What happened to the Lib Dems? Some evidence
44% of voters felt that the economy was getting better; but only 19% attributed this to the Lib Dems, compared with 73% who credited the Tories. … Read the full post »
Read about the detailed research programme into British elections, the British Election Study.
44% of voters felt that the economy was getting better; but only 19% attributed this to the Lib Dems, compared with 73% who credited the Tories. … Read the full post »
The core thesis of Affluence, Austerity and Electoral Change in Britain is that Britain’s recent general elections have been decided by “valence factors” – voters choosing based on perceptions of competence rather than ideology. … Read the full post »
Some interesting data from the British Election Study research into voters, showing where voters put themselves and the Labour Party. … Read the full post »
Labour’s problem is that many of the voters it lost in 2010 have now moved on to UKIP (propelled more so by immigration than Europe as an issue), rather than being won back by Labour. … Read the full post »
The head of the Armed Forces at the time of the 2003 invasion accused the Prime Minister of being “disingenuous” in saying that he provided military chiefs with everything they asked for. … Read the full post »
The June British Election Study (BES) results including striking figures on the public’s reaction to the MPs’ expenses scandal. … Read the full post »