In partnership with American Conservation Coalition Action, a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to mobilizing the conservative environmental movement, Stack Data Strategy asked a series of environmental and economic questions relating to the election in a recent national poll of nearly 5,000 voters across the United States.

The "grey belt" is one of the most effective pieces of policy communication we've seen - read on to find out why...

With German Federal Elections planned for 2025, the country is gearing up for a busy election year. In September, voters in three of Germany’s eastern regions will kick off with three highly contested State elections in Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia. This note provides a brief overview of the current shape of these three State elections and their potential consequences.

We reveal the stat which captures the challenge facing the new Labour government as they embark on a much-needed rethink of planning rules.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off in their first debate as their parties' nominees on Thursday, June 27th, an unusually early date for a presidential debate.

We analyse how Trump’s recent conviction might affect voter behaviour in key states…

Stack’s Managing Director Kieran Kumaria, featured in React News’ Expert Reaction, on what the local elections might mean for planning

Joe Biden would beat Donald Trump by 287 electoral college votes to 251 if a presidential election were held today, thanks to razor sharp wins in key battleground states. Biden is also still on course to win the popular vote by 49.6% to 46.7%.

Everyone involved in planning has seen this movie before. On the one hand, a motivated minority of local residents who perceive that they stand to lose from the proposed development. On the other, councillors who want to be responsive to their electorate but never hear from the majority of it.

Engaging on the ground with local communities will always be essential. What our data does is provide a reliable guide to representative opinion in a local area, so that the process is not (as it very often is currently) captured by a vocal minority with the time, inclination and (sometimes) resources to engage in the planning process.

In early June 2024, Europeans will head to the polls to elect a new Parliament. Rumours about a ‘Europe moving right’ are everywhere, but how credible is this scenario?

The “Grey Belt” is an effective communication device for increasing support for development, Stack analysis reveals.

Following the ‘Brexit election’ of 2019, politicians and the media have talked about ‘culture wars’; charged debates on non-economic issues from Brexit to transgender rights. But how much do these social issues really matter to the public? And do events like Brexit herald the start of a new politics or are they a flash in the pan?

A month from today, over 200 million Indonesians will be eligible to vote for their next president. The crucial question in these elections in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation? Who will succeed popular president Joko Widodo?

More people will vote in 2024 than in any previous year in human history. With so many hotly contested electoral races, this note provides a short look ahead at three major elections in 2024: the US presidential election, the UK general election, and the European Parliament election.

New polling from Stack Data Strategy shows that a majority of British adults support foreign investment into British companies, but that support is not unequivocal. 51% agree that if a British company needs investment to expand, stay competitive or survive, foreign investment should be prioritised if it guarantees their future and saves jobs.

Young and African-American voters are less likely to support Joe Biden than in 2020. Why is this? We have a couple of theories.

Approximately a year before the 2024 US presidential election, Stack published its first set of MRP model estimates for the race. As the largest poll (n=15,205) and the only MRP at this point in the cycle, the results provide an early view of the state of the race before the start of the primaries.

Donald Trump would beat Joe Biden in the electoral college by 292 votes to 246 if a presidential election were held today. Biden is still on course to win the popular vote by 49% to 48%.

Working with Black Sands Communications, we polled over 30,000 people in 15 countries to examine public attitudes to the fight against climate change and how it should be funded and organised. Explore the results in our interactive dashboard here