William T Daniel
Biographic Data
| ID | 3485600 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William T Daniel |
| GIVEN NAMES | William T |
| FAMILY NAME | Daniel |
| SIGNATURE | DANIEL W T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Francis Marion University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2160-4033 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 153 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Social media campaigning across multiple platforms: Evidence from the 2024 European elections
Unpacking the European Commission: Cabinet Composition and EU Policy‐Making
We examine bureaucratic politics within the European Commission, using novel data on the backgrounds of individual members of Commissioners' cabinets . Although cabinet composition has become increasingly regulated in recent decades, its selection remains a key area for personalised political appointments within an organisation more commonly known for its collective responsibility and lack of individual influence. Using data on the personal and p…
Individual drivers of toxicity in radical right-wing populist legislative campaigns
Most studies of political rhetoric examine only political leadership or treat parties as unified actors. However, what happens where electoral systems incentivise candidates to diverge from stated party messaging during campaigns? This article uses novel data on political experience and candidate backgrounds from the 2022 French parliamentary elections to explore the individual drivers of campaigning behaviour. The choice of France, with its mult…
Gender Quota Adoption and the Qualifications of Parliamentarians
Gender quotas in legislative elections are a central component of institutional reform to foster women’s inclusion in politics. However, stigma remains that women elected under quotas may be of lower quality than the men that they replace. We investigate how quotas affect the qualifications of parliamentarians, by capitalizing on the unique variation of national electoral systems used in European Parliament elections over its entire 40-year histo…
Individual amending activity in the European Parliament committee system
Individual amendments at the committee stage offer Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) a valuable tool to change legislation, prior to its passage at the plenary stage. And until a recent rule change, they were also one of the last meaningful ways for MEPs to self-select into the EP legislative process. Applying theories of legislative organization, internal positions, and differences in national institutional background, we use novel data …
Reaching out to the voter? Campaigning on Twitter during the 2019 European elections
This article draws upon the literature on comparative political institutions in order to re-examine the logic of Twitter usage during campaign periods, now that social media has become a standard tool that is used across the political spectrum. We test how electoral institutions and individual characteristics shaped Twitter activity during the 2019 European elections cycle and compare the nature of this usage with the previous 2014 campaign. Our …
The Consequences of Quotas: Assessing the Effect of Varied Gender Quotas on Legislator Experience in the European Parliament
This article explores the consequences of quotas on the level of diversity observed in legislators’ professional and political experience. We examine how party system and electoral system features that are meant to favor female representation, such as gender quotas for candidate selection or placement mandates on electoral lists, affect the composition of legislatures by altering the mix of professional and political qualifications held by its me…
Determinants of moonlighting in the European Parliament
In recent years, several national parliaments have introduced stricter rules for the disclosure of additional sources of income earned by their legislators. In this context of better data availability, the phenomenon of ‘moonlighting’ politicians (legislators who pursue paid or unpaid jobs next to their political mandate) has attracted increased public and scientific attention. Since 2011, the European Parliament (EP) has required its parliamenta…
Within or between jobs? Determinants of membership volatility in the European Parliament, 1979–2014
This paper uses duration analysis to model determinants of early exit for all members of the European Parliament (MEPs), 1979–2014, and compares this with existing accounts of between-session turnover in the EP. The notable diversity present in the national political and electoral institutions of the 28 member states electing MEPs allows us to maximize purchase over both cross-national and temporal sources of variation found in the EP. Our findin…
Individual Determinants for the Selection of Group Coordinators in the European Parliament
Group coordinators are part of a highly influential circle of members of the European Parliament (MEPs). However, there is only scant knowledge about the powers and purpose of this position. This article draws upon theories of legislative organization and committee assignments to assess the question: What individual qualities determine the selection of group coordinators? Using a novel dataset of all MEPs elected to the 8 th session of the Europe…
When time is money: Sideline Jobs, Ancillary Income and Legislative Effort
Moonlighting, the pursuit of (paid or unpaid) sideline jobs by democratically elected politicians, regularly evokes public outcry. This study provides an empirical test of the claim that moonlighting goes hand-in-hand with a lower degree of parliamentary effort. The article draws upon original data on the number of outside jobs and the remuneration received by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) during the seventh legislative term (2009–201…
