Posted on 29 September 2020 by Alex Scholes, Researcher ScotCen Twenty years of changing attitudes towards Holyrood and Westminster Today sees the publication by the Scottish Government of a Scottish Social Attitudes (SSA) report on how attitudes in Scotland towards the devolved and UK-wide institutions have evolved since the Scottish Parliament was created in 1999. Read the rest of this entry Tags: public trust, SSA, ScotCen, Scotland, Scottish Social Attitudes, elections
Posted on 01 October 2017 by Sir John Curtice, Senior Research Fellow Why did Brexit not work for the Conservatives? Conservative activists gather in Manchester today with one question above all on their mind, ‘What went wrong in June?’ Read the rest of this entry Tags: Brexit, NatCen on the Election, elections, general election
Posted on 24 September 2017 by Sir John Curtice, Senior Research Fellow Who voted Labour in 2017? How far was Labour’s progress in the election founded on mobilising disenchanted voters via a left-wing message? Read the rest of this entry Tags: NatCen on the Election, elections, general election
Posted on 15 September 2014 by Nevena Ilic, Researcher On this International Day of Democracy, is it time to start learning from the countries that do it best? This is an exciting time for British democracy and politics. In just three days’ time the people of Scotland will vote on whether they wish to remain a part of the UK or become an independent nation. As if that’s not enough, the national election is less than a year away and just a few months ago we had the local and European elections. Read the rest of this entry Tags: Europe, European Social Survey, democracy, elections, political trust, voting
Posted on 23 May 2014 A few insights from EUvox... As the results from yesterday local and EU elections come out in drips and drabs today, we’re having a quick look at the data we collected through our EUvox voter advice application. Read the rest of this entry Tags: EU, EUvox, Euro, European elections, gender, elections, men, online tool, politics, voting, women