WeThink’s data are powering a new interactive tool, built by The Economist, to predict how people may vote in the next general election.

The Economist created the "build-a-voter" tool, using WeThink’s polling data, which lets people explore the voting intention of more than 900,000 demographic groups (based on eight characteristics) that make up Britain’s electorate.

For example, you can find out how a white, unemployed middle-aged man in the north-west of England may vote compared to a 24-year-old Asian woman in full-time employment in the south of England.

Have a go with the tool here: Can you build a British voter? | The Economist

Have a go with the tool here: https://www.economist.com/interactive/uk-general-election/build-a-voter

The Economist uses eight demographic characteristics (region, age, sex, ethnicity, education, employment, housing and population density) to build its voter intention database from nearly 100,000 responses recorded by WeThink since September 2023.

The tool produces two charts – the first shows how each characteristic shifts an individual’s probable vote from the national average; the second shows how this voter compares with other groups of voters, and how many Britons share the same characteristics.

James Fransham from The Economist said: “The data from WeThink were invaluable in creating this tool.”

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