More than a third of voters are not convinced the UK will leave the EU despite last week’s referendum result, a poll for BBC Newsnight suggests. Britain voted by a margin of 52% to 48% to leave the EU after 43 years – and the contenders to replace David Cameron […] Read more »
Brexit will make things worse. Is that why people voted for it?
It is a basic principle of economics that human beings choose things that benefit them. But last week, as the results of Britain’s referendum on membership in the European Union came in, it quickly became clear that this principle was being overturned. Not only had Britain as a whole voted […] Read more »
What Brexit Means for the Presidential Race
In terms of American politics, Britain’s vote to leave the European Union is something of a “Goldilocks” event. Instead of striking a balance between too hot and too cold, the key to getting Brexit just right is not to read too much into it while also understanding its significance. CONT. […] Read more »
Politics and Polls: Goldwater, Brexit, and The Party Decides
In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson crushed Barry Goldwater in the presidential election. Could we see another landslide like this in 2016? Or does today’s political environment make that impossible? Tune in to the first episode of “Politics and Polls” as Professors Julian E. Zelizer and Sam Wang debate this issue […] Read more »
Culture Is Replacing Class as the Key Political Divide
When United Kingdom voters last week narrowly approved a referendum to leave the European Union, they underscored again how an era of unrelenting economic and demographic change is shifting the axis of politics across much of the industrialized world from class to culture. … Both geographically and demographically, the British […] Read more »
Polling Matters: Brexit chaos. What happens now?
On this week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast Keiran Pedley and Leo Barasi try and make sense of what has happened in the past week – as news of Theresa May’s poll lead over Boris Johnson and Michael Gove’s decision to stand for Tory leader breaks all around them. They discuss why […] Read more »