Few pundits would have thought a year ago, that the German Social Democratic Party will become the biggest party again and that the next chancellor succeeding Angela Merkel would be from its ranks. During the last French elections, the entire political party system collapsed, and an outsider, Emmanuel Macron, became
When the media covers surveys, they are often focused on the so-called horse race. In a parliamentary system, they would for example ask what we call the “Sunday question”: If the election were this Sunday, what party would win? The way we use surveys in election campaigns is not to
My TEDx talk on how to win election campaigns in a changing environment has reached more than 100’000 views on YouTube.In the talk, I argue that it takes the four "M"s to win high-profile election: message, media, money and make no mistakes:Message: A good message is more than a slogan,
Build Back Better will not become law. At least not for the moment. Joe Manchin, arguably the most influential Democrat right now, finally made up his mind and pulled the trigger.There were some harsh reactions to Joe Manchin’s decision not to support the bill. People on the left and on