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UK Election 2017: The World View

After polls in the UK, Europe and US, what have we learned about voter allegiances?

The UK election has produced a much closer result than expected, with the Conservative Party now seeking to form a minority government. On Newshour Extra this week, Owen Bennett Jones and his panel of experts from around the world take a step back and ask what issues voters really take into account when making their choice in democratic elections; what motivates that very personal choice; and whether old ideologies allegiances have been swept aside to be replaced by new and stronger ties fostered by a more individual brand of politics.

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50 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Jun 2017 11:06GMT

Contributors

Christopher Achen - Professor of politics at Princeton University

Roz Taylor - Editor of the Democratic Audit research group at the London School of Economics

Pierre Haski,- Veteran foreign correspondent and the co-founder of the French news site rue 89 dot com

Helen Margetts - Head of the Oxford Internet Institute and author of How Social Media Shape Collective Action

Also taking part:

Tom Clarkson - Associate Director of the聽focus group company Britain Thinks

Yoel Inbar - Psychologist at Toronto University

Broadcasts

  • Fri 9 Jun 2017 17:06GMT
  • Fri 9 Jun 2017 23:06GMT
  • Sat 10 Jun 2017 03:06GMT
  • Sat 10 Jun 2017 11:06GMT

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