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Powered by Youth: a new direction for our manifesto tracker

Why? At Vote for Policies, our mission is to increase voter turnout.  We provide services that aim to help everyone become better informed and more involved in our democracy.  But in line with our mission, our principal focus is engaging … Read More

Pie chart showing results from the 2019 vote for policies general election survey

2019 General Election manifesto comparison survey results released

Results from our 2019 General Election ‘manifesto comparison’ survey are now available, showing data for England, Scotland, and Wales, including results from each constituency. … Read More

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How we created the Youth section on our manifesto tracker

At Vote for Policies, our mission is to increase voter turnout.  We provide services that aim to help everyone become better informed and more involved in our democracy.  Our Tracker monitors the progress of promises made by the government in … Read More

Number of respondents whose policy selections map to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 parties

One vote, one party – but how much do we agree with the party we vote for?

We crunched the numbers from the 1.1 million responses to our pre-election survey in 2019. The ‘average’ respondent bases their political decisions on around 6 issues, and selects policies from three to four different political parties. Just 1.9% of users choose policies from a single party. This article explains our approach to the analysis, and what the results mean for our democracy. … Read More

National poll from TNS reveals most popular policies

Today sees the release of new data that shows policies on Education and Health from UKIP and the Liberal Democrats are the most preferred across Great Britain. The national poll was designed by Vote for Policies and undertaken by social … Read More