Scottish independence referendum results thread (Sept 18, 2014)

[Tetro Kornbluth]

From what I've got across the internet, this seems to be fairly accurate (apart from the 'yes rating' in some places):

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Perhaps you should drop your preconceived notions about what "a modern European country" entails. Election results in Ireland always tale until the next day to be declared. England similarly often sees long delays before results are given. Not everywhere is exactly like the United States, backtored.

It does seem damn slow to me too. In elections in Scandinavia they have often counted 90% or so in a couple of hours. I do feel that Scotland is unusually slow compared to most Western European countries as well.

You should see an Irish count - Voting can take place on Friday and final results won't be fully counted until Sunday (although part of the reason is that we don't do night counting).

[Tetro Kornbluth]

First major indicator: Turnout on the Orkney Islands has been declared: 83.7%

Result from North Lanarkshire might arrive as soon as 12:45 reports are saying.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Turnout in Inverclyde: 87.3%

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Americans, given 2000, have no right to criticize other countries' election procedures.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Forgive my utter ignorance, but wasn't Scotland (at least in the centuries that followed reformation) predominately Calvinist?

Irish migrants in the Industrial Revolution Antonio. Lots of them.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

I think people here are distracted from the real issue

Which is that this is terrible news for Ed Miliband.