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Tag Archives: 2017 elections
Jun 5 2017
How the General Election 2017 Campaign is Shaping Up on Twitter
Comments Off on How the General Election 2017 Campaign is Shaping Up on TwitterBy Stefan Bauchowitz and Max Hänska If we are to believe the pundits, social media has played an outsized role in recent political events, and so it is not surprising that its role in the upcoming General Election has been … Continue reading
Posted by: June 5, 2017
Tagged with: 2017 elections, general election, hastags, Labour, Social Media, twitter, UK elections
Jun 1 2017
The Manifesto Everyone Hates to Love
1 CommentBy Alexandros Alexandropoulos Polls are now giving the General Election a renewed interest: Labour has significantly reduced the Conservative lead, making the final result uncertain. But it’s another poll that truly summarises politics in 2017. A ComRes poll found that … Continue reading
Posted by: June 1, 2017
Tagged with: 2017 elections, Corbyn, Housing, Labour, UK elections
May 17 2017
Non-member supporters and GE 2017: a vital but underestimated campaigning resource
Comments Off on Non-member supporters and GE 2017: a vital but underestimated campaigning resourceBy Monica Poletti Party members are vital for party campaigning: they are more readily mobilised and engage more in high intensity activities than party supporters. At the same time, there are more non-member supporters than there are members. This article looks … Continue reading
Posted by: May 17, 2017
Tagged with: 2017 elections, activism, campaigning, party members, party supporters, UK elections
Jul 17 2013
More than a year after the presidential elections, France is still in search of a leader
Comments Off on More than a year after the presidential elections, France is still in search of a leaderBy Rainbow Murray A little over a year since being elected, French President François Hollande’s popularity in the polls has plummeted as the French economy continues to struggle. Rainbow Murray writes that while Hollande’s first year has been beset … Continue reading
Posted by: July 17, 2013
Tagged with: 2017 elections, French economy, Hollande, leadership vacuum, Sarkozy, UMP