Outputs (23)

Local Leaflets: Constituency Issue Messaging at the 2024 General Election (2024)
Journal Article
Duggan, A., Milazzo, C., & Trumm, S. (2024). Local Leaflets: Constituency Issue Messaging at the 2024 General Election. Political Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.13476

The 2024 General Election brought about a significant change in the parliamentary balance of power. There has already been much attention devoted to the issues that dominated the national campaign. Using original leaflet data from the OpenElections p... Read More about Local Leaflets: Constituency Issue Messaging at the 2024 General Election.

Running uphill: A comparative analysis of the gender gap in campaign financing (2024)
Journal Article
Sudulich, L., Trumm, S., & Makropoulos, I. (2024). Running uphill: A comparative analysis of the gender gap in campaign financing. European Journal of Political Research, https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12741

Women are not a demographic minority, but they certainly are a minority in politics. Most legislative bodies across the world are still overwhelmingly male. Female candidates cite lack of resources as one of the main deterrents to run. Using data on... Read More about Running uphill: A comparative analysis of the gender gap in campaign financing.

Parliamentary candidates and their campaign messages at the 2019 General Election (2023)
Journal Article
Trumm, S., Milazzo, C., & Duggan, A. (2023). Parliamentary candidates and their campaign messages at the 2019 General Election. Politics, https://doi.org/10.1177/02633957231186384

The 2019 General Election brought about a significant change in the parliamentary balance of power. There has already been much attention devoted to how parties and their leaders campaigned in the run up to the polling day. Using original leaflet dat... Read More about Parliamentary candidates and their campaign messages at the 2019 General Election.

Populist attitudes among parliamentary candidates in Britain (2023)
Journal Article
Tindall, C., & Trumm, S. (2024). Populist attitudes among parliamentary candidates in Britain. British Politics, 19, 334-354. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-023-00233-2

Rising support for populist parties and candidates has become a key story of recent decades, making headlines in Western democracies and beyond. While a growing body of populism research focuses on how parties use populist messaging and which voters... Read More about Populist attitudes among parliamentary candidates in Britain.

Winning votes: the comparative importance of money and time on parliamentary candidates’ electoral performance in Estonia (2022)
Journal Article
Trumm, S. (2022). Winning votes: the comparative importance of money and time on parliamentary candidates’ electoral performance in Estonia. East European Politics, 38(3), 427-445. https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2022.2086861

The literature on post-communist democracies has traditionally suggested that expensive media-based campaigns are key to electoral success. Using data from the 2011, 2015, and 2019 Estonian Candidate Study, this article provides an up-to-date evaluat... Read More about Winning votes: the comparative importance of money and time on parliamentary candidates’ electoral performance in Estonia.

Parliamentary Representation: Should MPs Prioritise Their Own Views or Those of Their Voters? (2021)
Journal Article
Trumm, S., & Barclay, A. (2023). Parliamentary Representation: Should MPs Prioritise Their Own Views or Those of Their Voters?. Political Studies, 71(4), 1151-1170. https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217211061512

The 2016 European Union referendum revealed fundamental divisions in British politics and society more broadly. It also raised key questions around representation and the role of Members of Parliament. Should they follow their own judgement or their... Read More about Parliamentary Representation: Should MPs Prioritise Their Own Views or Those of Their Voters?.

A longitudinal study of online campaigning in the most digitally advanced society in the world (2021)
Journal Article
Trumm, S., & Sudulich, L. (2022). A longitudinal study of online campaigning in the most digitally advanced society in the world. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 32(4), 960-979. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2021.2009484

The internet has become a key battleground for political parties and candidates running for office. Using data from three consecutive parliamentary elections in Estonia, spanning across the last decade, we map the extent to which candidates make use... Read More about A longitudinal study of online campaigning in the most digitally advanced society in the world.

'The personal touch': Campaign personalisation in Britain (2021)
Journal Article
Townsley, J., Trumm, S., & Milazzo, C. (2022). 'The personal touch': Campaign personalisation in Britain. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 24(4), 702–722. https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481211044646

Parliamentary candidates face choices about the extent to which they personalise their election campaigns. They must strike a balance between promoting their party's message and their own personal appeal, and they must decide how much effort to inves... Read More about 'The personal touch': Campaign personalisation in Britain.

Who Votes by Post? Understanding the Drivers of Postal Voting in the 2019 British General Election (2021)
Journal Article
Townsley, J., Turnbull-Dugarte, S. J., Trumm, S., & Milazzo, C. (2023). Who Votes by Post? Understanding the Drivers of Postal Voting in the 2019 British General Election. Parliamentary Affairs, 76(1), 43-61. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsab049

While most voters in democratic countries still cast their ballot on election day, the proportion of the electorate which opts for postal voting has been steadily, and often dramatically, increasing. This transformation in electoral politics, however... Read More about Who Votes by Post? Understanding the Drivers of Postal Voting in the 2019 British General Election.

Online versus offline: Exploring the link between how candidates campaign and how voters cast their ballot (2021)
Journal Article
Trumm, S. (2022). Online versus offline: Exploring the link between how candidates campaign and how voters cast their ballot. European Journal of Political Research, 61(2), 485-502. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12453

Internet is playing an increasingly important role in shaping citizens’ political experience. We turn to it to consume political news and, in some countries, to even cast our ballots at parliamentary elections. Leading the way in embracing Internet v... Read More about Online versus offline: Exploring the link between how candidates campaign and how voters cast their ballot.