I covered the UK and US elections in 2024 - here are the key similarities every voter should know
1 week, 4 days ago

I covered the UK and US elections in 2024 - here are the key similarities every voter should know

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Both Labour and Democrats lost minority voters Labour in the UK and the Democrats in the US waged very different campaigns; and namely, Sir Keir’s party won the election, while Ms Harris’ lost. In fact, +13 per cent more ethnic minority voters chose Independent candidates this year, compared to a boost of just + 2 per cent among white voters. open image in gallery Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump prays during a roundtable discussion with Latino community leaders at Trump National Doral Miami resort in Miami, Florida, on October 22, 2024 In the United States, Democrats lost favour with the core Latino voter group, leading to a nearly even split between Harris-Trump support. NBC’s exit polls showed that Harris won 53 per cent of the Latino vote to Trump’s 45 per cent; a far cry from Biden’s 33-point lead among Latinos in 2020.

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What we learned from the UK’s general election that will shape politics over the coming years
6 months ago

What we learned from the UK’s general election that will shape politics over the coming years

Associated Press  

LONDON — The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a landslide victory in a general election Friday that saw the Conservative Party suffer its biggest defeat ever. Here are some things we learned: A fraying two-party system For the past 100 years, Britain’s two main political parties have garnered the vast …

Don't be fooled by Labour's big UK win: British politics is melting down
6 months ago

Don't be fooled by Labour's big UK win: British politics is melting down

Salon  

It’s too early to draw clear conclusions about the meaning of Thursday’s dramatic national election in the U.K., and still less about what lessons it might offer to America's feeble attempt to preserve democracy. But one thing is clear enough: Headlines around the world announcing that Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has won a huge victory are factually accurate yet fail …

How Labour beat the Conservatives in Britain after 14 years, by the numbers
6 months ago

How Labour beat the Conservatives in Britain after 14 years, by the numbers

Associated Press  

LONDON — Great Britain’s Labour Party has defeated the Conservatives in a historic parliamentary election for control of the nation’s government. With most votes counted, here’s a breakdown of the numbers: 412 seats Labour has won 412 seats — a 63% majority — of the 650 seats in the lower house of Parliament. 60% support for the two major political …

The 2024 general election in numbers: From history-making results to huge vote swings
6 months ago

The 2024 general election in numbers: From history-making results to huge vote swings

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Labour gained 211 seats – but just 1.6 per cent …

What we learned from the UK’s general election that will shape politics over the coming years
6 months ago

What we learned from the UK’s general election that will shape politics over the coming years

Associated Press  

LONDON — The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a landslide victory early Friday in a general election that saw the Conservative Party suffer its biggest defeat ever. Here are some things we learned: A fraying two-party system For the past 100 years, Britain’s two main political parties have garnered the …

UK Election Results 2024 | Labour Party Sweeps To Power Under Keir Starmer In Historic Win
6 months ago

UK Election Results 2024 | Labour Party Sweeps To Power Under Keir Starmer In Historic Win

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 05, 2024 16:24 IST - 7 MINS READ Keir Starmer’s Labour won a landslide victory in the UK general election after Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives imploded, a result that dramatically reshapes the political landscape while still falling short of a ringing endorsement of the party’s plan for government. UK sees major political restructuring In the campaign, Labour was …

Labour’s 1997 majority and how the 2024 general election exit poll compares
6 months ago

Labour’s 1997 majority and how the 2024 general election exit poll compares

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is set to win 410 seats …

UK elections 2024: Labour hopes for historic win as British voters go to polls
6 months ago

UK elections 2024: Labour hopes for historic win as British voters go to polls

Hindustan Times  

Britain voted Thursday in a general election that polls predict will hand the opposition Labour party a landslide win and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule. Britain's Conservative Party all-but conceded election defeat to Keir Starmer's Labour on Wednesday, a day before polling stations even opened, and warned that the opposition party was on course for a record-breaking victory. …

