Electoral Trends in UK and US: Hanging Times

Pollsters, politicians and voters all made terrible forecasts for how the election night would unfold

It was an election campaign dominated by pundits, media dragons and pollsters - who nearly all got it hopelessly wrong. From the wildly optimistic to the downright deluded, politicians and ordinary voters made a raft of truly terrible predictions during the election, and on the big night itself.

Historic is one of the most misused words in the politician’s lexicon, employed whenever they mean ‘significant’. Yet it is worth considering where David Cameron stands in terms of British history, now that he has pulled off one of the most extraordinary, unexpected electoral victories of modern times.

History certainly matters a great deal to Cameron himself: he is a voracious reader of it, his speeches – especially those delivered abroad – are peppered with references to it; his first-class honours degree in PPE at Oxford depended on a thorough grounding in it.

Riots and Perceptions of Electoral fraud in UK

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The shade of Supermac must be smiling down on his successor David Cameron – let’s call him Supercam

 We’re hurtling towards another hung parliament – will the parties adapt or die? Paul Mason, Guardian 

Episode 17: Avoiding the Electorate LRB

UK election: it was mediamacro wot won it mainly macro

Ed Miliband warns that NHS faces financial bombshell Guardian

Election will determine the direction of Britain’s fractured political system WaPo

2016

What The Clintons Teach Us About Brand Architecture Medium

Chris Christie Vetoes Anti-Corruption Law To Limit Wall Street Campaign Cash International Business Times

The Corruption of Bipartisanship The Atlantic

Bipartisan irritation with Reid’s plan to block trade deals Politico. With horse-trading on infrastructure and PATRIOT Act.

Corinthian Colleges Secretly Funded D.C. Think Tanks, Dark Money Election Efforts The Intercept