‘Politics rife in voting strategy’

THERE could be a link between politics and voting in the Eurovision Song Contests, according to academics.

‘Politics rife in voting strategy’
Sat, 21 May, 2005 - 01:00
Chris Court

The first evidence to suggest a link was found by psychologists at the University of Exeter and the University of Amsterdam.

Professor Alex Haslam and Dr Bertjan Doosje looked at patterns of voting in the contest between 1991 and 1996, before phone voting was allowed.

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