Static and dynamic incentives for Twitter usage in the European Parliament
In this article, we examine the static and dynamic factors that explain the use of the Twitter social media platform by all active Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) during the Fall and Winter of 2015–2016. Our analysis demonstrates that MEPs have an incentive to take to Twitter that varies across the European Parliament's (EP) highly segmented legislative calendar, but that MEPs are also affected by more constant differences in their nati…
First-order contests for second-order parties? Differentiated candidate nomination strategies in European Parliament elections
This article examines an alternative logic for candidate renomination to the European Parliament (EP), based upon the size and ideological nature of a Member of the European Parliament’s (MEP’s) home party, as well as timing of EP elections. I derive expectations from the second-order election hypothesis to show that parties from outside of the national mainstream should expect to benefit disproportionately from EP elections and therefore renomin…
An online electoral connection? How electoral systems condition representatives’ social media use
This article analyses the impact of electoral institutions on the re-election campaigning and outreach strategies of Members of the European Parliament on the Twitter social media platform. Social media offers politicians a means to contact voters remotely and at low cost. We test the effect of diverse national proportional representation electoral institutions in European elections on a possible online electoral connection. We draw upon an origi…
When the Agent Knows Better than the Principal: The Effect of Education and Seniority on E uropean P arliament Rapporteur Assignment
This article examines the assignment of legislative rapporteurships to Members of the European Parliament ( MEPs ). Original data sources are used to test the assumption that committee reports are routinely awarded to MEPs with higher levels of education and seniority at the European level. The hypotheses are supported by an extensive multivariate regression analysis, which also demonstrates the increasing value of rapporteurships, following the …
When the Agent Knows Better than the Principal: The Effect of Education and Seniority on E uropean P arliament Rapporteur Assignment
This article examines the assignment of legislative rapporteurships to Members of the European Parliament ( MEPs ). Original data sources are used to test the assumption that committee reports are routinely awarded to MEPs with higher levels of education and seniority at the European level. The hypotheses are supported by an extensive multivariate regression analysis, which also demonstrates the increasing value of rapporteurships, following the …
An online electoral connection? How electoral systems condition representatives’ social media use
This article analyses the impact of electoral institutions on the re-election campaigning and outreach strategies of Members of the European Parliament on the Twitter social media platform. Social media offers politicians a means to contact voters remotely and at low cost. We test the effect of diverse national proportional representation electoral institutions in European elections on a possible online electoral connection. We draw upon an origi…
Individual Determinants for the Selection of Group Coordinators in the European Parliament
Group coordinators are part of a highly influential circle of members of the European Parliament (MEPs). However, there is only scant knowledge about the powers and purpose of this position. This article draws upon theories of legislative organization and committee assignments to assess the question: What individual qualities determine the selection of group coordinators? Using a novel dataset of all MEPs elected to the 8 th session of the Europe…
The Consequences of Quotas: Assessing the Effect of Varied Gender Quotas on Legislator Experience in the European Parliament
This article explores the consequences of quotas on the level of diversity observed in legislators’ professional and political experience. We examine how party system and electoral system features that are meant to favor female representation, such as gender quotas for candidate selection or placement mandates on electoral lists, affect the composition of legislatures by altering the mix of professional and political qualifications held by its me…
Static and dynamic incentives for Twitter usage in the European Parliament
In this article, we examine the static and dynamic factors that explain the use of the Twitter social media platform by all active Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) during the Fall and Winter of 2015–2016. Our analysis demonstrates that MEPs have an incentive to take to Twitter that varies across the European Parliament's (EP) highly segmented legislative calendar, but that MEPs are also affected by more constant differences in their nati…
Within or between jobs? Determinants of membership volatility in the European Parliament, 1979–2014
This paper uses duration analysis to model determinants of early exit for all members of the European Parliament (MEPs), 1979–2014, and compares this with existing accounts of between-session turnover in the EP. The notable diversity present in the national political and electoral institutions of the 28 member states electing MEPs allows us to maximize purchase over both cross-national and temporal sources of variation found in the EP. Our findin…
