General Election 2015

[Inseriousity.]

wow lib dems beaten by greens.

[Kardan]

Am I the only one not surprised that the Lib Dems came last?

[The Don]

wow lib dems beaten by greens.

They didn't even get their deposit back since they didn't get over 1000 votes

[Inseriousity.]

I'm not surprised but I wouldn't have expected under 1000 votes.
Dan might be happy to note that the exit poll projected UKIP would be 3rd but they actually ended up 2nd

[Kardan]

I'm fearing for Dan's health since he's not on here boasting about UKIP and crying over the exit poll.

Nevermind, he's viewing the thread.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Con + LD = 326.

326 required to form a government. If the exit poll is dead on, then what a result.

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@-:Undertaker:-; is drowning his sorrows away that the Tories might be staying in.

I've actually just been out drinking and only just got in.

The exit poll I am finding really really hard to believe. I cannot believe that after the experience of the pollsters in 1992 as well as the Ukip and Liberal Democrat factors, that the Conservatives would increase in terms of seats. I just cannot see it and so i'm with Lord Ashdown that i'll eat my hat if near enough true.

The exit poll got it wrong in 1992. This from the BBC elections programme pic.twitter.com/uzXEiBXQsa

— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 7, 2015

[The Don]

I've actually just been out drinking and only just got in.

The exit poll I am finding really really hard to believe. I cannot believe that after the experience of the pollsters in 1992 as well as the Ukip and Liberal Democrat factors, that the Conservatives would increase in terms of seats. I just cannot see it and so i'm with Lord Ashdown that i'll eat my hat if near enough true.

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Didn't someone just say they only polled 0.04% of poll stations or something? Surely that would skew things?

[Kardan]

Didn't someone just say they only polled 0.04% of poll stations or something? Surely that would skew things?

154/55,000 stations.
22,000/~30,000,000 voters.

But usually the normal opinion polls are only ~1,000 people.

[MKR&*42]

Only 0.04pcnt of the countries population were asked^

But then the other people were saying it is still far, far more than most other polls record

[Kardan]

I've actually just been out drinking and only just got in.

The exit poll I am finding really really hard to believe. I cannot believe that after the experience of the pollsters in 1992 as well as the Ukip and Liberal Democrat factors, that the Conservatives would increase in terms of seats. I just cannot see it and so i'm with Lord Ashdown that i'll eat my hat if near enough true.

The exit poll got it wrong in 1992. This from the BBC elections programme pic.twitter.com/uzXEiBXQsa

— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) May 7, 2015

So if the seats for Con/Lab/LD are +/- 5 of the result?