Elections
Can the SNP win on July 4?
Author / Creator: Kirsty Hughes
Media type: Article
Date published:
Just days before Rishi Sunak’s bizarrely soggy general election call, the latest YouGov poll gave Labour a lead of 39% to just 29% for the SNP. That would decimate the SNP at Westminster and let Keir Starmer claim to speak for Britain (if not the whole UK).
A voluntary union with no exit?
Author / Creator: Kirsty Hughes
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
"The UK is a voluntary union but the Scottish parliament cannot call an independence referendum without Westminster’s approval."
Opinion polling for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election
Author / Creator: Wikipedia
Media type: Statistics
Date published: 2022
Polling and results for and of the 2021 Scottish Government election.
Political Behaviour in Scotland
Author / Creator: Ailsa Henderson
Date published: 2020
Are Scottish voters more engaged with politics since the Referendum. Do they view Scottish Parliament elections as primary or Westminster ones?
Elections and Electoral Systems
Author / Creator: James Mitchell
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
Elections have costs for voters—costs of time, getting involved, staying informed, reaching decisions, and casting a ballot.
Data Protection and Democracy
Author / Creator: Peter Ryan
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Examination of the expansion of data collection and its use as a tool for the manipulation of elections. There are recommendations which will help safeguard our democracy against unfair or malicious influence from companies or foreign states.
Our Democracy Is Not For Sale
Author / Creator: Peter Ryan
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
The UK’s electoral process has lax regulation around digital political adverts. The current fines levied risk becoming actively “costed in” to campaigns mounted by well-funded yet unscrupulous organisations.