Local participation and not unemployment explains the M5S result in the South
The abundance of economic data and the scarcity of social data with a comparable level of granularity is a problem for the quantitative analysis of social ph...
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2018 Italian general election: Details on my simulation
This simulation of the results for the 2018 general election is based on the results from the last two national elections (the Italian parliament election in...
Quick analysis of the Italian referendum results
The 2016 Italian referendum torpedoed the constitutional reform presented by the government presided by Matteo Renzi (41). According to the final count, whic...
Cosa possiamo imparare dal M5S
Leggo e rispondo al post di Massimo Mantellini (Il M5S, il wifi e il principio di precauzione) in cui si evidenzia con preoccupazione come il Movimento abbia...
Road to Rome: The organisational and political success of the M5S
The Five Star Movement (M5S) obtained two major victories in the second round of municipal elections on 19 June 2016 in Rome and Turin. Rome attracted the mo...