New research evidence: local candidates do better in elections
Here’s what two research papers from the EPOP 2016 conference say about the electoral impact of candidates being local. … Read the full post »
Rosie Campbell
Read my posts featuring the work of political scientist Rosie Campbell and colleagues.
What happened to the fabled Liberal Democrat grassroots campaigning machine?
There were two elements in the disaster that was the 2015 general election result for the Liberal Democrats: just 8% of the vote and also just eight MPs. … Read the full post »
Britain Votes 2015, edited by Andrew Geddes and Jonathan Tonge
Thoughtful preliminary analysis of the 2015 general election from the Hansard Society. … Read the full post »
Do gender quotas reduce the quality of politicians elected to a legislature?
A new research article examines the quality of ‘quota women’ compared to their non-quota colleagues at three stages of their political career. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #40 is out: predicting Lib Dem seat numbers for 2015
Edition #40 of Liberal Democrat Newswire came out last week, looking at how many seats the Liberal Democrats will win at the next general election. … Read the full post »
What do voters think of job-sharing Members of Parliament?
Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – what voters think of job-sharing MPs. … Read the full post »
What do the academics say? The voters still want local candidates
New research by Phil Cowley and Rosie Campbell looks at how voters react to various candidates by giving different groups of people descriptions of two imaginary candidates and asking them which they prefer. … Read the full post »
Running for office? What voters think of your income
The findings come from research presenting the details of two fictional candidates to voters and asking them what they thought of each. … Read the full post »