The liberal democrat campaign

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 87-100

  Russell, Andrew ^a  

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EID: 27144534493     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsi067     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. N. Assinder, 'What now for Kennedy?', BBC News Website, 6.5.05 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4508949.stm).
2. D. Denver, 'The Liberal Democrat Campaign' in P. Norris (ed.), Britain Votes 2001, Oxford University Press, 2001.
3. YouGov's Daily Telegraph Election Trends polls had the Liberal Democrats leading on council tax and the environment throughout the campaign (http://www.yougov.com/archives/pdf/ TEL050101014_3.pdf.), while the Sky News Election Day poll also run by YouGov found that Liberal Democrats were the most popular response for which party ran the best campaign (http:// www.yougov.com/archives/pdf/RMW050101017_1.pdf).
4. This index simply subtracts the percentage of those respondents who said the leader was performing 'the worst' of all three main party leaders during the campaign from those saying they were performing 'best'.
5. Again this index is constructed by subtracting the percentage of those who feel the party was performing 'worst' of all three main parties during the campaign from the percentage of those who felt the party was performing 'best'.
6. According to the Party's campaign team.
7. This and other quotations from Lord Rennard were drawn from an interview with the author conducted in May 2005.
8. A. Russell and E. Fieldhouse, Neither Left Nor Right? The Liberal Democrats and the Electorate, Manchester University Press, 2005.
9. P. Ashdown, The Ashdown Diaries: 1988-1997 Vol. 1, Allen Lane, 2000, 1997-1999 Vol. 2, Allen Lane, 2001.
10. D. Laws and P. Marshall (eds), The Orange Book: Reclaiming Liberalism, Profile, 2004.
11. See for example, 'Vote for Lib Dems will not let in Tories', Independent, 30.4.05 ,
12. which quoted John Curtice: 'Labour would need to lose around one in four of its voters before its majority would be threatened, not just one in 10.'