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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

@turnbulldugarte.com

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[trying to spend less time on social media]

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@joenoonan.seOct 9, 2026, 11:52 AMReposted by @turnbulldugarte.com

How did Europeans react to Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs? New registered report (forthcoming, JEPS): a UESD design using a Eurobarometer survey in the field when the tariffs hit. US favorability fell 2.9 pts No change in EU attachment No shift in support for retaliation or rules-based trade

@danjdevine.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:29 PMReposted by @turnbulldugarte.com

❗ There's a permanent, research and teaching lectureship over at the University of Surrey in the broad area of behaviour, attitudes, parties, etc.

jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

@leonardocarella.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 12:33 PMReposted by @turnbulldugarte.com

In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown.

@populismblog.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 9:23 AMReposted by @turnbulldugarte.com

New book out 🔥

The Fascist Zeitgeist.
Authoritarian Legacies and the Iberian Far Right.

(Elements in the History and Politics of Fascism
@universitypress.cambridge.org)

How is the success of the Iberian far right linked to the memory of Franco and Salazar?

doi.org/10.1017/9781009588072

The image shows, on the right half, the book's cover, with fascist architecture from Rome, which is the signature image used by the series on "The History and Politics of Fascism". The left half of the image shows the book's back, that includes the following summary: 
The far right is achieving unprecedented electoral success, even in countries once considered immune such as Spain and Portugal. For decades, the stigma surrounding the long dictatorships of António Salazar and Francisco Franco seemed to inoculate the Iberian Peninsula against far-right mobilisation, yet Chega and VOX have shown that collective memory evolves – and stigma fades. This Element argues that understanding the far right's global rise requires attention to authoritarian nostalgia: a longing for an idealised authoritarian past. When activated by credible political actors with sufficient media visibility, this sentiment can generate support for far-right movements even in societies with a collective memory firmly condemning their authoritarian past. Using original survey data, the Element shows how contemporary far-right forces mobilise the ghosts of authoritarianism to erode democratic norms, revealing the enduring power of collective memory in shaping political behaviour.
@turnbulldugarte.comOct 8, 2026, 9:35 AM

Some of the models we currently have on a hypothetical broad front assumes no differential behaviour between current intentions and intentions under this alternative. A reasonable assumption, but also a bold one given personalities involved.

@turnbulldugarte.comOct 8, 2026, 9:35 AM

Sure - very hard to know how it will play out given uncertainty about i) how many part(ies) will be on ballot to the left of Sánchez (meaning N of parties overall that pass threshold), ii) who would lead these, and iii) how far current polls would be off under different hypothetical constellations

@turnbulldugarte.comOct 8, 2026, 9:27 AM

Three years comes at you fast, but there is a universe where I write "Sánchez resists (again)!" in a couple of months' time

@turnbulldugarte.comOct 8, 2026, 9:25 AM

Three years ago VOX underperformed compared to their 2019 ceiling. We won't see this in Nov - they will pass 2019 this time.

I would wager we also won't see the below-avg. turnout we saw in 2023. Election during mass protest seems pretty inductive for high turnout

blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

@turnbulldugarte.comOct 8, 2026, 8:28 AM

At this rate, these two months are going the be very eventful

@turnbulldugarte.comOct 7, 2026, 1:45 PM

Folks don't like it when you call the Spanish right "Trumpian" (although I'd tent to place Madrid's Ayuso unambiguously in that camp). But here you have the leader of the opposition casting doubt on the trustworthiness of postal voting.

@turnbulldugarte.comOct 7, 2026, 8:27 AM

Excited to present this talk tomorrow. If you're interested in attending drop me a DM and will share the link.

@ebharrington.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:39 PMReposted by @turnbulldugarte.com

"Gyms for our brains," you say?

Don Draper meme showing him presenting with the words "Hear me out...We call it 'The University'."
@bookshop.orgOct 6, 2026, 1:59 PMReposted by @turnbulldugarte.com

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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@ejpgjournal.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 7:13 PMReposted by @turnbulldugarte.com

Do women candidates help the far right? Not in Britain, finds @turnbulldugarte.com in #EJPG. In 2024, Reform UK's women candidates won no more votes than men, and the gender gap in Reform support was, if anything, wider where it ran a woman.

Banner from the European Journal of Politics and Gender (EJPG), Bristol University Press. New research: "Far-right women do not win more votes: descriptive evidence from Britain" by Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte, University of Southampton. Average Reform UK vote share at the 2024 general election: 15.6% for its 513 men candidates and 14.4% for its 96 women candidates.
@turnbulldugarte.comOct 5, 2026, 9:35 AM

Congrats Frederik!

@frederikthieme.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 8:54 AMReposted by @turnbulldugarte.com

Why do green parties struggle electorally despite widespread support for climate action? My new (first 😱) paper explores why green parties remain uniquely challenged in economic crisis & that the mechanism is not only about sociotropic concerns, but also voters’ pocketbooks 🧵
doi.org/10.1017/S147...

@turnbulldugarte.comOct 5, 2026, 9:20 AM

Sánchez calls early elections. All those televised 'no' votes will be seen again in some campaign ads soon.

www.rtve.es/noticias/202...

@turnbulldugarte.comOct 2, 2026, 8:48 AM

You might not like him, but Sánchez knows how to play Spain is experiencing mass protests on housing crisis. Sánchez says: let's accelerate intro. of two reforms. Congress says: you don't have enough votes. Sánchez says: suspend e-voting in congress & make every MP stand up on camera to say "no"...

@turnbulldugarte.comOct 2, 2026, 8:38 AM

[Insert jtust move to Scotland and vote Yes on indyref2 joke]

@tabouchadi.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 6:57 AMReposted by @turnbulldugarte.com

For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions.

2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%)
1 doc: 2 years (75%)

Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable)
Application deadline: 1 November

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