UK General Election 2019 - Election Day and Results Thread

[Oryxslayer]

Boris Johnson didn't vote for himself...because he voted in at his Downing Street address.

And at this rate, that might matter!

https://twitter.com/ljayes/status/1205205524352045056

The dream is alive, boys

Don't trust rumors unless you can actually see the votes. For all we know, this could be expectation setting, Gevelt, or just wanting to pad the margin. Other threads on this forum are littered with the messages of posters who were fooled by GOP insiders and their rumors.

[Queen Isuelt]

https://twitter.com/bridiepjones/status/1205189171196911623

Looks like stopping young people from voting happens not just in America!

[cp]

Boris Johnson didn't vote for himself...because he voted in at his Downing Street address.

And at this rate, that might matter!

https://twitter.com/ljayes/status/1205205524352045056

The dream is alive, boys

Don't trust rumors unless you can actually see the votes. For all we know, this could be expectation setting, Gevelt, or just wanting to pad the margin. Other threads on this forum are littered with the messages of poster who were fooled by GOP insiders and their rumors.

Hear, hear! I'd also note that this 'source' is a Sky News Australia  - yes, *Australia* - presenter.

I wouldn't put it past the Tories to have fed her a line to spread rumours just now so they could circumvent UK election disclosure laws. In any case, ignore it all.

[DaWN]

https://twitter.com/ljayes/status/1205205524352045056

The dream is alive, boys

That has 'expectations management' written all over it

[Clyde1998]

https://twitter.com/ljayes/status/1205205524352045056

The dream is alive, boys

That has 'expectations management' written all over it

This. It probably does suggest that the result may be somewhat closer than the MRP projections were showing, which is not impossible given that they can't deal with local factors.

[Vosem]

Watching UK elections is like watching a competition show. This country basically invented the modern way we do politics in the West, so every one of their elections is historic. (even if they're embarrassing themselves with brexit and boris nowadays)

Too bad David Dimbleby isn't around anymore to open the broadcast with "this is the most exciting election in years" for the 3937th consecutive time.

Given that British elections are typically spaced 4-5 years apart, and almost never less than 2 years, wouldn't this actually be true of the vast majority of elections?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Rumours before the close of poll are generally completely baseless.

[Roblox]

Watching UK elections is like watching a competition show. This country basically invented the modern way we do politics in the West, so every one of their elections is historic. (even if they're embarrassing themselves with brexit and boris nowadays)

Too bad David Dimbleby isn't around anymore to open the broadcast with "this is the most exciting election in years" for the 3937th consecutive time.

Given that British elections are typically spaced 4-5 years apart, and almost never less than 2 years, wouldn't this actually be true of the vast majority of elections?

What if they pull an Israel and start having elections every few months now… In fact, have one for every holiday! The oven ready christmas election, the Irish border centered St. Patricks day election, the "my opponent is the most ghoulish!" halloween election….And on and on!

[Gass3268]

Nothing's better than Atlas on the day of a big election before polls close!

[Oryxslayer]

Yas, BBC is bringing the giant 'steppingstone' hexmap back.

https://twitter.com/fulelo/status/1205224259200659461

[Clyde1998]

Yas, BBC is bringing the giant 'steppingstone' hexmap back.

https://twitter.com/fulelo/status/1205224259200659461

Ugh. These hexmaps are horrible to look at. I prefer the Electoral Calculus 'equal area' map, as it holds the shape of the country together better: link

[Oryxslayer]

Yas, BBC is bringing the giant 'steppingstone' hexmap back.

https://twitter.com/fulelo/status/1205224259200659461

Ugh. These hexmaps are horrible to look at. I prefer the Electoral Calculus 'equal area' map, as it holds the shape of the country together better: link

Unfortunately we will just have to agree to disagree then.

[Helsinkian]

Hearing and reading that the weather is dreadful - hard cold wins plus constant rain - in the midlands.

Isn't the impact of bad weather on turnout grossly exaggerated?

[urutzizu]

Sky News Coverage has now started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Auq9mYxFEE

[Oryxslayer]

Hearing and reading that the weather is dreadful - hard cold wins plus constant rain - in the midlands.

Isn't the impact of bad weather on turnout grossly exaggerated?

Yes but it does have a small effect, especially when combo'ed with limited daylight and a poor baseline temperature to begin with

[Vosem]

Hearing and reading that the weather is dreadful - hard cold wins plus constant rain - in the midlands.

Isn't the impact of bad weather on turnout grossly exaggerated?

Not only that, but there's no particular reason to think it helps any particular group; I can think of plenty of 'just so' stories of inclement weather hurting Labour or the Conservatives.

[Pericles]

Perhaps the biggest drop-off in turnout will be with the Labour Leaver types who are dissatisfied with the choices on offer anyway, unclear how these people would vote, maybe some go Labour, some go Tory and some go Brexit and some go to random other parties.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Hearing and reading that the weather is dreadful - hard cold wins plus constant rain - in the midlands.

Isn't the impact of bad weather on turnout grossly exaggerated?

Yes but it does have a small effect, especially when combo'ed with limited daylight and a poor baseline temperature to begin with

Just another reason vote by mail should be worldwide.

[Matty]

So it seems like Britain suffers from the same fever dream anecdotes and rumors on day of election

[Gracile]

Boris Johnson didn't vote for himself...because he voted in at his Downing Street address.

And at this rate, that might matter!

https://twitter.com/ljayes/status/1205205524352045056

The dream is alive, boys

Sounds like expectation setting in case Johnson is kept to an underwhelming margin. If the Conservatives are indeed the largest party by a fair bit, then he should be fine.

[Clyde1998]

Yas, BBC is bringing the giant 'steppingstone' hexmap back.

https://twitter.com/fulelo/status/1205224259200659461

Ugh. These hexmaps are horrible to look at. I prefer the Electoral Calculus 'equal area' map, as it holds the shape of the country together better: link

Unfortunately we will just have to agree to disagree then.

At least you're map has constituency names on it so you can actually find constituencies quite easily.

[Oryxslayer]

Remember not to infer anything universal from the first Northeast constituencies. These hard Leave seats with a long history of Labour support have brethren demographically, some of whom are on the front lines, but they do not speak for the entire country. Seats and regions have different demographics, and they may move differently. In the past 5 years, the Northeast has done their own thing in contrast to the rest of the country. So be wary of inferring too much from Sunderland and Newcastle beyond their general neighbors in the north.

[Donerail]

Yes, yes, it's all expectation setting and the rumors are worthless — nevertheless, there is nothing better to do for the next half-hour or so. Might as well have fun with it!

I mean, Sky has John Bercow on TV, and they're making him watch a skit of his "greatest hits" with puppets. Now he's talking about memes.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

If you want to carry on with more general discussion about the UK politics during the election, please use the old thread. This one is for results and result-related discussion only.

[The Free North]

Does anyone have a BBC stream?