🎧 One Election or Many?

Episode summary: We have a first look at what’s happening in the election campaign by asking whether it’s really one election or many. Do national vote shares mean much any more, given all the regional variations? How is the Remain Alliance meant to work? Is this a Brexit election? And is 2015 or 2017 (or neither) a better guide to 2019? Plus we discuss the recent election in Spain and explore parallels between gridlock there and possible gridlock here. With Helen Thompson, Chris Bickerton and Mike Kenny. Talking Points: One month out from the election, what do we know? - Why do commentators still rely on polls and betting markets? - What is the appropriate unit of analysis for this election? Is it regional? National? - The rural/urban divide seems to cut across the regional effects. - But tactical voting pulls things down to a more granular level: you have to look at particular seats. Many people thought this would be a Brexit election, but it doesn’t really look like that. - The big theme seems to be spending. - The…