost sample), 📅 12/06–02/07/2024 🗳️ Special focus on the 2024 European elections & voting from age 16! ➡️ dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.14375

Mit diesem Datensatz (x.com/gles_data/stat…) lassen sich Wahlverhalten & Einstellungen der Erst- bzw. Jungwähler:innen bei der Europawahl in DEU gut im Vergleich analysieren. Also habe ich mir das mal angeschaut. In diesem Thread folgen ein paar deskriptive Ergebnisse 👇