UK Election 2024 Highlights: ‘Labour Party set for landslide win’
6 months ago

UK Election 2024 Highlights: ‘Labour Party set for landslide win’

Hindustan Times  

An exit poll suggests the Labour Party is headed for a huge majority in Britain's election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. UK Election 2024 Live Highlights: Keir Starmer is set to become Britain's next prime minister, with Labour expected to win a large majority in the parliamentary election, according to an exit poll on Thursday. On the final day …

UK Election 2024 Highlights: ‘Labour Party set for landslide win’
6 months ago

UK Election 2024 Highlights: ‘Labour Party set for landslide win’

Hindustan Times  

An exit poll suggests the Labour Party is headed for a huge majority in Britain's election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. UK Election 2024 Live Highlights: Keir Starmer is set to become Britain's next prime minister, with Labour expected to win a large majority in the parliamentary election, according to an exit poll on Thursday. On the final day …

Pre-poll survey predicts landslide victory for Labour Party in UK polls
6 months ago

Pre-poll survey predicts landslide victory for Labour Party in UK polls

India Today  

Britain's Labour Party is set to sweep to power with a record number of seats at Thursday's national election, a forecast by polling company Survation showed on Tuesday. Survation's central scenario showed Keir Starmer's Labour winning 484 of the 650 seats in parliament, far more than the 418 won by the party's former leader Tony Blair in his famous 1997 …

Major polls predict Starmer’s Labour on course for stunning UK election win
6 months ago

Major polls predict Starmer’s Labour on course for stunning UK election win

Al Jazeera  

London, United Kingdom – Barring a major upset in the coming hours, the Keir Starmer-led Labour Party is on course to win Thursday’s general election in the United Kingdom by a record landslide, two major polls suggest. “This election will be like none we have seen before with Labour set to reverse their worst result since 1935 to potentially a …

Our new “mega-poll” gives Labour an expected majority of 280 seats
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Our new “mega-poll” gives Labour an expected majority of 280 seats

The Economist  

N ATIONWIDE OPINION polls in Britain have long made clear that the Labour Party is on track to win the overall popular vote by a thumping margin. Using these data, we built a statistical model—the “multi-level regression” of MRP —to predict voting intentions for each of 16m possible unique combinations of voters’ age group, sex, ethnicity, education level, constituency and …

YouGov: Labour predicted historic win as Tories lose key seats
7 months ago

YouGov: Labour predicted historic win as Tories lose key seats

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Labour is projected to win 422 seats across the UK in …

General election: US vote more important than Britain’s says Nigel Farage at Reform UK rally
7 months, 1 week ago

General election: US vote more important than Britain’s says Nigel Farage at Reform UK rally

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Farage said the world would be a safer place with Donald Trump back in …

UK local elections: Conservatives battered as Labour surges
1 year, 8 months ago

UK local elections: Conservatives battered as Labour surges

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party endured a drubbing from voters Friday in local elections that delivered a warning to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ’s government, and a boost to the opposition, as a national election approaches. Labour leader Keir Starmer said “we are on course for a Labour majority at the next general election.” The Conservatives acknowledged it had been …

Tories ‘set to lose 550 seats’ in worst local election performance in a generation
2 years, 8 months ago

Tories ‘set to lose 550 seats’ in worst local election performance in a generation

The Telegraph  

The Conservatives are on track to lose nearly 550 seats in the local elections in the worst performance since Sir Tony Blair led Labour in the 1990s, a survey has predicted. Labour will hold 3,500 council seats – a gain of more than 800 – whilst the Tories will retain just under 980, a fall of 548, according to the …

Tories won more working class votes than Labour amid stark generation gap at general election, poll suggests
5 years ago

Tories won more working class votes than Labour amid stark generation gap at general election, poll suggests

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But the survey also revealed a stark generation gap in party support, with 18-24 year-olds …

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