Why the electoral system matters – Holyrood election 2026
The outcome of any democratic election depends on how voters cast their ballot, yet the electoral system shapes the result...
Read moreDetailsJohn Curtice is Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University, and Senior Research Fellow, Scottish Centre for Social Research and the ESRC’s ‘The UK in a Changing Europe’ initiative. He has written extensively about voting behaviour in elections and referendums in the UK, as well as on British and Scottish political and social attitudes more generally. He is also Chief Commentator at whatscotlandthinks.org which provides a comprehensive collection of materials on public attitudes towards how Scotland should be governed.
The outcome of any democratic election depends on how voters cast their ballot, yet the electoral system shapes the result...
Read moreDetailsThe public mood towards this election has darkened further. The circumstances this time for such are very different from 2019
Read moreDetailsLabour and the SNP are now engaged in their toughest tussle since the 2014 independence referendum. That is the key...
Read moreDetailsElectoral expert Professor Sir John Curtice fixes his gaze on the travails of the SNP and analyses the party’s exposure...
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