Election: Unrepresentative Sample

[scooping]

Has anyone changed the way they are likely to vote since the beginning of the campaign?

[Old_Geezer]

No

[naomi24]

No. Have you?

[dannyk13]

No

[mikey4444]

No, of course not !

[fiction-factory]

I doubt more than a handful on here have changed their minds- well certainly not those who post regularly on News/politics items as most on here seemed to have made up their minds on most things years ago. Some of the public have clearly changed their minds in recent weeks though, although I think the effect may be over exaggerated because of issues around what people are prepared to disclose and how vocal people are prepared to be

[scooping]

No! Interesting I think on how an election turns on such a small number of 'swing' voters.

[scooping]

Fiction-factory: People were not always honest with the pollsters during the Scottish referendum debate and the EU referendum.

[scooping]

Fiction-factory: Sorry, I meant to agree with you first.

[lindapalmara]

There are lots of people who will change party if offered lots of unaffordable freebies!

[naomi24]

Linda, sadly I think you're right. None so blind and all that.

[ToraToraTora]

I'm getting very tempted by Jezza's magic money tree and the new branch of maths, Labourometry!

[Peter Pedant]

given the propensity of the modern voter to mislead pollster itententionally - surely that should be

has anyone changed the way they have told pollster they might vote ?

yeah I have = thinking seriously of alternatives to the tories
but I will probably still....

[fiction-factory]

Regarding the magic money tree, I keep hoping someone will ask Jeremy Corbyn what impact the planned tax hike on the highest paid 5% (anyone who earns more than an MP) will have on the numbers of GPs and senior doctors/consultants in hospitals who may choose to work less hours, retire or work abroad

[Peter Pedant]

sozza a few plurals astray on that

[ToraToraTora]

The thing is FF, slapping a bit more tax on the top 5% pleases the envy team but does not actually raise much cash, so to pay for Labour's spending plans he'll need to raise more from more people. Unless of course they employ Labourometry then they can find it down the back of mikey's sofa.

[EDDIE51]

No

[sunny-dave]

Yes - I've changed my vote.

A shabby deal between my outgoing Tory MP and his UKIP chums means that he is likely to get well over 60% of the vote next week.

This means that I may as well abandon my local Labour candidate (a rather unimpressive one as it happens - but still better than the pompous prat who we are going to be saddled with for another parliament) and indulge myself by supporting our very able Green candidate who has been working his nuts off with good results at local level for some time now.

[agchristie]

Unlikely. It would take something dramatic to happen in the last week for me to change my mind.

[jim360]

Yes. When it seemed liekly to shape up for a Tory landslide I thoguht it might be worth voting Lib Dem. Now that it's a lot closer I think I'll be more interested in boosting the Labour representation after all.

Either way I'm voting against the SNP/Tories in equal measure.

[mushroom25]

Jim, come this time next week, your nation very likely to be a one party state.