‘Britain and the European Union: Second Honeymoon or the Divorce Courts?’

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Sir Robert Worcester is the Founder of MORI (Market & Opinion Research International), London, is a past President of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), and is a former Member of the Fulbright Commission. Sir Robert holds Visiting or Honorary Professorships at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), King’s College London, the University of Kent and Warwick University.

The electoral benefits of opportunistic election timing

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This study explores the effect of opportunistic election timing on the incumbent’s electoral performance. While the existing literature on parliamentary dissolution and election timing does not directly address this question, we show that the theoretical implications which derive from it lead to contradictory predictions about the ability of incumbent governments to benefit from strategically timed elections.

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