Tag: Catherine de Vries
The best of Democratic Audit’s 2014 coverage of elections and electoral issues
2014 saw local and European elections in the UK, as well as elections right across the world. We also saw the relentless build up to the 2015 General Election. As a result, Democratic Audit carried a great deal of research and argument on elections both at home and further afield. As part of our continuing […]
Throwing the rascals out is tricky, but not impossible
It is a commonly understood feature of democratic political systems that under-performing governments tend to be ejected by voters in favour of the most palatable alternative, but is that really the case? Catherine E. de Vries, drawing on new research, argues that voter sophistication and issue salience each play a key role, concluding that incumbent governments can expect […]
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