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The Campaign Lab Library is a growing collection of what we’ve built and learned – from AI tools and field-tested guides to research briefings and campaign resources.
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The ninth entry of our Academic Series asked a deceptively simple question: how did Labour secure one of the largest post-war majorities in 2024 while winning a historically low share of the vote for a governing party? Professor Charles Pattie walked us through the mechanics of First Past the Post (FPTP) to explain why this […]
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Test summary This report presents the findings from an A/B test of Facebook advertisements for a candidate with immigrant background in a local election campaign. The experiment tested two messaging approaches: Version 1 (no mention of immigrant background) versus Version 2 (explicit mention of immigrant background). The test aimed to determine which messaging strategy would […]
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Test Summary From March to April 2025 we worked with a civil society organisation focused on migrant empowerment on two Facebook ad campaigns aimed at mobilising and turning out migrant voters in a UK city ahead of the 1st of May local election. One of them observed the performance of a register to vote call […]
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 - What makes someone scan a QR code?
 
Selected survey responses and their location within 1km of a proposed site from the first test conducted in February 2024, a total of 66 responses were recorded out of 900 leaflets dropped. The results indicate that people living within 400 meters of a mentioned issue were much more likely to scan a QR code to […]
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 - Epetitions – UK
 
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For the latest entry in our Academic Series we welcomed Dr. Stephanie Luke, Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University, whose research focuses on how political parties adapt their strategies in the face of new challenges. Her talk, titled When Attack Strategies Backfire Dr. Luke’s research looked closely at how this competition played out in the […]
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In the latest instalment of Campaign Lab’s Academic Series, Dr Emmanuel Mahieux presented intriguing research exploring a provocative question: can we predict voters’ intentions using brainwave activity?Traditional political campaigns rely heavily on explicit measures such as polls and surveys to gauge voter intentions. However, these tools can often fall short, particularly among undecided voters who […]
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