O/T - general election 2019

[wendun]

Silly, it's raining so I expect roly to come on tomorrow and tell us that he didn't vote after all. I think he said the reason he missed voting in the Brexit referendum was he was binge watching House of Cards.

[rolymiller]

I take no offence from people who don’t know what they are voting for lol

Seriously I get why remainers vote for labour I do but even if you hate torys if you voted for brexit and still vote labour like roly has doesn’t that prove to labour front benches that the mass majority of brexit supporters haven’t a foggyest on what they are voting for.

Wrong again Silly I didn't vote for Brexit. i had the sense to know it was a stupidly framed question in the first place not worthy of an answer thanks to that doll's heeard Cameron.

And wrong again Monty I wasn't watching the house of cards.

You 2 must really swat up upon your rolymiller. I will test you in the morning...

[Silly-miller]

I was curious on what a exit poll was, my original thought was they interview a group of people coming out from half the polling stations across the U.K.

This is the truth

Exit polls are different to other polls during the campaign because they are carried out after people have voted. For the Sky News/BBC/ITV poll on Thursday, Ipsos Mori will carry out tens of thousands of interviews with voters leaving 144 polling stations (out of around 50,000), with locations carefully chosen to form a representative sample of the wider population.


Wow just wow 144 polling stations out of 50,000 and they wonder why it’s not as accurate as the french exit polls

[animallittle3]

He’s a political activist. What do you expect.

Saying that, he is true to his beliefs.

I’d wager a few quid, the MM Barnsley contingent would be True Blue Tories if they had a few quid in the bank.

I'd pour petrol over myself and set myself on fire before voting tory in a GE just to put the record straight .

[CASPER-64-FRANK]

I was curious on what a exit poll was, my original thought was they interview a group of people coming out from half the polling stations across the U.K.

This is the truth

Exit polls are different to other polls during the campaign because they are carried out after people have voted. For the Sky News/BBC/ITV poll on Thursday, Ipsos Mori will carry out tens of thousands of interviews with voters leaving 144 polling stations (out of around 50,000), with locations carefully chosen to form a representative sample of the wider population.


Wow just wow 144 polling stations out of 50,000 and they wonder why it’s not as accurate as the french exit polls

I’ve been listening to exit polls for decades. Some they get right, some they get wrong.
In 2010 wrong and we ended up with a Coalition.
2015 wrong, they didn’t predict a Cameron majority.
2017 correct with Theresa May not getting a majority.

I go to bed after the exit poll.

[rolymiller]

Hopefully they would be principled enough not to howdy. If Iinherited a million quid I still wunt vote Tory. But I know where you are coming from the Tories do look after the wealthy and if you have no conscience it makes sense to vote Tory if you have a wad of cash I agree. For those who don't they are shooting themselves in the foot

[rolymiller]

And before you ask no I am never gonna inherit a million quid so the dilemma would not arise.

[Silly-miller]

I’ve been listening to exit polls for decades. Some they get right, some they get wrong.
In 2010 wrong and we ended up with a Coalition.
2015 wrong, they didn’t predict a Cameron majority.
2017 correct with Theresa May not getting a majority.

I go to bed after the exit poll.

I think what shocked me was how few people they talk too for these exit polls. How can you get a picture on what’s going to happen on a election this unpredictable by only visiting 1 in 347 polling stations it’s bonkers.

Yes they get some right but that’s because they focus on small majority seats that could be taken, however it happens in a few areas quite often that the shift is bigger that is predicted

[rolymiller]

Think the first couple likely to be declared tonneet ie Sunderland and Newcastle will give a good indication how lab will go on in the north in previously safe labour areas. If the Brexit party don't make much of an inroad into them lab could have a good night.

[rolymiller]

I would expect that the Brexiteers will split themselves between voting Tory and the Brexit party which will only benefit labour. The brexit party's decision to not stand in safe tory seats will not make any difference it will just give them a bigger majority in their safe seats.