UK elections
‘Only 16% of 18-24 year olds certain to vote’ One of the findings from the latest annual audit of UK political engagement published by the Hansard Society. Other topics include levels of trust in politicians and the impact of the Scottish referendum on turnout. Staff and students can use Box of Broadcasts (TV and Radio Recordings) […]
Israel Elections 2015
Elections are due to take place on 17th March. The Israel Democracy Institute website is a good starting point for background information on the electoral process. It also has a collection of public opinion polls which cover the relationship between the elections and the peace process. For historical materials try: National Library of Israel Election […]
1979 elections
Rewind to the 1979 elections #79 rewind from the Open University is tweeting stories from the 1979 campaign to examine how they correspond with current issues.
State of the Union 2015
Read the official White House transcript of President Obama’s speech. The Atlantic has some interesting analysis of the words used in all speeches since 1790
Open government
How open is your government? The latest Global Open Data Index from the Open Knowledge Foundation ranks 97 nations according to the openness of their data on 10 themes: national statistics, government budget, election results, legislation, national maps, company registers, transport timetables., pollution levels, postcodes and government spending. Useful examples from the UK government at […]
United States Election 2010 Web Archive
The United States Election 2010 Web Archive This new collection of over 1,2000 archived websites relates to the USA 2010 elections. Each one has a description and several snapshots of the site through out the campaign enabling the examination of issue development. The UK has its own national Web Archive with special collections for elections. […]
Political Data Yearbook
Political Data Yearbook Published by Wiley on behalf of the European Consortium for Political Research. This online interactive version offers free access to annual summaries and analysis of elections, cabinet changes and other political events contained in the Political Data Yearbook country chapters. Most statistics covers 1992-2012 with annual updates. Topics covered include: voter turnout, percentage […]
Attitudes towards Europe
Measuring Party Positions on Europe: The Chapel Hill Expert Surveys These provide free access to quantitative data on national political party positions towards European integration. The first survey was conducted in 1999, with subsequent waves in 2002, 2006, 2010. The number of countries covered has increased from 14 Western European countries in 1999 to 24 […]
Electoral Integrity
Electoral Integrity Project An independent international project headed by University of Sydney and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Its annual report The Year in Elections 2013, assessing the risks of flawed and failed elections worldwide. It provides a ranking of the integrity of elections that took place in the last 12 months. […]
Elections
Those interested in elections might like the:Manifesto Research Group/Comparative Manifestos Project (MRG/CMP) Database a quantitative database maintained by Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung which measures attitudes expressed by parties in elections since 1945 in over 50 countries. These are coded from policy documents and manifestos. You can browse by nation or by party. For some countries data is […]
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