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Europe Elects
Formation2014 (2014)
FounderTobias Gerhard Schminke
TypeWebsite
PurposePoll aggregation and analysis
HeadquartersOberroßbach, Germany
Region served
Europe
Official language
English
Websiteeuropeelects.eu

Europe Elects is a poll aggregator and think tank that collects and publishes election-related data such as opinion polls in European countries. In the past, it has been compared to Nate Silver's website FiveThirtyEight.[1]

Genesis and history

Europe Elects was founded in 2014 as a Twitter account. The project quickly rose to prominence as it was the first account that gathered European polling and election data in one spot. In 2017, founder Tobias Gerhard Schminke recruited a team that ran the social media account with him. From there the operations expanded to other social media platforms and formalized into a start-up.[2]

Format

The organization publishes polls done by polling companies in all European countries and its subdivisions in order to show both the level of support for national parties as well as for the European Union in each country. Europe Elects uses standardized labels and colours for national parties presented in polls. The publications regularly point out the affiliation of national parties with their respective European Parliament groups, which has been adopted by other media outlets over time.[3] Furthermore, overviews of the positions of the single parties and candidates are being provided.[4]

Europe Elects publishes on the basis of the collected data a European projection for the European Parliament on a regular basis and shows how the results as if there were elections on that day. At the 2019 European Parliament election Europe Elects had the most precise forecast for the European Parliament.[5]

Spread and perception

Results published by the organization are frequently cited on Euronews, and it is considered a major media source concerning the European Parliament.[6][7] Europe Elects is quoted frequently in both European[8][9][10][11] and worldwide publications,[12][13][14][15] is represented in the Centre for European Policy Studies[16] and is a constant source for journalism concerning European politics.[17][18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tobias Gerhard Schminke: Von treffpunkteuropa.de zu Europe Elects". Mar 4, 2020. Retrieved Mar 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Tobias Gerhard Schminke: Von treffpunkteuropa.de zu Europe Elects". Mar 4, 2020. Retrieved Mar 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "Tobias Gerhard Schminke: Von treffpunkteuropa.de zu Europe Elects". Mar 4, 2020. Retrieved Mar 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "National Politics Archives - Europe Elects". Retrieved Jan 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "Europe Elects with most accurate projection for the 2019 EU election". Aug 9, 2019. Retrieved Jan 9, 2020.
  6. ^ O'Malley, James; Randerson, James (March 7, 2019). "The Brussels Twitter bubble — an illustrated guide". Politico Europe. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  7. ^ "Europa United Eurochat podcast episode 9 – Interview with Tobias Gerhard Schminke from Europe Elects". Europa United (Communicating Europe – Europa United working in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland.). September 6, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "Spain - Last Spanish polls before election suggest gridlock could continue". Euronews. November 4, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  9. ^ Ehrich, Issio (November 9, 2018). "Kampf um das EU-Parlament - In Europa gibt es keinen grünen Höhenflug". n-tv. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  10. ^ Dall'Orto, Bartolo (January 11, 2019). "Elezioni europee, la Lega primo partito d'Europa - Secondo le proiezioni di Europe Elects sulle elezioni europee, la Lega avrebbe il maggior numero di deputati all'Europarlamento". Il Giornale. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  11. ^ Nilsson, Lennart (March 19, 2019). "EU-valet 2019: Snabba svar på de 7 vanligaste frågorna". Expressen. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  12. ^ McGee, Luke (February 9, 2019). "On Brexit, the EU isn't strong enough to be weak right now". CNN. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  13. ^ Bershidsky, Leonid (December 30, 2018). "Europe's Left Nearly Died in 2018. Here's How It Can Rise. - Despite shrinking support, traditional leftist parties still have an important cause to fight for. The tools to win are hiding in plain sight". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  14. ^ Smith, Alexander (October 26, 2019). "Brexit: Europeans in Brussels say Britain must make a decision on E.U. divorce - "Either they want to stay or they want to leave, which is it?" said one person in Brussels this week". NBC News. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  15. ^ "Grad student helms influential Europe Elects site". Saint Mary's University (Halifax). July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  16. ^ "Tobias Gerhard Schminke, Founder, Europe Elects". Centre for European Policy Studies. February 21, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  17. ^ "Useful data - Europe Elects". EDJNet - The European Data Journalism Network. November 14, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  18. ^ https://anchor.fm/europaunitedeurochat/episodes/Europa-United-Eurochat-podcast-episode-17---Irish-General-Election-2020-special-eai934
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