USA 2016 elections: New York Times Resource
Good use of technology from the New York Times: its Election 2016 bot can send users live news updates. You can also submit questions to the newsroom by using the command /asknytelection.” Nieman Labs has a review of how this feature works. The New York Times is also experimenting with Virtual reality film from the […]
Political TV Ad Archive
Political TV Ad Archive Just launched by the Internet Archive to provide a resource for the 2016 US elections. This fabulous free online digital library resource where reporters can find political TV ads from key primary states in the 2016 elections. Each ad has its own page with metadata files that can be downloaded by […]
What went wrong in the 2015 election?
View the preliminary findings from the inquiry in to the polls ordered by the British Polling Council. Its terms of reference and methodology can be viewed on the website. The BBC has also been discussing the topic this week. Also released this week Margaret Beckettis internal investigation of the Labour Party failure. Useful response on this […]
Coming soon: 2016 US elections
RealClearPolitics: Election 2016 This site from RealClearPolitics offers readers daily updates on polls, interviews, speeches, and other news related to the 2016 election. It currently includes polls relating to the Republican and Democratic nominations.
Spanish Elections on Sunday
A look forward at the possible outcome of Spain’s elections on Sunday. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/16/spain-election-guide-parties-electoral-system-podemos-and-ciudadanos
Catalan Elections
Get links to resources covering the results and their implication for any possible independence from this elections blog. They include newspapers, polls, government websites and academic comment and analysis in English and Spanish.
Labour Leadership elections
With the election of Jeremy Corby- The New Policy Network has just published a new essay – After New Labour: The Corbyn surge and the future of social democracy in Britain by Andrew Gamble a professor of politics at the University of Sheffield. Another recent publication on a related theme is from IPPR Learning the right […]
IFES revamp website
International Foundation for Electoral systems has launched a new version of its website with its latest annual report which covers its work in promoting free elections worldwide. Other great features of the site include a searchable database of election observation reports, surveys, ballot papers and documents from around the world.
Is the electoral system broken?
According to the Electoral Reform Society the UK electoral system is in crisis as the first-past-the-post system does not reflect votes cast. For full results see the Electoral Commission website and the House of Commons Library Briefing.
Can social media predict election results?
A recent SSRN paper from Cardiff University developed a model using Twitter and considers how it could be applied to the UK 2015 general election. Compare this with the latest analysis from the Oxford Internet Institute. UK Election Analysis 2015: Media, Voters and the Campaign which contains 73 contributions from UK academics issued just 10 […]
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