Society & Culture0 min ago
Ab Exit Poll Ed?
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I have voted, OUT!
Anyway, why is there no official exit poll?
Anyway, why is there no official exit poll?
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Danny, there's no exit poll as it's a one-to-one relationship between your vote and the outcome. Exit polls are useful for when constituenci es are being counted, but serve little purpose on this scale? That was my thinking anyway.
08:15 Thu 23rd Jun 2016
Exit polls in General Elections do not happen everywhere. The polls take place in a few selected marginal constituencies. Those most likely to change one way or another, are seen as a barometer for the rest of the country.
In this referendum, voting is going across party lines. So there are no marginals, or if there are, no one knows where they are. After Scotland and Wales which will be safe Remain voters, the rest is very mixed, so it would be impossible to do an accurate national poll.
In this referendum, voting is going across party lines. So there are no marginals, or if there are, no one knows where they are. After Scotland and Wales which will be safe Remain voters, the rest is very mixed, so it would be impossible to do an accurate national poll.
Peter Pedant - yes, I see things are becoming a little frayed... I am suffering from it too to be honest. I am hoping to get my vote done this evening and then try not to think about it for a bit.
I know we will be flooded tomorrow with the media snuffling for truffles in the corpse of the vote - but I only need to know the score, not the analysis.
I wondered if there was anything else going on... but it just seems that the US Dems are pretending to be protestors about some really rubbish gun legislation... So that's no less depressing.
I know we will be flooded tomorrow with the media snuffling for truffles in the corpse of the vote - but I only need to know the score, not the analysis.
I wondered if there was anything else going on... but it just seems that the US Dems are pretending to be protestors about some really rubbish gun legislation... So that's no less depressing.