Chris Hanretty

'ep' Category

• May

  17

  2009

  Italian polling for EP elections (2)

  The campaign for the European parliament elections continues to lack lustre. There’s been no noticeable decline in the electoral fortunes of the PdL, despite Silvio Berlusconi’s unclear relationship with an 18-year old Neapolitan girl, although the PD continues its (very slight) uptick.

  posted in election, ep, italy, polling by Chris

• May

  07

  2009

  Italian polling for EP elections

  Last year I aggregated the polling data for the general election.
  That was fun.
  This year, I’m aggregating the polling data for the European Parliament election — the Italian part, anyway.
  This is less fun.
  As everyone knows, European Parliament elections are second-order elections. Voters use them not to vote on the issues — they don’t know about the [...]

  posted in election, ep, italy, polling by Chris