Neil Higgs

Neil Higgs
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This more detailed analysis shows that direct personal interventions and a high visibility of the actual candidates themselves in their wards are likely to be more powerful as a driver to persuade people to vote than less personal communications such as those from party communication vehicles.
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A score of 70 would indicate a reasonable level of satisfaction. Anything below 50 should be considered totally unacceptable.
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An alarming 41% of those who say there are many good reasons to vote in the elections also feel that there are many good reasons why they do not feel like voting.
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There is clearly the potential for a lack of belief in the value of the local government election process: if people do not believe in it, turnout will be low.
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We need to acknowledge explicitly that we are dealing with people, even when, of necessity, we must classify people into groups for convenience.