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« on: May 07, 2015, 10:28:38 AM »
Wow, these polls really are cowardly, aren't they? Suddenly, with no explanation, huge swings in different directions so that they all end up predicting a tie. Hilarious.
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« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2015, 12:46:16 PM »
Do they still do the big swingometer, with the guy moving the thing back and forth to show the audience? Or does UKIP, SNP, etc. totally screw that up?
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« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2015, 01:27:06 PM »
« Edited: May 07, 2015, 01:37:28 PM by Lief 🐋 »
I read on reddit that if parliament is "doubly hung" and a new election is necessary, then the Tories would have a huge advantage because they're basically the only party that can afford to run two general election campaigns in a year. Is this true or were they being hyperbolic?
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« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2015, 02:30:12 PM »
In honor of today's events, I am treating myself to a traditional British dish of chicken tikka masala for lunch.
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« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2015, 03:07:52 PM »
holy sh[inks] this sky news set is insane, they have a giant wall of 150 live broadcasts of 150 constituencies
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« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2015, 03:55:49 PM »
BBC stream of questionable legality: http://streema.com/tv/BBC_World_News
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« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2015, 03:59:39 PM »
Quote from: CrabCake on May 07, 2015, 03:57:05 PM
Jeremy Vine has his weird paving stone graphics again.

Yeah, that's lame. They already did that last year. Come up with a new 3d virtual gimmick BBC!
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« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2015, 04:01:25 PM »
holy sh[inks], labour at 239, libdems at 10
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« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2015, 04:03:43 PM »
"This exit poll is, for everyone, a form of exquisite torture."
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« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2015, 04:10:29 PM »

Why? Don't you support SNP?
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« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2015, 04:20:16 PM »
YouGov's "exit poll" says: Con 284, Lab 263, LD 31, SNP 48
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« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2015, 04:21:42 PM »
Labour deputy leader doesn't sound confident at all. Jesus christ.
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« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2015, 04:38:30 PM »
Quote from: sex-negative feminist prude on May 07, 2015, 04:37:50 PM
Is there any possibility of UKIP voters claiming to have voted for the Tories in the exit poll?

Could be a shy-UKIP (or a shy-unionist in Scotland) effect in the exit poll, yeah.
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« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2015, 04:40:01 PM »
If the Lib Dems are really down to 10 and Nick Clegg is still re-elected I'm gonna be super mad. Angry
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« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2015, 04:49:19 PM »
The guy who did the exit poll says Lib Dems got about 8% nationally (like the polls said), but no incumbency advantage.
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« Reply #15 on: May 07, 2015, 04:50:32 PM »
LABOUR HOLD A SEAT
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« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2015, 04:51:33 PM »
^^holy crap the lib dems, absolute decimation (behind the Greens even!!)
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« Reply #17 on: May 07, 2015, 04:53:49 PM »
okay when are the BBC going to whip out the SWINGOMETER
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« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2015, 05:01:10 PM »
BBC now reporting that Ed Balls might have lost...
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« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2015, 05:12:28 PM »
lol, apparently the ballot boxes in Ed Balls' district haven't even been opened yet, they just arrived...
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« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2015, 05:17:11 PM »
LAB 2, CON 0.

end the election now

and Lib Dem in FIFTH PLACE again, rofl
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« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2015, 05:19:34 PM »
Lab +4, Tories -7 in Sunderland Central...
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« Reply #22 on: May 07, 2015, 05:20:12 PM »
Quote from: Torie on May 07, 2015, 05:19:14 PM
Quote from: Lief 🐋 on May 07, 2015, 05:12:28 PM
lol, apparently the ballot boxes in Ed Balls' district haven't even been opened yet, they just arrived...

I assume it's based on the exit poll. But if the UKIP vote votes Tory, he's probably done for. That is one of the things in play here - are UKIP voters voting Tory where the Tory is in the hunt, and UKIP is not, otherwise voting UKIP, draining votes from from Labour. Labour's vote in Sunderland went up because of the LD collapse, while at the same time Labour was losing votes to the UKIP, is what I strongly suspect. That is a very dangerous dynamic for Labour if that is what is going on.

Maybe, but UKIP has been doing better than predicted in the first two seats.
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« Reply #23 on: May 07, 2015, 05:22:08 PM »
These two seats seem a lot closer to the consensus before the election than they do to the exit poll, at least to my untrained eye.
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« Reply #24 on: May 07, 2015, 05:25:31 PM »
David Cameron apparently plans to go to Thanet and publicly celebrate if Farage loses?? What??
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