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The latest Lord Ashcroft marginals poll is out

18/12/2014 TSE Comments 0 Comment

Latest @LordAshcroft marginal polling pic.twitter.com/WGcCn3nui7 — The Screaming Eagles (@TSEofPB) December 18, 2014 The latest round of Lord Ashcroft marginal polling is out. He saysÂ Two types of constituencies feature in my last round of marginals polling for 2014. First, the next tranche of seats the Conservatives are defending from Labour; second, a selection of seats where Labour may be under threat from UKIP. I have also returned to the solitary Green constituency, Brighton Pavilion. I have just been on the…

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What makes Jim Murphy so dangerous to the SNP is that for the first time in years LAB has a credible alternative First Minister

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Jim Murphy pic.twitter.com/rsChNCPY8q — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 17, 2014 Why I’ve now become an SNP seller It is worth recapping why we are where we are in Scotland. Back in early 2011 it looked as though Scottish LAB was in a position to make a return to power in Holyrood ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections that May. At the start of the year all the polling had the party well ahead so that by the March, with only…

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There’s an inexorable feeling that the next election will be just like 1992

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Will the next US Presidential election could well be Bush v Clinton, again? The big news in last day was this tweet I am excited to announce I will actively explore the possibility of running for President of the United States: https://t.co/luY4lCF2cA. — Jeb Bush (@JebBush) December 16, 2014 Back in February I advised backing him as Republican Party Nominee at 10/1, he is now trading as low as 9/4 right now. A poll for NBC/WSJ found that Just 31%…

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Guardian ICM phone poll sees the Tories down 3 and the Lib Dems up 3

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The Tories are down to their lowest share of the vote since May 2013 with ICM But the Lib Dems will be delighted as ICM is the third pollster this week to have them in double digits, two of them being phone pollsters. Guardian ICM phone poll makes grim reading for the Tories. But the Lib Dems are on the up. pic.twitter.com/vepvSt8G2r — The Screaming Eagles (@TSEofPB) December 17, 2014 But did George Osborne’s Autumn Statement contribute to the Tory…

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On the face of it this ComRes “issues that will most impact on voting” polling doesn’t look good for the Tories

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ComRes ITV poll on the best party for the issues voters say will most influence their choice pic.twitter.com/tIeLwipejO — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 17, 2014 But how strong is LAB on NHS and the cost of living? What is interesting about this ComRes survey for ITV is that it seeks to link the best party on each issue to what issues are likely to be decisive in influencing voter choice. Rather than just have “the economy” where the Tories are…

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Marf’s PB “UKIP Map of the World” cartoon erupts again – this time with a big story in the Mail

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Check out the Mail story here

New study of the Scottish IndyRef finds that the turnout level amongst 16 and 17 years olds was 75%

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Surprisingly the least likely were 18-24 year olds A report from the Electoral Commission on September’s Scottish IndyRef finds that three-quarters of the 16/17 year old did exercise their vote. This comes in a study carried out for the Commission by ICM in which a particular effort was made to identify and interview non-voters. An explanation by Professor John Curtice of why the very youngest segment was more likely to vote is that maybe they were encouraged to do so…

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Maybe we should all stop looking at the polls and wait till after the holiday season

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Since Osborne's Autumn statement all the pollsters bar YouGov have had LAB leads pic.twitter.com/hQTcWdT8XI — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 16, 2014 Since Nov 10 all polls bar YouGov’s have had LAB leads Interesting looking through the Wiki list of Westminster voting intention polls and one thing stands out – LAB has maintained a lead of some sort with all the firms apart from YouGov which, of course, reports five times a week for the Sun and the Sunday Times. Above…

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