How did the pollsters do? Part 1 Wales

How did the pollsters do? Part 1 Wales

Welsh Constituency Result Result YouGov final poll YouGov Exit poll May 5 CON 25.0 20.0 21 LAB 42.3 47.0 44 LD 10.6 8.0 11 PC 19.3 18.0 17 I have not got the aggregate data on the regional list votes yet but will update when that becomes available. My understanding is that this is the first election for the Welsh assembly which has been regularly polled by YouGov and I sense that the firm will be disappointed with the outcome…

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Marf on Clegg’s day after

Marf on Clegg’s day after

More of Marf’s work can be found at LondonSketchbook.com. Original and prints of all Marf’s PB cartoons are available for sale and make great presents. I’ve got a couple adorning my office. Mike Smithson

The overnight score-cards

The overnight score-cards

What’ll happen in the Yellow-Blue encounters? Above is a brief snapshot from the BBC site of what has been an appalling night for the LDs, a poor night for Labour in Scotland and a great night for the SNP. North of the border the projection from the BBC is that the SNP could have an overall majority which is a massive turnaround on what it looked like on April 20th. It is extraordinary that just fifteen days ago Labour was…

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Election night continues and it’s not good for the yellows

Election night continues and it’s not good for the yellows

For the Lib Dems this has been a terrible night in the battles with Labour. What we haven’t got yet is news of the LD-CON battles. From a betting perspective the night is looking great. With SNP “most seats” bets from 7/2 to 8/13 my bank balance is going to look very nice. Mike Smithson

The English locals – the starting point

The English locals – the starting point

What’ll be the size of the red wedge after tonight? Whenever you talk of gains and losses in local elections the critical factor is the starting point – how many seats that are up for election are held by the respective parties. The last time most of those council seats that are being fought over today was in 2007 – when Labour had a pretty poor year coming out with just over 17% of the seats being contested. The Tories,…

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Which pollster will win the referendum polling race?

Which pollster will win the referendum polling race?

Cast your vote in the quickie election day poll While we wait for some hard news let’s speculate about the Great 2011 Polling Race. The next twenty-four hours or so are going to be pretty tense for the four polling organisations that carried out regular AV surveys as well as a final week poll. Their projected outcomes – a NO victory – are not in doubt but which one will be nearest to the vote share? There is enormous kudos…

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Marf on election night

Marf on election night

It does look like there’ll be an exit poll YouGov has been polling during the days asking how people have voted and I know that the firm’s deputy head of political polling, Anthony Wells, is at BBC TV centre from where the results programme will be broadcast. So not long to wait. UPDATE: Just heard that there is NO YouGov exit poll. I was adding 2 and 2 together and making five. Sorry folks. More of Marf’s work can be…

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What’s the turnout looking like in your area?

What’s the turnout looking like in your area?

Can you post brief reports? To help us get a sense of how things look on the ground can you let fellow PBers know what things are like in your area? I’ve been doing some telling and at my polling station they had issued less than 10% of the ballots by 2pm. That sounds very low especially as there is the election for mayor, all the borough councillors as well as the referendum. Normally in this ward we get about…

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