UKIP giveth and UKIP taketh away: why Brexit may prove an electoral dead end for the Tories

Anders Widfeldt

Politics

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Although the Tories gained back votes from UKIP in 2017, their hard Brexit rhetoric also lost them votes to Labour. But if the party softens on Brexit to gain those back, they could once again bleed voters to a resurgent UKIP. Heinz Brandenburg and Anders Widfeldt explain the data behind this dilemma.

Period	4 Jul 2017

Media coverage

Title	UKIP giveth and UKIP taketh away: why Brexit may prove an electoral dead end for the Tories
Media name/outlet	LSE British Politics and Policy blog entry
Date	4/07/17
Producer/Author	Brandenburg, H. and Widfeldt, A.
URL	blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/ukip-and-why-brexit-may-prove-a-dead-end-for-the-tories/
Persons	Anders Widfeldt

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Keywords

2017 General Election
UKIP
Voting behaviour