Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek IPP

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Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek (IPP)

• Mock elections

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Mock elections

• Why?
• Brief history
• Present situation
• Trends
• Organisation
• Press conference

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1 Why?

• Political awareness
• Participation
• The young voice
• Learning by doing
• A tradition

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2 Brief history

• National elections since 1963
• European elections since 1999
• National Referendum European Constitution in 2005
• Municipal elections in 2006

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3 Present situation

• Solid network to schools
• Educational know-how
• Technical know-how
• Partners in media
• Reputation

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• Registration 2006
• 253.789 pupils
• 481 schools
• Votes 2006
• 153.557 pupils
• Turnout 60

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4 Trends
Are the results of the school elections in any
way in line with reality?
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Trends
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Trends
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Trends
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Trends
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Trends
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2003
Pupils Parliament
CDA 14,8 (23) 28,6 (44)
PvdA 26,2 (41) 27,3 (42)
VVD 15,2 (23) 17,9 (28)
SP 8,5 (13) 6,3 ( 9)
Fortuyn 6,5 (10) 5,7 ( 8)
GroenLinks 10,6 (16) 5,1 ( 8)
D66 4,6 ( 7) 4,1 ( 6)
ChristenUnie 2,1 ( 3) 2,1 ( 3)
SGP 1,8 ( 3) 1,6 ( 2)
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2003 2006
CDA 14,8 13,0 (20) 19.705
PvdA 26,2 20,0 (32) 30.300
VVD 15,2 12,6 (19) 19.018
SP 8,5 19,3 (31) 29.263
Fortuyn 6,5 1,7 ( 2) 2.595
GroenLinks 10,6 8,3 (13) 12.601
D66 4,6 2,7 ( 4) 4.037
ChristenUnie 2,1 3,3 ( 5) 4.946
SGP 1,8 1,1 ( 1) 1.727
Partij vd Dieren 2,3 4,4 ( 6) 6.604
Groep Wilders/PVV - 10,4 (16) 15.753
EénNL - 1,2 ( 1) 1.848
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Trends

• 2005 - National Referendum
• on the European Constitution
• yes
  no
• National referendum 38,4 61,6
  

• School referendum 30,1 69,9

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4.7 Trends

• School elections signal and confirm trends (whos
  winning, whos losing)
• Students are politically more outspoken than
  their parents (focus on the left and right, less
  in the middle)
• With the right timing (evening before election
  day) high media attention is almost guaranteed

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5.1 Organisation

• Mailing to all secondary schools
• Registration online
• Teachers receive usernames/passwords (PDF)
• Internet voting
• Results at press conference

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5.2 Organisation

• Two months in advance
• Final round of recruitment
• Media partners
• Educational content to teachers
• Prepare press conference (book secretary of state)

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5.3 Organisation

• One months in advance
• Help desk for schools
• Engage and serve the media
• Fine tuning of press conference

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5.4 Organisation

• The day before election day means
• school elections!
• From 8.00 a.m. till 15.30 p.m. students
  throughout the
• country are voting in the school elections
• Media are following the activities at schools,
  items
• appear on radio/television/newspapers

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6 The press conference

• This is your media moment,
• be sure to organise it perfectly!
• Make sure students are present
• Invite politicians and member(s) of cabinet
• Invite a lot of press, especially from television
  
• Send a press release twice (the first a few days
  in advance, the second the moment the results are
  known)