Reaching out to the voter? Campaigning on Twitter during the 2019 European elections
This article draws upon the literature on comparative political institutions in order to re-examine the logic of Twitter usage during campaign periods, now that social media has become a standard tool that is used across the political spectrum. We test how electoral institutions and individual characteristics shaped Twitter activity during the 2019 European elections cycle and compare the nature of this usage with the previous 2014 campaign. Our …
Determinants of moonlighting in the European Parliament
In recent years, several national parliaments have introduced stricter rules for the disclosure of additional sources of income earned by their legislators. In this context of better data availability, the phenomenon of ‘moonlighting’ politicians (legislators who pursue paid or unpaid jobs next to their political mandate) has attracted increased public and scientific attention. Since 2011, the European Parliament (EP) has required its parliamenta…
First-order contests for second-order parties? Differentiated candidate nomination strategies in European Parliament elections
This article examines an alternative logic for candidate renomination to the European Parliament (EP), based upon the size and ideological nature of a Member of the European Parliament’s (MEP’s) home party, as well as timing of EP elections. I derive expectations from the second-order election hypothesis to show that parties from outside of the national mainstream should expect to benefit disproportionately from EP elections and therefore renomin…
Gender Quota Adoption and the Qualifications of Parliamentarians
Gender quotas in legislative elections are a central component of institutional reform to foster women’s inclusion in politics. However, stigma remains that women elected under quotas may be of lower quality than the men that they replace. We investigate how quotas affect the qualifications of parliamentarians, by capitalizing on the unique variation of national electoral systems used in European Parliament elections over its entire 40-year histo…
When time is money: Sideline Jobs, Ancillary Income and Legislative Effort
Moonlighting, the pursuit of (paid or unpaid) sideline jobs by democratically elected politicians, regularly evokes public outcry. This study provides an empirical test of the claim that moonlighting goes hand-in-hand with a lower degree of parliamentary effort. The article draws upon original data on the number of outside jobs and the remuneration received by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) during the seventh legislative term (2009–201…
Individual amending activity in the European Parliament committee system
Individual amendments at the committee stage offer Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) a valuable tool to change legislation, prior to its passage at the plenary stage. And until a recent rule change, they were also one of the last meaningful ways for MEPs to self-select into the EP legislative process. Applying theories of legislative organization, internal positions, and differences in national institutional background, we use novel data …
Unpacking the European Commission: Cabinet Composition and EU Policy‐Making
We examine bureaucratic politics within the European Commission, using novel data on the backgrounds of individual members of Commissioners' cabinets . Although cabinet composition has become increasingly regulated in recent decades, its selection remains a key area for personalised political appointments within an organisation more commonly known for its collective responsibility and lack of individual influence. Using data on the personal and p…
When the Agent Knows Better than the Principal: The Effect of Education and Seniority on E uropean P arliament Rapporteur Assignment
This article examines the assignment of legislative rapporteurships to Members of the European Parliament ( MEPs ). Original data sources are used to test the assumption that committee reports are routinely awarded to MEPs with higher levels of education and seniority at the European level. The hypotheses are supported by an extensive multivariate regression analysis, which also demonstrates the increasing value of rapporteurships, following the …
First-order contests for second-order parties? Differentiated candidate nomination strategies in European Parliament elections
This article examines an alternative logic for candidate renomination to the European Parliament (EP), based upon the size and ideological nature of a Member of the European Parliament’s (MEP’s) home party, as well as timing of EP elections. I derive expectations from the second-order election hypothesis to show that parties from outside of the national mainstream should expect to benefit disproportionately from EP elections and therefore renomin…
An online electoral connection? How electoral systems condition representatives’ social media use
This article analyses the impact of electoral institutions on the re-election campaigning and outreach strategies of Members of the European Parliament on the Twitter social media platform. Social media offers politicians a means to contact voters remotely and at low cost. We test the effect of diverse national proportional representation electoral institutions in European elections on a possible online electoral connection. We draw upon an origi…
Static and dynamic incentives for Twitter usage in the European Parliament
