Partisan dealignment is recurrently presented in the literature as one of the main drivers of
the 'personalisation of politics'. Yet, on the one hand, the claim that leader effects on voting …

Charismatic leaders are often assumed to drive the electoral success of populist radical right
parties. Yet, little attention is given to how voter evaluations of leaders influence individual …

Do female leaders affect voters' perceptions of political parties' placement on the left-right
spectrum? Using public opinion data on 269 parties in 35 countries between 1976 and …

Social media have the potential to transform democracies as they allow for direct contact
between representatives and represented. Politicians can use social media to show their …

Meine Damen und Herren, Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz. 2 It was not the scriptwriters' original
intent and arguably represented one of the greatest surprises in German electoral history …

We study the personalization of voting behaviour in European Parliament elections. We
argue that information from the media is crucial for providing linkages between candidates …

This article investigates the impact of pan-European candidates in European Parliament
election campaigns. It focusses on the two 2019 nominees for the European Greens, who …

The world is currently undergoing a period of autocratization, often led by democratically
elected presidents who begin to dismantle democratic institutions. In countries with …

Although recent research on the personalization of politics has provided empirical evidence
of leadership effects on voting behaviour, previous studies have dealt primarily with an …

The personalization of politics, whereby politicians increasingly become the main focus of
political processes, is a prominent phenomenon in modern democracies that has received …