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Image from 123rf.com One of the least-developed sets of eDemocracy tools in the UK is websites which provide advice to people on how to vote. These typically ask the user to answer questions on political issues before providing a personalised response on how their views compare to the policy stances taken by different parties or... [read more]
The Voter Power Index has been created to give you an impression of just how much impact your vote might have in changing the result of today’s election. The Index is derived from a probabilistic model of election results, and using two statistical factors related to your constituency; the first is how marginal the constituency you live... [read more]
I have to say 10 years ago I wouldn’t bat an eyelid at anything related to politics. I loathed it and wouldn’t give it the time of day. But I was naive then and believe it wasn’t because I didn’t care but mostly because I didn’t understand it. Its clear now that since then, my views have changed and my interest in politics now stems from... [read more]
I watched the People’s Politician over the weekend via the BBC iPlayer and started to think about whether “Voting” was a real measure of success of whether people feel engaged or not? In the episode we saw Ann Widdecombe Conservative MP for Maidstone given a camera to do her first podcast. The question she asked was, “Do you vote? If not... [read more]
Apparently Gordon Brown, ever fearful of elections, is thinking about calling a referendum on the same day as the General Election in order to try to alter the outcome in his favour. One idea is that he might propose some radical changes to our electoral system - and hope that the Tories oppose it and therefore look out of... [read more]
I seem to very good at underestimating Tory support in by-elections. When I was canvassing in Crewe last year, I knew we were going to win, but I never got the feeling it would be by quite as much. Although I have not participated in the campaign in Norwich, I have been keeping up-to-date as a friend of mine has been actively campaigning... [read more]
Here’s a graph I put together for a presentation the other day. Covering most mature democracies, it shows the years and turnout rates of the highest (blue upward triangle) and lowest (red downward triangle) turnouts post-war. It doesn’t take a maths whiz to see that everywhere has been experiencing record lows - except the two red... [read more]
The French Fondation pour l’innovation politique has worked with the Young Europeans of the Universities of Paris to produce an excellent short video asking people to vote in the forthcoming European elections. Based on the “five friends” video that ran during the US Presidentials, the video features young people from every European... [read more]
Dean Halstead is a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and serves on the Advisory Board for the SmartBrief on Social Media. More »
John Kamensky is a Senior Fellow with the IBM Center for The Business of Government. More »
Steve Radick is a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and serves on the Advisory Board for the SmartBrief on Social Media. More »
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Talking about transparency and actually doing it are two different things. It ...