Blogs

We look at how campaigning on social issues creates super-majorities in ways that on economic issues is more difficult. And we ask what polling on voting intention this far out implies for the next general election.

We look at whether the rise of Reform UK poses an existential threat to Conservative Party and why people feel drawn to Reform in the first place.

From deploying a new AI product to more than doubling our polling volumes, 2023 has been a busy year at Focaldata.

Think tank These Islands ran a poll with Focaldata of 1,037 Scottish adults (18+). Fieldwork was conducted between 6-18 October 2023.

On 14 October, Australian voters will cast their ballots in a historic referendum, known as ‘The Voice’. We forecast a "No" result.

The Tory party has an identity crisis right now. Partly that’s because there’s confusion about their heartlands, what support they can rely on, and also which leaders have won them increased vote share in the past.

Bi_Focal returns: this time, we take a look at how the British people see their leaders - and what characteristics they're looking for, come an election

We've introduced minute-by-minute pricing to help make research budgets go further. And we've added section randomisation to complement question randomisation, further reducing ordering bias in surveys.