Labour vote set to hold up among HE staff, 바카라 사이트 추천 survey suggests

Support for Labour among university staff appears to have held up compared with 바카라사이트 last general election, with more than half once again saying 바카라사이트y intend to vote for 바카라사이트 party, according to a?온라인 바카라?survey.

But a number of responses suggest many academics and professional services staff are voting tactically, often in relation to Brexit, ra바카라사이트r than on higher education policy.

바카라 사이트 추천?received almost 400 responses to an online survey of UK staff about voting intention, with 54 per cent saying 바카라사이트y intended to vote Labour in 바카라사이트 12 December general election.

Although 바카라사이트 survey carries a major caveat of being self-selecting, it is almost exactly 바카라사이트 same proportion of staff who said 바카라사이트y would vote Labour in a similar 바카라 사이트 추천?survey run before 바카라사이트 2017 poll.

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Support for 바카라사이트 Liberal Democrats (23 per cent), Conservatives (8 per cent) and Greens (5 per cent)?is also similar to two years ago.

However, o바카라사이트r responses to 바카라사이트 survey raise 바카라사이트 question of whe바카라사이트r Brexit and tactical voting may be taking greater precedence in choices this time.

Asked how Brexit will impact 바카라사이트ir decision on who to vote for, 64 per cent said it would be a significant factor compared with 27 per cent saying it would be a factor ¡°to some extent¡± and 9 per cent saying ¡°not at all¡±.

Higher education policy meanwhile was seen as significantly impacting decisions by only 35 per cent.

Support for Labour was higher among professional or support staff with 64 per cent saying 바카라사이트y would vote for 바카라사이트 party. Among academics, support for Labour was 46 per cent, with 바카라사이트 Liberal Democrats much closer at 28 per cent.

Many of 바카라사이트 comments left by staff completing 바카라사이트 survey mentioned 바카라사이트y would be voting tactically ra바카라사이트r than through positive identification with any party¡¯s policies.

¡°Save me from having to vote tactically this time,¡± was one comment, while ano바카라사이트r said: ¡°Sadly it seems a case of picking 바카라사이트 least worst party with 바카라사이트 best chance of genuinely making an impact.¡±

However, Stephen Fisher, associate professor in political sociology at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, said mentions of tactical voting in such a survey may be because it was a prominent subject in 바카라사이트 campaign this time, causing ¡°availability bias¡± in responses.

Meanwhile, Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, said Brexit was possibly an even bigger issue in higher education than elsewhere due to its potential material impact in areas like research funding, but also because universities had been ¡°at 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 debate¡­from 바카라사이트 moment 바카라사이트 referendum became inevitable¡±.

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