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Exchanges between researchers and journalists can go beyond interviews. They can also improve how journalism serves communities.

Exchanges between researchers and journalists can go beyond interviews. They can also improve how journalism serves communities.

19 December 2024

American Press Institute

For example, take findings from the nonprofit research organization More in Common. The group is…

Exchanges between researchers and journalists can go beyond interviews. They can also improve how journalism serves communities.

Young people are betting on Confederation, but there are also many undecided people

Young people are betting on Confederation, but there are also many undecided people

13 December 2024

The votes of young Poles led to the formation of Donald Tusk's government a year ago. Today, young voters are no longer as enthusiastic about the Civic Coalition.

Young people are betting on Confederation, but there are also many undecided people
Can Donald Trump Help Reform UK Win The 'Bro Vote'?

Can Donald Trump Help Reform UK Win The 'Bro Vote'?

05 December 2024

Can Donald Trump Help Reform UK Win The 'Bro Vote'?

So far there is little evidence that Farage is having anything like the same effect as Trump. Overall youth support for Reform has not shifted since the general election, holding steady at around 11 per cent.

Support from 18- to 24-year-olds is relatively evenly split between men and women, according to More in Common, but for 25- to 34-year-olds this begins to diverge – 16 per cent of young men supporting Reform compared to just 11 per cent of young women.

“We’ve seen young men move to parties of the populist or radical right. So, I definitely don’t think it’s impossible, it just hasn’t quite happened yet,” explains More in Common director Luke Tryl.

The Perception Gap That Explains American Politics

The Perception Gap That Explains American Politics

28 November 2024

The Atlantic

According to a large survey we conducted immediately after the election, these critics are onto something. Americans…

The Perception Gap That Explains American Politics

Britain’s political consensus on climate starts to fracture

Britain’s political consensus on climate starts to fracture

24 November 2024

Britain’s political consensus on climate starts to fracture

In 2019, the House of Commons unanimously passed legislation committing the UK to a legally binding target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, an unusual display of parliamentary unity. That political consensus is now under strain. 

Polling by More in Common shows there is no constituency in Britain where concern about climate change is lower than 50 per cent of voters.