Why some people switch political parties: new research
Why some people switch political parties: new research The Conversation 13 Jul 2021, 04:40 GMT+10 Why do some people switch political parties? After all, if someone is committed enough to a particular vision of politics, wouldn't they be relatively immune to the charms of its competitors? It turns out, however, that switching parties at grassroots membership level is by no means uncommon, even giving rise in some quarters to accusations of "entryism". The massive increase in Labour's membership which accompanied Jeremy Corbyn's elevation to the leadership in 2015 was often anecdotally associa...