In this article, we examine the static and dynamic factors that explain the use of the Twitter social media platform by all active Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) during the Fall and Winter of 2015–2016. Our analysis demonstrates that MEPs have an incentive to take to Twitter that varies across the European Parliament's (EP) highly segmented legislative calendar, but that MEPs are also affected by more constant differences in their nati…
Determinants of moonlighting in the European Parliament
In recent years, several national parliaments have introduced stricter rules for the disclosure of additional sources of income earned by their legislators. In this context of better data availability, the phenomenon of ‘moonlighting’ politicians (legislators who pursue paid or unpaid jobs next to their political mandate) has attracted increased public and scientific attention. Since 2011, the European Parliament (EP) has required its parliamenta…
Within or between jobs? Determinants of membership volatility in the European Parliament, 1979–2014
This paper uses duration analysis to model determinants of early exit for all members of the European Parliament (MEPs), 1979–2014, and compares this with existing accounts of between-session turnover in the EP. The notable diversity present in the national political and electoral institutions of the 28 member states electing MEPs allows us to maximize purchase over both cross-national and temporal sources of variation found in the EP. Our findin…
Individual Determinants for the Selection of Group Coordinators in the European Parliament
Group coordinators are part of a highly influential circle of members of the European Parliament (MEPs). However, there is only scant knowledge about the powers and purpose of this position. This article draws upon theories of legislative organization and committee assignments to assess the question: What individual qualities determine the selection of group coordinators? Using a novel dataset of all MEPs elected to the 8 th session of the Europe…
When time is money: Sideline Jobs, Ancillary Income and Legislative Effort
Moonlighting, the pursuit of (paid or unpaid) sideline jobs by democratically elected politicians, regularly evokes public outcry. This study provides an empirical test of the claim that moonlighting goes hand-in-hand with a lower degree of parliamentary effort. The article draws upon original data on the number of outside jobs and the remuneration received by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) during the seventh legislative term (2009–201…
Reaching out to the voter? Campaigning on Twitter during the 2019 European elections
This article draws upon the literature on comparative political institutions in order to re-examine the logic of Twitter usage during campaign periods, now that social media has become a standard tool that is used across the political spectrum. We test how electoral institutions and individual characteristics shaped Twitter activity during the 2019 European elections cycle and compare the nature of this usage with the previous 2014 campaign. Our …
The Consequences of Quotas: Assessing the Effect of Varied Gender Quotas on Legislator Experience in the European Parliament
This article explores the consequences of quotas on the level of diversity observed in legislators’ professional and political experience. We examine how party system and electoral system features that are meant to favor female representation, such as gender quotas for candidate selection or placement mandates on electoral lists, affect the composition of legislatures by altering the mix of professional and political qualifications held by its me…
Individual amending activity in the European Parliament committee system
Individual amendments at the committee stage offer Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) a valuable tool to change legislation, prior to its passage at the plenary stage. And until a recent rule change, they were also one of the last meaningful ways for MEPs to self-select into the EP legislative process. Applying theories of legislative organization, internal positions, and differences in national institutional background, we use novel data …
Gender Quota Adoption and the Qualifications of Parliamentarians
Gender quotas in legislative elections are a central component of institutional reform to foster women’s inclusion in politics. However, stigma remains that women elected under quotas may be of lower quality than the men that they replace. We investigate how quotas affect the qualifications of parliamentarians, by capitalizing on the unique variation of national electoral systems used in European Parliament elections over its entire 40-year histo…
Social media campaigning across multiple platforms: Evidence from the 2024 European elections
Unpacking the European Commission: Cabinet Composition and EU Policy‐Making
We examine bureaucratic politics within the European Commission, using novel data on the backgrounds of individual members of Commissioners' cabinets . Although cabinet composition has become increasingly regulated in recent decades, its selection remains a key area for personalised political appointments within an organisation more commonly known for its collective responsibility and lack of individual influence. Using data on the personal and p…
Individual drivers of toxicity in radical right-wing populist legislative campaigns
Most studies of political rhetoric examine only political leadership or treat parties as unified actors. However, what happens where electoral systems incentivise candidates to diverge from stated party messaging during campaigns? This article uses novel data on political experience and candidate backgrounds from the 2022 French parliamentary elections to explore the individual drivers of campaigning behaviour. The choice of France, with its mult…
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