EPTUK Politics Mega-thread - Page 64
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
On May 08 2015 19:14 ahswtini wrote: i wonder how they're continuing to revise their predictions, are they still "exit polling" people, or do they have some sort of information from the counts there are bbc/political/journalist people counting the votes at the counts (they probably aren't supposed to) which gives them information. | ||
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TBO
Germany1350 Posts
On May 08 2015 19:15 Zaros wrote: there are bbc/political/journalist people counting the votes at the counts (they probably aren't supposed to) which gives them information. If it is anything like in germany, there are many different voting boxes in different places of a constituency and some of those places are already finished (or finished with some of their boxes) and transmit intermediate results to the elections administration. Might be completely different in UK though. Those raw intermediate results usually are then adjusted based on past voter behaviour to create a more accurate projection (else it would swing a lot more during the counting process if you have large local disparities). | ||
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
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United Kingdom3692 Posts
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
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marvellosity
United Kingdom36161 Posts
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
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marvellosity
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KelsierSC
United Kingdom10443 Posts
I think he was dead on with liberalism being beaten by fear, an us vs them attitude from the scottish electorate and a fearful response from British voters. I voted conservative based on the economy, overall policy and to maintain continuity for the future. But I also voted them because I wanted a majority government that would be better for the united kingdom, rather than a weak labour government backed by a self serving national party. | ||
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KelsierSC
United Kingdom10443 Posts
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sixfour
England11062 Posts
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KelsierSC
United Kingdom10443 Posts
On May 08 2015 20:05 sixfour wrote: equally happy and furious with the result, scotland telling the mainstream parties to fuck off is glorious, labour making no ground whatsoever in england is great, lib dem armageddon is wonderful, at the same time the tories actually sneaking a majority kills a lot of the fun we could have had, and being part of 3.7 million voters who get 1 seat shows what a joke our system is they had a referendum on this issue, the country voted no. | ||
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
On May 08 2015 20:07 KelsierSC wrote: they had a referendum on this issue, the country voted no. It was hardly a fair referendum. We had 5 years of planning for AV+ and we swapped it out at the last minute and then didn't educate people about the voting systems. Voting systems shouldn't really be up for referendums in the first place given how poor political education is in the UK Plus there are so many other voting systems other than AV+ anyway. All we agreed on was no AV | ||
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KelsierSC
United Kingdom10443 Posts
On May 08 2015 20:08 Drazerk wrote: It was hardly a fair referendum. We had 5 years of planning for AV+ and we swapped it out at the last minute and then didn't educate people about the voting systems. Voting systems shouldn't really be up for referendums in the first place given how poor political education is in the UK how would you determine voting systems without a referendum? If it was a house of commons vote it would have been no aswell because labour and conservative are both opposed to PR | ||
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
On May 08 2015 20:11 KelsierSC wrote: how would you determine voting systems without a referendum? If it was a house of commons vote it would have been no aswell because labour and conservative are both opposed to PR Referendums aren't binding in the UK. Labour / Tories can just say no forever if they really wanted to anyway. | ||
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KelsierSC
United Kingdom10443 Posts
On May 08 2015 20:12 Drazerk wrote: Referendums aren't binding in the UK. Labour / Tories can just say no forever if they really wanted to anyway. True but going against the national interest after a referendum is very dangerous. I don't really understand how you propose the voting system should be determined without a referendum though. the people spoke pretty overwhelmingly in the last referendum and the focus for the country should now be on important national issues rather than changing a voting system | ||
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