Local election candidates should be contactable by voters

de Quay, Edward (2025) Local election candidates should be contactable by voters. British Politics and Policy at LSE (26 Aug 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In a digital age of social media online election campaigns, one would expect it’s easy to contact political candidates. But, Edward de Quay argues, that is not the case. In the recent local elections, only a quarter of candidates offered a campaign email where they could be reached at by voters. When voters can’t seek clarification about specific issues, the democratic process is weakened.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Grantham Research Institute
Subjects:	J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2025 10:03
Last Modified:	05 Sep 2025 10:03
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129396

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