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Youtube ads are money well spent – but smart campaigns will also target Twitch and Mumsnet.
Keir Starmer’s flagship climate change pledge has already been cut back significantly since 2021.
The number of constituencies across the UK will remain the same but the vast majority will be redrawn to make them more balanced.
In an uncertain world our natural instinct is to seek out answers that reassure, even when they don’t make sense.
In 2024, more than 40% of the world’s population is eligible to vote in an election. The scale is unprecedented, but not all elections are made equal. What will it mean for democracy?
There are reasons to hold off until the autumn – but there are other clues that still point towards May.
Data across multiple decades suggests Starmer will benefit from giving the impression that he is shifting to the right.
Sunak wants everyone to be better at maths. Here’s what taking his own advice would mean for his election campaign.
Fewer people are being ‘socialised’ into Conservative voting since the dominance of New Labour in the 1990s.
The SNP are set to lose a seat in a vote triggered by a COVID scandal. But this is not one of their safer seats at the best of times.
The latest findings from the British Social Attitudes survey suggest younger voters appear to have little faith that public spending will be directed their way.
The opposition is divided over whether it will win over voters by promising more public investment or by proving it is economically restrained.
An argument over London’s ultra low emissions zone threatens to engulf UK politics.
More byelections could be on the way.
It’s very rare to see a former PM stand in a byelection – but less so to see a future PM give it a go.
Penny Mordaunt’s seat is at risk while leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch would be sitting pretty.
Charisma matters in elections campaigns, as a study carried out just before the 2019 election shows.
Forecasting is a tricky art but looking back at the relationship between local elections and subsequent general elections puts Labour on course for House of Commons majority.
Labour strategists seem determined to cast Starmer as the sensible ‘adult in the room’, but in order to win lost areas he needs to be much more radical than that.
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Mathematics, University of Surrey
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Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Manchester
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Behavioural Sciences, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer in British Politics, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Global Affairs, University of East London
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Lancaster University
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Professor of Marketing, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Associate Professor in Journalism Studies, University of Stirling
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Regents Professor of Strategic Communication, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Surrey
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Professor of Public Policy, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
