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Behavioral science of voting in hypothetical utopia and dystopia scenarios: a predictive modeling approach. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Kauttonen J, Suomala J.
europepmc   +1 more source

The limits of AI for authoritarian control

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract An emerging literature suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) can greatly enhance autocrats' repressive capabilities. This paper argues that while AI presents a powerful new tool for authoritarian control, its effectiveness is constrained by the very repressive institutions it is designed to serve.
Eddie Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Trust in Government or in Technology? What Really Drives Internet Voting. [PDF]

Polit Res Q
Abdala MB, Plescia C, Boyer MM, Brunetti AL.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The declarations of independents: Open‐ended survey responses and the nature of non‐identification

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While many Americans identify as politically “independent,” conventional wisdom suggests most are covert partisans, especially “leaners.” However, we argue that independents exhibit distinct attitudes toward political parties. Analyzing American National Election Studies open‐ended responses from 1984 to 2020, we employ structural topic models
Maxwell B. Allamong, Benjamin Beutel, Jongwoo Jeong, Paul M. Kellstedt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Matter of Misunderstanding? Explaining (Mis)Perceptions of Electoral Integrity across 25 Different Nations. [PDF]

Public Opin Q
Vliegenthart R, Van Ham C, Kruikemeier S, Jacobs K.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Perversity, futility, complicity: Should democrats participate in autocratic elections?

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Electoral authoritarianism is receiving increasing attention from political scientists, yet it has been mostly ignored by political philosophers. This paper aims to fill some of this gap by considering whether it is morally permissibly for democrats to participate in autocratic elections as candidates or voters.
Zoltan Miklosi
wiley   +1 more source

Can role model women in politics help married women reduce suicides? Evidence from a quasi-experimental study in Brazil. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Arvate GG, Arvate P, Massuda A, Massuda R, Atun R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Using large language models to analyze political texts through natural language understanding

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Large language models (LLMs) offer scalable alternatives to human experts when analyzing political texts for meaning, using natural language understanding (NLU). Qualitative NLU methods relying on human experts are severely limited by cost and scalability.
Kenneth Benoit, Scott De Marchi, Conor Laver, Michael Laver, Jinshuai Ma   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The potential existential threat of large language models to online survey research. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Westwood SJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Unraveling authoritarian reform decision‐making: A metacognitive–subcognitive model

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent research indicates that state reforms in East and Southeast Asia have been predominantly top‐down and authoritarian‐led. However, this significant observation implicitly relies on important assumptions about authoritarian decision‐making behavior and psychology that remains understudied.
Eugene Yu Ji
wiley   +1 more source