📰 On the front page of The Yorkshire Post today:

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 More people can name their mayor than can name their local MP, according to Centre for Cities poll with Focaldata

Places having visible and accountable leaders is 👍

Read up on the findings here 📊
centreforcities.org/press/metro-ma…

Our latest opinion poll by Focaldata is covered by Mikey Smith of the The Mirror

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Here at Focaldata we examined the polling behind public attitudes towards Shamima Begum. There's no other public attitude question that produces such a comprehensive centre-right view: 86% agree with her losing her citizenship, and only 5% don't. focaldata.com/blog/bi-focal-…

Biden might be behind Trump for now – but he could still clinch victory in November.

Read James Kanagasooriam’s exclusive polling report: 👇unherd.com/2024/02/how-bi…

Fancing being the next John Burn-Murdoch? Apply here for a data journalist role Focaldata. Will be an incredibly exciting political year - and huge scope for creating great stories and data visualisations. focaldata.teamtailor.com/jobs/3595250-d…

NEW: we often talk about an age divide in politics, with young people much less conservative than the old.

But this is much more a British phenomenon than a global one.

40% of young Americans voted Trump in 2020. But only 10% of UK under-30s support the Conservatives. Why?

Trump might be edging ahead of Biden, but the polls aren't all they seem.

New data from James Kanagasooriam reveals how Biden can win: 👇unherd.com/2024/02/how-bi…

Reform deep dive Focaldata James Kanagasooriam >>

— Reform poll numbers likely slightly overstated
— but that’s cancelled out by their continuing rise
— Reform pose a ‘great’ challenge to Tories, past, present and future voters
— but prob not Canada 93 level

focaldata.com/blog/bi-focal-…

Load of gold in today's James Kanagasooriam/Focaldata newsletter.

- On left, why Reform is a headache for Sunak (∼x10 more likely to have voted Tory than Lab in 2019).

- On right, danger of using immigration to get Reform voters back - turns off those who've switched to Labour.

“There is very strong evidence that young people sit much further to the left on issues like how they would imagine the size of the state, what they expect from public services, and the rate of tax they expect to pay,” says James Kanagasooriam of Focaldata at our event this am.