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Representation gaps cause populism: those who feel that they are poorly represented are more populist in their thinking and at the polls. The same also applies to the

2019 European elections. However, populist citizens only agree on two things:

they are sceptical towards...

Representation gaps cause populism: those who feel that they are poorly represented are more populist in their thinking and at the polls. The same also applies to the 2019 European elections. However, the populist citizens only agree on two things: they are sceptical towards...

The vast majority of people expect countries to work together to solve global problems. But they only reluctantly support the G20 and its role in this effort. People don’t know enough about it, and many haven’t formed an opinion of its work.

The vast majority of people expect countries to work together to solve global problems. But they only reluctantly support the G20 and its role in this effort. People don’t know enough about it, and many haven’t formed an opinion of its work.

Mobilization and counter-mobilization dynamics in the social milieus during the Bundestag election of 2017

How can we define populism? How populist are the Germans? And which German parties especially attract people with populist views? Answers in our new study.

North Rhine-Westphalia conforms to an ongoing trend: In Germany's most populous federal state, voter turnout for a state parliamentary election in the country went up for the eighth time in a row. But, as our election analysis demonstrates, the social divide of voter turnout...

Low and socially divided turnout harms Germany´s Democracy. To vote by mail - the only flexible way to cast one´s Ballot - citizens still have to apply before each election. If this hurdle were removed, voter turnout could go back up.

Voter turnout in Germany is decreasing and no longer socially representative. However, the majority of non-voters can still be approached and mobilized. There isn’t any simple, fail-safe solution for doing this. But by addressing the core issues of who votes, how we vote and...

The first-ever estimates of voter turnout of the social milieus, for the 2013 federal elections in Germany, show that the upper social class has a voter-participation rate up to 40 percent higher than that of the socially weaker milieus. The socially disadvantaged milieus...