Read about the detailed research programme into British elections, the British Election Study.
Three very striking word clouds from the ‘gold standard’ British Election Study which asked people who were voted Remain, Leave and undecided an open-ended question about what mattered most to them when deciding how to vote … Read the full post »
The sampling problems which made opinion polls go wrong in the 2015 general election also explains the polling error for the Lib Dems in 2010. … Read the full post »
Ukip: inside the campaign by Goodwin and Milazzo is a must read for people wanting to understand the modern state of British politics. … Read the full post »
Thoughtful preliminary analysis of the 2015 general election from the Hansard Society. … Read the full post »
“Labour’s fortunes [rest] on choosing a leader who can perform the seemingly impossible task of simultaneously restoring the party’s economic credibility and at the same time appealing to its traditional supporters” – Ed Fieldhouse … Read the full post »
A new, but still preliminary, tranche of analysis is out from the British Election Study on why the 2015 general election polls were so wrong. … Read the full post »
With more registered electors on social media than vote, social networking is a hugely effective way of getting at voters, but the Lib Dems aren’t doing as well as some other parties. … Read the full post »
Tim Farron has given the first speech from either candidate during the Lib Dem leadership contest which really has some impact beyond the usual everyone was expecting from both. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrat policy problem isn’t is about needing this or that policy to recover. Rather it is about… … Read the full post »
The British Election Study has put together its first release of all the constituency results from the 2015 general election in convenient Excel format. … Read the full post »