Current Affairs The General Election

[summerisle]

Bonfire night would be an appropriate day to hold the general election.

 

[Khalekan]

Labour for me.

Though if I lived in marginal Tory/LibDem constituency I would vote LibDem.

 

[flibbyflob]

Don't think my vote matters living in a safe tory seat.

 

[zzr45]

Swear to god these pollsters only talk to angry old people.

 

[I Miss Chang]

Swear to god these pollsters only talk to angry old people.

They are the only people who still own telephones.

 

[orchard]

They are the only people who still own telephones.

Is that how they do it - residential calls during the week?

 

[I Miss Chang]

Is that how they do it - residential calls during the week?

I think it still is, for the most part. Yougov and some others try to be more online, though that poses challenges of its own. They know they have a problem, but they don't really what to do about it just yet.

There was a really thought-provoking article a while back on how polling has shaped and to some extent distorted electoral politics. Not a short read, admittedly, but very worthwhile: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/16/politics-and-the-new-machine

 

[orchard]

I think it still is, for the most part. Yougov and some others try to be more online, though that poses challenges of its own. They know they have a problem, but they don't really what to do about it just yet.

There was a really thought-provoking article a while back on how polling has shaped and to some extent distorted electoral politics. Not a short read, admittedly, but very worthwhile: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/16/politics-and-the-new-machine

Cheers

 

[Blue 1]

I live in one of the largest Tory majorities in the country, which also voted Leave. It was LibDem from 97-2015. Their vote evaporated when the sitting MP at the time retired. They're about level with Labour now.

Supposed to be a secret ballot, but Labour, FWIW.

 

[degsy]

Bonfire night would be an appropriate day to hold the general election.

Nov 5th is a Tuesday. Elections are held on Thursdays

 

[degsy]

In seats with big majorities where the usual party always gets elected it wont matter too much who you vote for

 

[orchard]

I'd like the current opposing parties to continue their temporary alliance and get the electoral laws tightened up first.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

I voted SF in the poll but this is an election I would happily vote for any party that unseats a Brexiteer.

 

[davek]

Bonfire night would be an appropriate day to hold the general election.

TBH, I think, regardless of the date called, Farage's lot will get well into double digits. There are plenty of people angry about wanting a clean break with the EU and wont:

A/ see the Tory's as having a strong enough message
B/ see Johnson and his gang as anyone they can relate to and vote for (or expect to deliver on the spending bribes they're now promising)

I'm more and more convinced the Tory's will be almost neck and neck with the Brexit Party in terms of % of the vote this time around. That EU election performance in the summer isn't going to be an aberration.

 

[LEONARD]

I'll be voting Green.

UK politics are in a complete mess.