Media notes 2024

1. Polarisation

Close, C., Eck, B., Janssen, L., Kins, L., Tsoulou-Malakoudi, A., Vanagt, J., van Haute, E. (2024). Affectieve polarisatie, electorale aanvallen en sociale gevolgen in aanloop naar 9 juni 2024.

Close, C., Eck, B., Janssen, L., Kins, L., Tsoulou-Malakoudi, A., Vanagt, J., van Haute, E. (2024). Polarisation affective, attaques, et distance sociale à l’approche du 9 juin 2024.

News coverage:

News articles in 7sur7, Télésambre, Grenz-Echo, BRF Nachrichten, Le Vif, L’Echo and De Morgen

Radio interview on BX1, with Emilie van Haute [starts around 1h39]; Radio interview on Radio 1, with Jochem Vanagt [starts around 16min]

Contribution on SWAY, KU Leuven 

 

2. Undecided voters

Pilet, J., Lefevere, J., Baudewyns, P., & Eck, B. (2024). Analyse van de verkiezingsenquête van het NotLikeUs project: Onbesliste kiezers.

Pilet, J., Lefevere, J., Baudewyns, P., & Eck, B. (2024). Analyse de l’enquête du project NotLikeUs: Les électeurs indécis.

News coverage:

Podcast on VRT NWS

News articles in Le Soir, L’Avenir, RTBF, De Morgen, Het Nieuwsblad, The Brussels Times, and on VRT NWS 

Radio interviews on Radio 1, Qmusic and JOE with Jonas Lefevere, and on BX1 with Jean-Benoit Pilet

 

3. Vote switching

Walgrave, S., Pilet, J-B., Lefevere, J., Eck, B., & Jacobs, L. (2024, September). Voter shifts 2019-2024 and during the 2024 campaignMedia note with an analysis of the NotLikeUs panel survey.

News coverage:

News articles in de Standaard, VRT (1 and 2), De Tijd, Le Vif, Gazet van Antwerpen, Le Soir, 7sur7, and RTBF.

Media appearance at De Afspraak, by Stefaan Walgrave

 

4. Political preferences in Flanders & Wallonia

Close, C., Goovaerts, I., Kern, A., & Kins, L. (2024, October). Politically apart, or closer than ever ? Flemish and Walloon voters’ political preferences and left-right self-placement in 2024.

News coverage:

News articles on Le Vif, VRT NWS, HLN, The Brussels Times, RTBF, 7sur7, RTL, Knack.

Radio news interview on JOE/QMusic with Ine Goovaerts.

 

5. Abstentionism in national and local elections in Belgium

Wauters, B., De Smedt, N., Dodeigne, J., & Talukder, D. (2024, December). Abstentionism in national and local elections in Belgium. An analysis of the official electoral results and of individual survey data from the EOS NLU-Panel Voter Survey.

News coverage: e.g., De Morgen, De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad.

 

6. Issue emphasis in Belgian parties’ communication on X

Awenig, M., Kins, L., Close, C., & Jacobs, L. (2024, December). All about the economy? Issue emphasis in Belgian parties’ communication on X before and during the 2024 election campaign.

News coverage: e.g., La Libre, Trends, DH, HLN, GVA, Het Nieuwsblad, The Brussels Times.

 

7. Bitter-Sweet Democracy?

Media note related to the launch of the book Bitter-Sweet Democracy? Analyzing citizens’ resentment towards politics in Belgium, edited by Louise Knops, Karen Celis, Virginie Van Ingelgom, Heidi Mercenier, François Randour.

Dutch version

French version