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Paul WhiteleyThe Conversation |
Investing in infrastructure and skills is essential, but social capital shoudn’t be overlooked as a driver of growth.
Looking at how votes were distributed in 2024 offers a more reassuring picture.
Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections has left many across the world unsure about what he might do in his next term, and whether...
The current US vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, appears to have nudged ahead of her Republican rival, Donald...
The spectre of the Reform party has been haunting the Tories since the general election. There is a general consensus that Reform split the vote on...
Poll data shows that Kamala Harris now leads Donald Trump in the US presidential election campaign. She has an average vote intention score of 48.2%,...
The British government has argued that a black hole exists in the public finances to the tune of £22 billion in this financial year. It claims that...
The 2024 UK election campaign was dominated by discussion of the polls, from start to finish. This was partially because of the sheer volume of polls...
What if many people just don’t bother voting in this election? The polls may suggest a landslide victory for Labour, but the party is worried about...
Labour leader Keir Starmer and Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey had what looked like a political strategy meeting when they were sitting together in...
A YouGov poll has put Reform UK ahead of the Conservatives for the first time. After a terrible few weeks of election campaigning, the Tories are on...
One of the few success stories of the Conservative government is the fall in inflation, which is now close to the target rate set by the Bank of...
With polls showing Labour enjoying a significant lead over the Conservatives for well over a year, a key question as the election campaign picks up...
Several recent polls suggest that the Hispanic and Latino vote is shifting towards Donald Trump as the election moves closer. In a YouGov poll from...
By common consent, the local elections on May 2 were a disaster for the Conservatives. The party lost a total of 478 councillors in the 107 councils...
The local elections which took place on May 2 have provided an unusually rich set of results to pore over. Around 2,600 seats were up for election on...
American politics is very polarised at the moment, with bitter disagreements between Democrats and Republicans in Congress, in the media and in the...
According to the 2021 census, 6.5% of the population in England and Wales identify as Muslim. In Rochdale, which has just elected George Galloway to...
Americans spend mind-blowing amounts of money on their elections. According to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in the 2016 presidential election...
The issue of military aid to Ukraine is still gridlocked in the US Congress, with Republicans refusing to support additional spending on arms for...
Donald Trump’s win in New Hampshire’s Republican primary on January 23, a week after his decisive victory in the Iowa caucuses, means that he is...
When Americans are confident about their economy, they tend to support the incumbent president. When they are not confident, they tend to withdraw...
Recent polling suggests that Joe Biden’s policy of backing Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian war is hurting him in the eyes of American Muslims. An...