Add to ORKGWhen people are deciding how to vote in a referendum, do they take their cue from party loyalty or by listening to the debate and making up their own minds? When Céline Colombo (University of Zurich) and Hanspeter Kriesi (European University Institute) analysed two Swiss referendums, they found that voters do pay attention to the arguments. But during the referendum campaigns they came ..
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The offer of 'a second referendum' is too vague to elicit a useful response, writes Jennifer Hornsby...
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Should there be a second referendum on EU membership? For obvious reasons, it is Remainers who are l...
Two decades have passed since there was last a serious consideration of how the UK uses referendums....
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Before and during its party conference the Labour Party may have encouraged confusion on the questio...
Depending on their design, referendums can be bad for democracy, writes Joseph Lacey. He argues that...
Javier Rivas and James Rockey explain how voters’ desire to boo for candidates they dislike, rather ...
Do governments call referendums on EU matters because contextual circumstances make them ‘politicall...
A number of things were wrong with the 2016 referendum, including the disenfranchisement of key stak...
Prior to the Brexit referendum in 2016, many observers expected that floating voters would swing tow...
In Government by Referendum, Matt Qvortrup makes the case that rather than pose a challenge to democ...
Vote-buying is generally seen as detrimental for democracies. However, the efficacy of such bribes h...
German voters will go to the polls on 24 September for federal elections. But what do the country’s ...
The offer of 'a second referendum' is too vague to elicit a useful response, writes Jennifer Hornsby...
In an extract from his new book, Democracy and Its Crisis, AC Grayling (New College of the Humanitie...
Should there be a second referendum on EU membership? For obvious reasons, it is Remainers who are l...
Two decades have passed since there was last a serious consideration of how the UK uses referendums....
On 27 September, Switzerland will hold referendums on five different topics. Sean Mueller presents a...
Do voters become more populist if no party represents their views? Bruno Castanho Silva and Christop...
Before and during its party conference the Labour Party may have encouraged confusion on the questio...
Depending on their design, referendums can be bad for democracy, writes Joseph Lacey. He argues that...
Javier Rivas and James Rockey explain how voters’ desire to boo for candidates they dislike, rather ...
Do governments call referendums on EU matters because contextual circumstances make them ‘politicall...
A number of things were wrong with the 2016 referendum, including the disenfranchisement of key stak...
Prior to the Brexit referendum in 2016, many observers expected that floating voters would swing tow...
In Government by Referendum, Matt Qvortrup makes the case that rather than pose a challenge to democ...
Vote-buying is generally seen as detrimental for democracies. However, the efficacy of such bribes h...
German voters will go to the polls on 24 September for federal elections. But what do the country’s ...