Rob Johns
@robjohns75
Some public opinion
Meaningless correlations, p-hacking, vast swathes of marginally incremental research -- I mean, for those of us in political behaviour this dystopian world is frankly hard to conceive of. www.ft.com/content/52e6...
I thought Keir Starmer might need some cheering up and so here's a graph which shows his personal popularity above a regression line. Main message: while he may have the record for the lowest approval ratings ever, that's got a fair bit to do with the unpopularity of his party.
Life’s pretty good (even when working) at @essexsummerschool.bsky.social. If you’re not here this year, see you next year for the 60th anniversary edition.
With the winner seemingly in little doubt, the betting interest in Makerfield lies elsewhere.
No such thing as the graveyard slot at @epssnet.bsky.social -- relentlessly high quality from start to finish -- so do come along to our panel at 3.20 on Saturday. It's all about attitudes to minority groups. (Well, our paper isn't really, but it is pivotal to the survival of liberal democracy.)
Can't see data like those without also remembering this YouGov poll from way back in 2019.
Reminds me of modelling turnout using internet samples after the indyref.
“Can you pinpoint the moment that you realised that civilisation was utterly irretrievable?”
I suppose one option for those beleaguered city executives might be to pay their graduate entrants a bit more.
This Olé House sounds even better (if such can be imagined) than the original.
Anyone else on here ever felt a sense of despondency, even despair, at the values and priorities of 52% of fellow citizens?
Hard for us to imagine what this must feel like, eh, @danjdevine.bsky.social?