Wednesday 5 May 2021

Thursday 5 November 2020

American presidential elections key websites

Keep up to date using these resources 


Historic election information.

Monday 10 February 2020

Ireland elections - get some free facts from academic sources


Ireland has been to the polls over the weekend.

Official results are posted on the parliamentary website
background information on the voting process and system is provided on a citizens website

Other sources of election results both recent and historical include:

ElectionsIreland.org, produced in association with Seán Donnelly, author of various books on Irish elections


an extensive five-wave panel survey of (initially) 2663 respondents covers the Irish general elections of 2002 and 2007, as well as the local and European Parliament elections of 2004.data can be downloaded.

Women for Election - get names and facts about female candidates and campaigns to increase gender equality from this organisation

Key Political Parties
.

Newspaper coverage

Key sources with articles and polls include:


Irish Times
RTE



Academic analysis

Trinity College Dublin page from Michael Gallagher

Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses
Adrian Kavanagh, Maynooth University Department of Geography


Irish Politics Forum blog from the Political Studies Association of Ireland


























Friday 13 December 2019

Election results- useful academic research resources for international research

Look up the result in your area using the BBC

For historic data try these recommended resources

Political Data Yearbook 
Great free website based on the European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook includes election results, turnout levels and political party facts for over 30 nations most from the EU. Check dates updated.


Get an understanding of long term trends in voter behaviour using this social survey of the electorate which has been conducted since 1964. Reports and datasets can be downloaded.

 University of Michigan. Provides free access to detailed election results at the constituency level for lower house legislative elections from over 18,000 elections from 162 nations . Some raw data is accessible.

International Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
An intergovernmental organisation which supports and promotes free fair elections. Its website provides access to a number of statistical databases. They include voter turnout

Tuesday 26 November 2019

Election 2019 - TV coverage links via BoB



For those lucky enough to have access to BoB

Here are the links to recent recorded programmes.

Johnson v Corbyn: The ITV Debate, 20:00 19/11/2019, ITV London, 60 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14DBF677?bcast=130655448

The ITV Election Interviews, 22:00 19/11/2019, ITV London, 60 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14DBF902?bcast=130655718 (Accessed 26 Nov 2019)


Victoria Derbyshire, Victoria Derbyshire: Election Debate, 09:30 22/11/2019, BBC2 England, 90 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14D9F077?bcast=130735194 (Accessed 26 Nov 2019)

Question Time Leaders Special, Leaders Special, 19:00 22/11/2019, BBC1 London, 120 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E76FA3?bcast=130695917


 The Leader Interviews: Jo Swinson - Tonight, 19:30 28/11/2019, ITV London, 30 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14DFB315?bcast=130715659

The Andrew Neil Interviews, Nicola Sturgeon, 23:15 25/11/2019, BBC1 Wales, 30 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E0A31B?bcast=130749117


The Leader Interviews: Nigel Farage - Tonight, 03:00 22/11/2019, ITV London, 25 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14DC045F?bcast=130670984

Channel 4 News Climate Debate, 19:00 28/11/2019, Channel 4, 60 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E3B92B?bcast=130788844

The BBC Election Debate, Live, 19:00 29/11/2019, BBC1 London, 90 mins.
https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E0D28A?bcast=130721636 

The Leader Interviews: Tonight, 20:30 29/11/2019, ITV London
https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E48627?bcast=130721898 

The ITV Election Debate, 19:00 01/12/2019, ITV London .
https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14EB92EA?bcast=130733498 

The Andrew Neil Interviews: Jo Swinson, Jo Swinson, 19:30 04/12/2019, BBC1 London, 30 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E9C422
The Andrew Neil Interviews, Nigel Farage, 19:00 05/12/2019, BBC1 London, 30 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E9C4D4
The Prime Ministerial Debate, 20:30 06/12/2019, BBC1 London, 60 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14EC3D82

Live: Britain Decides - The Everything But Brexit Debate, 18:30 08/12/2019, Channel 4, 90 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14F0F5ED


Election Broadcasts by political parties.


Party Election Broadcast by the Conservative Party, 18:55 12/11/2019, BBC1 London, 5 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14E04A4A?bcast=130670194

Party Election Broadcast by the Scottish Labour Party, 18:55 14/11/2019, BBC1 Scotland, 5 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14DEE8A2?bcast=130648958

Party Election Broadcast by the Labour Party, 18:55 13/11/2019, BBC1 London, 5 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14DF102D?bcast=130694459


Party Election Broadcast by the Green Party, 18:55 19/11/2019, BBC1 London, 5 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14EE2C0D?bcast=130723565


Party Election Broadcast by the Brexit Party, 18:55 20/11/2019, BBC1 London, 5 mins. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14EE2D20?bcast=130723681

Party Election Broadcast by the Conservative Party, 18:55 28/11/2019, BBC1 https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/14EE8297?bcast=130724351