In a new twenty-five country poll by Ipsos, we find that around the world citizens are very concerned with the ramifications of a Trump presidency Globally, most citizens (57%) say they would vote for Hillary Clinton – far outstripping the number who would support Trump (13%). CONT. Ipsos Public Affairs Read more »
Euroskepticism Beyond Brexit
On June 23, people in the United Kingdom will vote on a referendum on whether to remain in the European Union or to leave the Brussels-based institution, a decision that has come to be called Brexit. The British go to the polls at a time when a new multi-nation survey […] Read more »
New political divide on both sides of Atlantic: populists v cosmopolitans
“Disaster narrowly averted” was the British Guardian newspaper’s view of the defeat – by only 31,000 votes out of 4.64 million – of the far right Freedom Party in Austria’s presidential elections this past weekend. But it is hard to escape the conclusion that varied forms of populism – whether […] Read more »
It’s not just Trump. Voting for populists makes voters angrier and more discontented.
Populist politicians and parties are increasingly winning elections in the developed West. … Many scholars and pundits interpret these parties’ success as an expression of political discontent with the ruling elite. But that’s only one part of the story, as we show in a recent article. Here’s the other part: […] Read more »
Why Trump Looks Eerily Familiar to Germans
The fascination with Donald Trump is as intense in Berlin as in Boston or Boise. When I visited several German cities this week for talks about the U.S. election, questions about Trump from students, academics, young think-tankers, and journalists outnumbered questions about Hillary Clinton by about 10 to one. … […] Read more »
YouGov’s accurate election polls show our new methods are working
A year ago the polls got the general election wrong. This week YouGov was the only company to carry out polls for all three of the London, Scottish and Welsh votes. Following both our own internal investigation and the British Polling Council enquiry, we have changed our sampling so as […] Read more »