So, to Japanese citizens living in major cities, it may feel like there are more immigrants living in the country. While this global misconception isn’t necessarily harmful, it can influence public policy decisions and become an issue that sways voters come election time. Learn More on th...
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The status quo in Australia is shifting, writes George Williams WHEN it comes to freedom of speech we are in danger of losing our sense of perspective, as ... G Williams 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Proud to Be Right In 2008, when young voters turned out for Barack Obama in record numbers,...
While he felt that many politicians were supportive of change, he knew that some feared a backlash from voters in their electorates. He needed to keep reminding them that a conscience vote was not about second guessing the safety of their electoral seats. New Zealand had a history of passing...
This might have felt like the right thing to do, but it likely had the opposite effect, and caused “no” voters to double-down on their beliefs. At times of low political trust, like the era we live in, people increasinglyfall back on“rather vague feelings about their own beliefs,...
Forecastingelection results. Murr (2016) looked at citizen forecasts in seven British General Elections between 1964 and 2010. Voters in each constituency were asked: “Who do you think will win in your constituency?” Using a wisdom-of-crowds approach, Murr forecast that a constituency would be...
The chapter on Australia finds that voters and parties are coherently located along a single dimension and that these locations are a strong predictor of vote choice. In Peru, the country's proportional electoral system has created a complex underlying political space. Using data over three ...
's clear victory over Labor at the 2004 federal election after prominent campaigning by conservative church-based groups–along with the election to the Senate of a member of the Family First party–seemed to many commentators to confirm the growing power of a 'Religious Right' in Australia. ...
The federal election sawvoters’ growing concernabout Australia’s laggardly response to climate change finally addressed, with teal independents garnering seats in Liberal heartland and record votes for Greens candidates. But what caused this seismic shift in Australia’s political landscape? And why...
There's an option for government to outlaw chicken slaughter, but Government policies are influenced by voters and by money. The people who keep alive by working for Big Poultry have more votes than the people who are selling cultivated chicken, and Big Poultry has funded a lot of campaigns....