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Local By-Election Preview : September 11th 2014

Local By-Election Preview : September 11th 2014

Castle on Carlisle (Lab Defence) Result of last election to council (2014): Labour 29, Conservatives 19, Independents 2, Liberal Democrats 2 (Labour majority of 6) Result of ward at last election (2011): Labour 539 (42%), Liberal Democrats 438 (34%), Greens 135 (10%), TUSC 90 (7%), BNP 84 (7%) Candidates duly nominated: Robert Currie (Con), Richard Hunt (Green), Lawrence Jennings (Lib Dem), Fiona Mills (UKIP), Alan Taylor (Lab) Carlisle was never really a Lib Dem bright spot even at the best…

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Survation Indyref poll gives Better Together some good news

Survation Indyref poll gives Better Together some good news

New @Survation #indyref poll has Yes 47 (nc) No 53 (nc) — The Screaming Eagles (@TSEofPB) September 10, 2014 47.6% plan to vote No a week tomorrow with 42.4% voting Yes. 10% of people remain undecided, 53% No to 47% Yes. http://t.co/z59C5GG4I3 — Survation (@Survation) September 10, 2014 A 10% gap with women voters helped Better Together to their latest poll lead http://t.co/NKBuEN1RvY — The Daily Record (@Daily_Record) September 10, 2014 The Survation poll for the Daily Record is out now….

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It looks as though we’ll get an IndyRef poll from the firm that got the AV referendum right to within a fraction of a percent

It looks as though we’ll get an IndyRef poll from the firm that got the AV referendum right to within a fraction of a percent

Massive polling weekend to come from @ICMResearch in advance of defining week for British constitution. Maybe even something on #indyref — Martin Boon (@martinboon) September 10, 2014 Look at the record from 2011 This is how well ICM did at the 2011 AV referendum – accurate to a fraction of a decimal point pic.twitter.com/8HYgRIIDsB — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 10, 2014 Members of YouGov’s panel believe its polls YouGov finds that members of its polling panel believe its polls. pic.twitter.com/2eLKSIZjz8 — Mike…

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It really is squeaky bum time: TNS has the gap down to just one percent

It really is squeaky bum time: TNS has the gap down to just one percent

YouGov’s weekend figures echoed in new face to face poll The YES and NO campaigns in the Scottish IndyRef are running neck-and-neck after a dramatic swing over the past month, according to the much anticipated new poll from TNS which does its fieldwork face to face. This is the first Indyref poll for more than a month that is not online and gives us something solid in itself as well as a bench mark to assess other polling. The figures…

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At last..a non-internet Scottish IndyRef poll

At last..a non-internet Scottish IndyRef poll

TNS-BMRB due to be published a day early One of the features of the referendum polling is that so much of it has been Online. Survation, Panelbase and, of course, YouGov poll in this way. In addition the ICM polls that we see are the same – unlike the firm’s long-standing phone poll series for the Guardian. The problem that online polling creates is that there is a level of self-selection in who takes part. The very fact that you…

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Rupert Murdoch hints that tonight’s YouGov IndyRef poll has NO and YES even closer

Rupert Murdoch hints that tonight’s YouGov IndyRef poll has NO and YES even closer

London Times will shock Britain and more with reliable new poll on Scottish independence. If right on 18 th vote everything up for grabs — Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) September 6, 2014 Scottish independence means huge black eye for whole political establishment, especially Cameron and Milliband. — Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) September 6, 2014 Scottish poll reflects world-wide disillusion with political leaders and old establishments leaving openings for libertarians and far left. — Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) September 6, 2014

Local By-Election Results : September 4th 2014

Local By-Election Results : September 4th 2014

Carfax on Oxford City (Lab Defence) Result: Labour 168 (44% +12%), Liberal Democrats 101 (27% +4%), Greens 63 (17% -9%), Conservatives 24 (6% -12%), United Kingdom Independence Party 24 (6%) Labour HOLD with a majority of 67 (17%) on a swing of 4% from Liberal Democrat to Labour Folkestone, Harvey Central on Shepway (Con Defence) Result: United Kingdom Independence Party 287 (28%), Conservative 224 (22%), Liberal Democrats 198 (19%), Labour 196 (19%) United Kingdom Independence Party GAIN from Conservative with…

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As the big day gets closer Sporting Index returns to political spread betting

As the big day gets closer Sporting Index returns to political spread betting

Not too long after the 2012 White House race Sporting Index disappeared from the political betting scene. This was to be much regretted. I’m a huge spread betting fan and just love the way that political futures can be traded like stocks and shares. Well SPIN has found the Scottish Referendum irresistible. It has become a massive, in political betting terms, market and across the board the bookies are reporting high levels of activity. There are two SPIN spread markets:-…

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