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Shard

Nov 17th 2019 4:34 am

Re: UK General Election

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Originally Posted by mikelincs (Post 12765088)

Meeting him at No 10 in private, moving to stand nest to him at the queesn speech where she had to poush through two lines of people, smiling and nodding at points he has been making in his speeches even though he has been talking abpout points that are contrary to Lib Dem policies.

Conspiracy theories.

Almost Canadian

Nov 18th 2019 4:57 am

Re: UK General Election

A summary of week 2:

dave_j

Nov 20th 2019 2:02 pm

Re: UK General Election

Can't believe we've had two days without comment.
Almost felt like I'd died and gone to heaven.. but I haven't fortunately so I thought I'd float a latest poll..
https://www.forexlive.com/news/!/uk-...on-31-20191120
"Conservatives have been in the lead and maintaining it, the latest (for the UK Tele) has Conservatives on 42% vs. Labour on 31%."
So not quite in line with poll here is it?

mikelincs

Nov 20th 2019 9:18 pm

Re: UK General Election

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Originally Posted by dave_j (Post 12766942)

I bet that was the YouGov poll that MSM seem to be using. A Poll by a Tory run and owned company asking questions only in strong Tory voting areas is likely to come up with that result,

dave_j

Nov 21st 2019 3:33 am

Re: UK General Election

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Originally Posted by mikelincs (Post 12767076)

I bet that was the YouGov poll that MSM seem to be using. A Poll by a Tory run and owned company asking questions only in strong Tory voting areas is likely to come up with that result,

Oh were that true but that well known Tory sponsored site Wikipedia suggests otherwise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinio...neral_election

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...1faf41401e.jpg

DaveLovesDee

Nov 21st 2019 4:19 am

Re: UK General Election

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Originally Posted by dave_j (Post 12767232)

Oh were that true but that well known Tory sponsored site Wikipedia suggests otherwise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinio...neral_election

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...1faf41401e.jpg

Don't worry, I made the same mistake of trusting Wikipedia instead of verifying it's source. As anyone can edit Wikipedia, it's not a reliable source unless you go into the citations to check it's veracity.

Almost Canadian

Nov 21st 2019 5:16 am

Re: UK General Election

Does anyone really care about what polls say? In other words, has anyone ever changed their choice of vote because of a poll?

Shard

Nov 21st 2019 5:19 am

Re: UK General Election

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Originally Posted by Almost Canadian (Post 12767306)

Does anyone really care about what polls say? In other words, has anyone ever changed their choice of vote because of a poll?

People vote for many different reasons. Perceived popularity is probably quite high. So to answer your question, yes people do care.

dave_j

Nov 21st 2019 6:51 am

Re: UK General Election

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Originally Posted by Shard (Post 12767309)

People vote for many different reasons. Perceived popularity is probably quite high.

Absolutely, and polls do get it wrong sometimes, and some deliberately ask skewed questions.
But it's exciting isn't it.
Can't wait to watch the results coming in live, it might even eclipse Trump news.

jimf	Nov 21st 2019 7:49 am

Re: UK General Election

I think itâ€™s going to be labour for me. The local conservative candidate is ok but not with BJ as PM.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/21/lily-...-11195740/amp/

Shard

Nov 21st 2019 7:52 am

Re: UK General Election

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimf (Post 12767449)

I think itâ€™s going to be labour for me. The local conservative candidate is ok but not with BJ as PM.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/21/lily-...-11195740/amp/

It's turning out to be a bizarre election.

BristolUK

Nov 21st 2019 9:10 am

Re: UK General Election

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Originally Posted by Almost Canadian (Post 12767306)

Does anyone really care about what polls say? In other words, has anyone ever changed their choice of vote because of a poll?

Very likely. Tactical voting likely uses it. If past elections have always been consistent a poll wouldn't be needed, unless something had happened to threaten that pattern and a poll backs up the likelihood of that change.

Or maybe you were being specific to anyone on BE. I haven't but I wouldn't rule out changing for a tactical vote. Not that I'm ever going to vote in a UK election.

Former Lancastrian

Nov 21st 2019 9:16 am

Re: UK General Election

Didn't the polls in 2016 predict that the Big Cheetoh (Trump) wouldn't be elected as President of the USA. Hell they even said he wouldn't win the Republican nomination never mind becoming President.

mikelincs

Nov 21st 2019 11:17 pm

Re: UK General Election

Quote:

Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian (Post 12767488)

Didn't the polls in 2016 predict that the Big Cheetoh (Trump) wouldn't be elected as President of the USA. Hell they even said he wouldn't win the Republican nomination never mind becoming President.

The 2017 UK election polls said Tories would win with a majority of 100+ seats..

Almost Canadian

Nov 22nd 2019 1:03 am

Re: UK General Election

Week 3:

All times are GMT -12. The time now is 10:09 am.

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