Voters prefer decisions made by gender balanced groups
Citizens strongly prefer that political decision-making bodies that have have equal numbers of men and women. … Read the full post »
Evidence-based campaigning: what the academic research says
Read the latest about what political scientists and other academics have to say about what works, and what does not work, in political campaigning.
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Voters are put off by male-dominated candidate lists
Jens Wäckerle, The end of the all-male party? Voter preferences for gender representation in political parties, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (2023). … Read the full post »
Can you raise electoral registration with social media ads?
Researchers have tested out when rates of electoral registration can be increased by running social media adverts. … Read the full post »
Who is most likely to switch membership between different parties?
A couple of snippets from Tim Bale and Paul Webb’s latest bit of research into political party membership: “Shopping for a better deal? Party switching amongst grassroots members in Britain”. … Read the full post »
Being a Parliamentary rebel neither wins nor loses you support
Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – the lack of an electoral impact for an MP if they rebel in Parliamentary votes. … Read the full post »
Why governments can seem politically immune to repeated blunders
There are many ways in which people who follow politics closely or are particularly committed to a party differ from most voters. … Read the full post »
How Twitter helped Greek election candidates win
Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – another study on the impact of Twitter on election campaigns. … Read the full post »
Text messages raise turnout… if they are from the local council
Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – whether text messaging can raise electoral registration and turnout. … Read the full post »
Canvassing: what impact does it have on canvassers?
If you follow the research into campaigning tactics, or come to campaigning training sessions,* you’ll be familiar with the idea that canvassing is a very effective political campaign tactic for persuading voters. But what’s the impact of doing canvassing on the canvassers themselves? … Read the full post »
Do political donations increase political extremism? What new research says
New research from Andrey Tomashevskiy shows that the more private money parties receive, the more likely are they to take extreme positions. … Read the full post »