Anstead, Nick  ORCID: 0000-0002-1090-5271 
  
(2024)
Debates like this don't change voters' minds.
    British Politics and Policy at LSE
   
(05 Jun 2024).
    
     Blog Entry.
ORCID: 0000-0002-1090-5271 
  
(2024)
Debates like this don't change voters' minds.
    British Politics and Policy at LSE
   
(05 Jun 2024).
    
     Blog Entry.
    
  
  
  
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Abstract
In the aftermath of televised debates like the one between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, the question often asked is “who won?” Snap polling seems to provide a mixed picture, but in the absence of a catastrophic performance by either leader, TV debates don’t have the capacity to change voters’ minds, argues Nick Anstead. They merely reflect the political circumstances in which they take place.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Blog Entry) | 
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| Official URL: | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/ | 
| Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s) | 
| Divisions: | Media and Communications | 
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics | 
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2024 12:09 | 
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2025 14:06 | 
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/124187 | 
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