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Christopher Prosser

University of London - Royal Holloway

Egham Hill

Egham, TW20 0EX

  • University of London - Royal Holloway

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Tremors But No Youthquake: Measuring Changes in the Age and Turnout Gradients at the 2015 and 2017 British General Elections

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 06 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2021
Christopher Prosser, Edward A. Fieldhouse, Jane Green, Jonathan Mellon and Geoffrey Evans
University of London - Royal Holloway, The University of Manchester, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, West Point - Department of Systems Engineering and Nuffield College, University of Oxford
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Turnout, Survey weighting, Ecological Fallacy, British politics

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Aggregate Turnout Is Mismeasured

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2021
Jonathan Mellon, Geoffrey Evans, Edward A. Fieldhouse, Jane Green and Christopher Prosser
West Point - Department of Systems Engineering, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, The University of Manchester, Nuffield College, University of Oxford and University of London - Royal Holloway
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turnout, vep, vap, idea, aggregate, comparative politics, error, measurement, bias

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Missing Non-Voters and Misweighted Samples: Explaining the 2015 Great British Polling Miss

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2018
Jonathan Mellon and Christopher Prosser
West Point - Department of Systems Engineering and University of London - Royal Holloway
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polling miss; british election 2015; differential turnout; shy tories; late swing; don't know; representative samples; survey weighting; online polling; question ordering; survey methodology; political polling; public opinion

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Volatility, Realignment and Electoral Shocks: Brexit and the UK General Election of 2019

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 15 Jan 2021
Edward A. Fieldhouse, Geoffrey Evans, Jane Green, Jonathan Mellon and Christopher Prosser
The University of Manchester, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, West Point - Department of Systems Engineering and University of London - Royal Holloway
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realignment, Brexit, volatility, 2019 General Election, electoral shocks

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Brexit or Corbyn? Campaign and Inter-Election Vote Switching in the 2017 UK General Election

Jonathan Mellon, Geoffrey Evans, Edward Fieldhouse, Jane Green, Christopher Prosser; Brexit or Corbyn? Campaign and Inter-Election Vote Switching in the 2017 UK General Election, Parliamentary Affairs, DOI: org/10.1093/pa/gsy001
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 28 May 2018
Jonathan Mellon, Geoffrey Evans, Edward A. Fieldhouse, Jane Green and Christopher Prosser
West Point - Department of Systems Engineering, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, The University of Manchester, Nuffield College, University of Oxford and University of London - Royal Holloway
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2017 British election, british election study, vote switching, UKIP, Brexit

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Twitter and Facebook are Not Representative of the General Population: Political Attitudes and Demographics of Social Media Users

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 09 Jun 2016
Jonathan Mellon and Christopher Prosser
West Point - Department of Systems Engineering and University of London - Royal Holloway
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Mainstream Protest Voting: Did Voters Choose Brexit and Corbyn because they expected them to lose?

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2018
Jonathan Mellon and Christopher Prosser
West Point - Department of Systems Engineering and University of London - Royal Holloway
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expressive voting, British politics, expectations, EU referendum, Brexit, British Election Study

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When Attitudes and Behaviour Collide: How the Scottish Independence Referendum Cost Labour

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 28 Apr 2016
Edward A. Fieldhouse and Christopher Prosser
The University of Manchester and University of London - Royal Holloway
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referendum, realignment, social identity, Scottish National Party, Labour Party, British politics, Scottish politics

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Money, Migration and McDonalds: Globalization Attitudes and Their Political Consequences

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Jan 2023
Edward A. Fieldhouse, Christopher Prosser and Jonathan Mellon
The University of Manchester, University of London - Royal Holloway and West Point - Department of Systems Engineering
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globalization, globalization attitudes, political attitudes, populism, immigration attitudes

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Which Promises Actually Matter? Election Pledge Centrality and Promissory Representation

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 13 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2019
Jonathan Mellon, Christopher Prosser, Jordan Urban and Adam Feldman
West Point - Department of Systems Engineering, University of London - Royal Holloway, University of Cambridge and University of Warwick
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promise keeping, promissory representation, UK politics, manifestos, pledge fulfillment, brexit, EU

