Europe Elects is a market leader in the analysis of polls and election data in Europe. The Germany-based start-up contextualises the data for free for 120,000 followers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, and has provided analysis to Al Jazeera, Euronews, Heinrich-Boell Foundation, the University of Georgia and other major international stakeholders in the past. Moreover, Europe Elects acts as a democracy watchdog in authoritarian countries. During Europe Elects’ work, the platform breaks the national narrative and reports from a European perspective for a pan-European audience. POLITICO Europe has found in 2019 that Europe Elects is – ahead of CNN or Le Monde – the 12th most influential media in the EU Parliament.
Europe Elects is run by a non-partisan team of 44 volunteers. 100% of our income is reinvested into Europe Elects.
Our vision
A world with cross-border political understanding and global democracy that is led by a politically empowered citizenry.
Our mission
It is our mission to make big data related to polls and elections accessible for researchers, journalists, politicians, and citizens across borders to create a common understanding of global democracy.
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Mathew has been part of Europe Elects since September 2017; since 2020 he has been one of three team-coordinators. He is currently working towards his PhD in Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh. Mathew is co-editor-in-chief of Europe Elects. Moreover, he covers polls, elections and referenda in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Leon has been part of the Europe Elects team since May 2019; since 2020 he has been one of three team-coordinators. He covers polls and elections in Lithuania, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland. He also supported the coverage of Belarus and Ukraine in the past. Moreover, he is producer and audio engineer for the Europe Elects' podcast. He studies Mathematics in his Bachelor's at University of Göttingen.
Julius joined the Europe Elects team in 2018. He currently studies Politics and Communications at the University of Helsinki and writes about European Affairs for the Finnish Foreign Political magazine The Ulkopolitist. Julius is the Editor-In-Chief of Europe Elects on top of covering polls and election results in Finland.
Tobias founded Europe Elects in May 2014, and until September 2017 ran the account on his own. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Media and Communication Science with a Political Science minor at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, and Haifa University, Israel. In 2019, he obtained his Master of Arts in International Development Studies in Halifax, Canada.
José has been part of Europe Elects since September 2017. He received his Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the American University in Washington, D.C. Previously, he has worked as an intern for the Paris-based think tank Confrontations Europe and in the United States Senate
Yiorgos Kakouris joined Europe Elects in 2019, just in time for the European Parliament Elections. He studied at New York University and University College London, and worked for several years as a political reporter in Cyprus covering the reunification negotiations. He works as a Brussels correspondent for Alpha TV Cyprus and writes analysis for Politis newspaper.
Guilherme has been part of the team since April 2019. He is currently studying Political Science at the School of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP-ULisboa), having previously pursued a degree in European Studies at the Faculty of Humanities (FLUL). He runs the Instagram page of Europe Elects.
Rati has been part of the Europe Elects team since July 2018 and covers polls from Non-EU member Eastern European countries. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at Tbilisi State University. Rati’s doctoral research focuses on electoral behaviour in Georgia. He also teaches undergraduate and graduate level research methods classes at TSU. Additionally, Rati is a researcher at CRRC-Georgia.
Simone Esposito has been part of Europe Elects since September 2017. Having graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), he is now doing an internship at Confindustria, while working towards a master’s degree in European affairs at ULB in Brussels. Simone is also a former intern at the European Commission in London and at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Rafael has been part of Europe Elects since 2017. Living in Colombia, he is studying graphic design and interactive design at University of Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano. He is responsible for Europe Elects' YouTube channel and producer and audio engineer of the Europe Elects podcast. In the past, he has been covering Romania for the team.
Filip has been part of Europe Elects since September 2017. He holds an Master of Science in Electrical Engeneering and a Master of Science in Computer Science from KULeuven, and has been tracking Belgian polls for more than ten years. He has a special interest in statistics and has created an open source software to calculate seat projections. He covers polls and elections in Belgium, Iceland and Norway and creates voting and seat projections for the 2019 EU Election.
Antonio covers polls and elections in Italy for Europe Elects since late 2018. He is a student of Taranto's Technical Institute and studies Informatics and Telecommunications.
Viktor is the founder of Hungary Elects and has been part of Europe Elects team since September 2017. He studied social sciences and survey statistics at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. He is currently working for a Hungarian political polling company as a researcher.
Lukas has been part of Europe Elects since September 2017 and covers polls and elections in Germany and Austria. He is currently studying at the upper secondary vocational college of commerce at Berufliche Schule Schramberg.
Otto-Kristjan has been part of Europe Elects since December 2018 focusing on Estonia. He's currently studying Electroenergetics and Mechatronics at the Tallinn University of Technology (TUT/TalTech).
Seán has been a member of the Europe Elects team since March 2018. He is the founder of Ireland Elects and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and History from University College Dublin. He is currently based in Taipei, Taiwan. He is mainly covering polls and election results for the Republic of Ireland for Europe Elects.
Adam Lawless is currently doing his General Certificate of Secondary Education in Northamptonshire, England. He coordinates the teams running Europe Elects' partner projects Asia Elects and Oceania Elects. Moreover, he is an expert on polling and election data as well as contemporary politics and political parties in Israel.
Polychronis Karampelas covers polls and elections in Greece. Beyond that he's managing editor for the Europe Elects' podcast. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations and a MA in Global Risks, Politics and Analytics. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Political Analysis at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Teodora Yovcheva has been covering polls and elections in Bulgaria for Europe Elects since September 2019. She is PhD student in Comparative Politics. Her academic interests are political parties and party systems. Teodora is the doctoral students' representative in the board of Student Union in Sofia University and the former vice-chairman of students club of political science.
Thomas has been part of the Europe Elects team since January 2019. He graduated from the University of Southampton in 2017 with BA Hons Degree in History and is now persuing his MA in History. He has been working as a private history tutor. Thomas mainly assists with data on polls and elections in France.
Aleš has been covering polls and elections in Slovenia for Europe Elects since May 2019. He graduated from the University of Ljubljana with a degree in informatics.
Harry resides in the United Kingdom and has been doing analysis and election projections with various academic institutions since the 1989 European Election. He has a GCSE at Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion. He is an expert on electoral law and electoral history in the United Kingdom.
Linus has been part of the Europe Elects team since August 2020, covering polls and elections in Latvia. A native of Denmark, he is currently studying in Latvia.
Europe Elects wants to thank team members who helped to build the project in the past:
Alexandros Velmachos (Greece, 2017-2019)
Antons Gusevs (Latvia, 2018-2020)
Baiba Krastiņa (Latvia, 2018)
Dimitrios Malegkos (Greece, 2017-2019)
Edvinas Emarta (Lithuania, 2018-2019)
Iliya Ivanov (Bulgaria, 2018-2019)
Jani Korhonen (Western Balkans, 2018-2020)
Tin Dukanović (Croatia, 2018-2019)
Yaman H. (Slovenia, 2017-2018)