Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Why Labour should worry this election will be more like 2001 than 1997

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par Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex

What if many people just don’t bother voting in this election? The polls may suggest a landslide victory for Labour, but the party is worried about the millions of people who still say they are undecided or may think a Labour victory is so certain they don’t need to vote. A look at the history of voter turnout – and what don’t-knows and non-voters are saying – suggests the party is right to be concerned.

The black line in the chart below shows the turnout in every general election conducted in Britain since…

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