Personal stories trump facts at reaching across moral political divides
New research shows that sharing personal experiences about a political issue helps to foster respect via increased perceptions of rationality. … 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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The IKEA effect, or why we don’t use leaflet templates enough
Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research that are relevant to political campaigning. … Read the full post »
Want to raise turnout? Put on a party at the polling station
Australia has a lovely tradition of putting on mini-summer fairs at polling stations, as I discussed with an Australian political expert for Never Mind The Bar Charts. … Read the full post »
PODCAST – What really happens at the grassroots when political parties push new ways of campaigning?
What impact is digital campaigning having on politics, and is it for the better or the worse? That’s what I discuss in the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts with Kate Dommett, Senior Lecturer in the Public Understanding of Politics at the University of Sheffield. … Read the full post »
Recruiting and retaining party activists: what the research says
How do you grow and maintain your pool of local party activists needed for successful grassroots campaigns? This is the question Recruiting and Retaining Party Activists: Political Management at the Grassroots seeks to answer. … Read the full post »
Can parties sign up more people to postal votes with mailings? Some evidence
Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – how do party efforts to persuade supporters to sign up for postal votes work? … Read the full post »
Get in touch with your members frequently – it’s the way to get people involved, says the research
Today it is back to the work of the trio of party membership experts Paul Webb, Tim Bale and Monica Poletti and what makes party members get active. … Read the full post »
PODCAST: What the evidence really says about the impact of campaigning – Josh Townsley
Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today, something slightly different – a podcast featuring Josh Townsley talking about what research says overall on the impact of political campaigning. … Read the full post »
How leaflets (and canvassing) raise turnout in British elections
Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – how leaflets (which we know from other research work at helping to win elections) help raise turnout. … Read the full post »
How media coverage may have boosted Ukip’s levels of public support
Increased media coverage of Ukip drove increased support for the party rather than following an increase that had already happened, new research by Justin Murphy and Daniel Devine suggests. … Read the full post »