Predict how many seats the Lib Dems can win
The Oldham East & Saddleworth by-election seems to have created many questions; to help answer them we present the Liberal Democrats General Election Predictor.
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Two-thirds of Lib Dem general election voters against fees u-turn
Sixty eight per cent of those who voted Liberal Democrat in May say it is wrong for the party to break its election pledge to “vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative” – with just 21 per cent thinking the party is right to abandon its promise, a YouGov poll undertaken last week (2nd-3rd December) has reveled.
How Labour prevented a Tory majority
Labour’s election defeat was severe. But incumbency, the length of the campaign, and a handful of paid organisers made the difference between a Tory majority and a hung parliament.
Yes we did?
Will Straw has written a chapter for the Hansard Society’s new report, ‘The internet and the 2010 election’, in which he argues that Labour’s online team and local campaigners learned some important lessons from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.
Labour’s problem is deeper than C2s
It has almost become conventional wisdom to blame Labour’s defeat on a loss of support among C2s. But the party’s problems are deeper and more severe.
Third of voters decided in final week of campaign
A detailed poll of election behaviour has been published. It shows that one-third of voters made up their mind in the final week, and a series of other attitudes.
Campaign 2010: Election leaflets unspun
TheStraightChoice.org crowd sources photographs and details of election leaflets in real-time. During the election they collected more than 5,000 leaflets.
Election trends and what they tell us
The decline in the two-party vote, increasing voter disengagement and fewer of marginal seats have all combined to create a system that doesn’t work.
Thank you, Gordon
Tributes have poured in from across the twittersphere to Gordon Brown following his sudden announcement last night that he would resign as Labour leader.
2010 intake: More exclusive yet more representative
The proportion of MPs that went to private school is five times that of the population as a whole – an increase from the last parliament.