Just as the Scottish Independence Referendum had disastrous consequences for Labour, June's EU poll could hit the Tories too, say researchers from the British Election Study.
Social Sciences
Apr 27, 2016
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Feeling misunderstood by other groups makes people more likely to support separatist causes like Brexit and Scottish independence, new research suggests.
Social Sciences
Sep 9, 2020
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Voters opted to pick candidates in 2020 by mail-in ballots, avoiding poll sites due to COVID-19 concerns rather than because of political party efforts to promote specific voting methods, according to a new University of ...
Social Sciences
Mar 18, 2024
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Research carried out by the University of Kent and Kings College London (KCL) into a common postal vote recruitment tactic found it to be ineffective in persuading people to change from visiting polling stations to vote.
Social Sciences
Apr 25, 2019
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The British government on Tuesday faced an unprecedented legal challenge for allegedly failing to protect people, property and infrastructure from the likely effects of climate change.
Environment
Jul 23, 2024
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Greater access to Higher Education could have reversed the result of the 2016 EU referendum, according to new research from the University of Leicester.
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2017
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Early women parliamentary candidates found it harder to make unique appeals to represent the 'woman's point of view' over time because of increasing national control over campaigning, a new study shows.
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2023
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Women's leadership has drawn a lot of praise during the COVID-19 crisis, including for politicians like New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and chief medical officers Theresa Tam and Bonnie Henry.
Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2020
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"Class is the basis of British politics; all else is embellishment and detail." So wrote Peter Pulzer, the former Gladstone professor of politics at the University of Oxford in the 1960s. Nowadays, however, it is age, not ...
Political science
Sep 21, 2023
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State election officials are bracing for two trains on a possible collision course this fall: potential record turnout for the Nov. 3 general election, and an expected surge of the highly contagious and sometimes deadly COVID-19.
Political science
Jul 20, 2020
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