Tag: Steve Van Riel
20 things we learned about democracy in June 2014
June 2014 proved to be another eventful month for democracy, with revelations about security, surveillance, Scottish independence, and the European Parliament and local elections. Here, Sean Kippin rounds up 20 interesting nuggets of information which made themselves known this month. Similar Posts20 things we learned about democracy in January 2015Interview part 2: Tim Bale on Ed […]
Five mistakes we all make when talking about voters
In the past week the media has been full of commentators explaining why voters have made certain choices, confident they can understand their motivations. But how accurate can these insights possibly be? In this post, the Labour Party’s former research director Steven Van Riel considers the psychological phenomenon of ‘asymmetric insight’, and explains how all we reach judgements about other voters […]
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