Do political "tribes" still matter, or do voters pick-and-mix their political preferences?

Armando and Ailbhe Rea are joined by the legendary polling expert, John Curtice, and former Labour defector Shaun Woodward, to explore the importance of demographics in understanding voting intention and whether identity politics really does sway voters.

Guests

John Curtice is professor of politics at Strathclyde University and the resident polling expert on the BBC's coverage of general elections from 2005-2017.

Shaun Woodward is a former Labour minister who defected to the Conservatives in 1999. He now chairs the Human Dignity Trust, an international LGBT charity.

Ailbhe Rea was political correspondent at the New Statesman until 2022, and was a regular co-host of the New Statesman podcast.

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This episode was originally published in the New Statesman podcast feed on May 4, 2022.

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