Professor Steve Fisher – the political scientist who got it right yet again
So far Steve Fisher's prediction on Tuesday looking pretty good https://t.co/2ELo3ROjN7
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 5, 2017
My English local elections seats forecast from polls
Con +430
Lab -315
LD -30 https://t.co/zUExklIRzx— Steve Fisher (@StephenDFisher) May 2, 2017
On Tuesday afternoon professor Steve Fisher who runs the Elections etc website produced his predictions for the locals which were very different from what other academics and analysts were saying.
His projected numbers particularly for the LDs ran very much against the narrative. This was my response in a Tweet.
I've learned from experience never to doubt @StephenDFisher and he's predicting LD net LOSSES on Thursday. https://t.co/2ELo3ROjN7
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 2, 2017
It might be recalled that well before the last general election professor Fisher started predicting that the Conservatives were going to get a majority all and all the other pointers suggested that it was going to be a hung Parliament.
Fisher is also a leading part of the team behind general election exit polls
He was dead right about GE2015 and I have learned to take him seriously.
Well done.