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Authoritarianism, Social Structure and Economic Policy Preferences

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2018
Jonathan Mellon and Christopher Prosser
West Point - Department of Systems Engineering and University of London - Royal Holloway
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authoritarianism, left right, dimensions, public opinions, british elections, elite, mass, libertarianism

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Correcting Polling Error in Over-Engaged Samples Using Representative Turnout Weighting

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 24 Jan 2016
Jonathan Mellon and Christopher Prosser
West Point - Department of Systems Engineering and University of London - Royal Holloway
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polling miss; british election 2015; representative samples; survey weighting; online polling; survey methodology; political polling; public opinion

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The Twilight of the Polls? A Review of Trends in Polling Accuracy and the Causes of Polling Misses

Prosser, C., & Mellon, J. (2018). The Twilight of the Polls? A Review of Trends in Polling Accuracy and the Causes of Polling Misses. Government and Opposition, 1-34. DOI:10.1017/gov.2018.7
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Jun 2018
Christopher Prosser and Jonathan Mellon
University of London - Royal Holloway and West Point - Department of Systems Engineering
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polling, survey error, non-probability samples, late swing, shy voters, turnout filtering, representative samples, survey weighting

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Regularized Regression Can Reintroduce Backdoor Confounding: The Case of Mass Polarization

Accepted at American Political Science Review
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 13 Sep 2022
Jonathan Mellon and Christopher Prosser
West Point - Department of Systems Engineering and University of London - Royal Holloway
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polarization, non-response bias, spurious correlation, time trend, ridge regression

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The Brexit realignment amid electoral volatility: The role of party blocs in the 2024 General Election

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 27 Jan 2025
James Griffiths, Stuart Perrett, Edward A. Fieldhouse, Christopher Prosser, Jane Green, Jonathan Mellon, Jack Bailey and Geoffrey Evans
The University of Manchester, The University of Manchester, The University of Manchester, University of London - Royal Holloway, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, West Point - Department of Systems Engineering, The University of Manchester and Nuffield College, University of Oxford
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Brexit, British Politics, Demographic Alignments, Elections, Realignments, Voting

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How Do Coronavirus Attitudes Fit into Britain's Ideological Landscape?

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 Nov 2020
Jonathan Mellon, Jack Bailey and Christopher Prosser
West Point - Department of Systems Engineering, The University of Manchester and University of London - Royal Holloway
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COVID-19, british election study, voter behaviour, liberal-authoritarianism, left-right, economic values, lockdown, party competition

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UK Aggregate Turnout is Mismeasured

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Jonathan Mellon, Jack Bailey, Geoffrey Evans, Edward A. Fieldhouse, Jane Green and Christopher Prosser
West Point - Department of Systems Engineering, The University of Manchester, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, The University of Manchester, Nuffield College, University of Oxford and University of London - Royal Holloway
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turnout, vep, vap, idea, aggregate, comparative politics, error, measurement, bias

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Spurious Time Trends Explain the Relationship between Survey Nonresponse and Mass Polarization: A Comment on Cavari and Freedman (2018)

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 14 Mar 2018
Jonathan Mellon and Christopher Prosser
West Point - Department of Systems Engineering and University of London - Royal Holloway
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Polarization, non-response bias, spurious correlation, time trend

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Constructing Continuous Household Income Measurement on the British Election Study Internet Panel

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 May 2018
Jonathan Mellon and Christopher Prosser
West Point - Department of Systems Engineering and University of London - Royal Holloway
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Who Lacks Voter Identification? The Electoral Implications of The UK Elections Bill 2021

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2023
Edward A. Fieldhouse, Ralph Scott, Christopher Prosser, Jack Bailey and Jonathan Mellon
The University of Manchester, The University of Manchester, University of London - Royal Holloway, The University of Manchester and West Point - Department of Systems Engineering
Downloads 255 (684,378)

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photo identification, turnout, voting laws, electoral administration, electoral rules