UK General Election, 2017 - Election Day and Results Thread

[kyc0705]

Does anybody have a BBC Livestream link that works for the US?

I believe that the BBC News livestream was accessible worldwide for both the 2015 election results and the Brexit referendum.

[kyc0705]

HAHAHAHAHA YES

[kyc0705]

When will the first real votes come in?

The first constituency will likely report within the next ten to fifteen minutes.

[kyc0705]

I think we can junk the exiit poll then...

lol it's been three results bud. 95% of all polls are junk to begin with.

[kyc0705]

I think we can junk the exiit poll then...

lol it's been three results bud. 95% of all polls are junk to begin with.

Yes and none of them match it even in a close manner!

Are you seriously arguing that the results in three demographically close constituencies in north-east England are representative of the entire country's swing?

Hell, I'm American and I don't even think that makes sense.

[kyc0705]

I think we can junk the exiit poll then...

lol it's been three results bud. 95% of all polls are junk to begin with.

Yes and none of them match it even in a close manner!

Are you seriously arguing that the results in three demographically close constituencies in north-east England are representative of the entire country's swing?

Hell, I'm American and I don't even think that makes sense.

No, but I am arguing that it doesn't match the exit poll at all.

Once again:

3 constituencies out of 650.
All demographically similar.
No swing seats called yet.
Polls closed <2 hours ago.

Calm down.

[kyc0705]

I hope the rest of the BBC coverage is just David Dimbleby complaining about how bad the sound quality from the declarations is.

[kyc0705]

Ah, and here we see Labour overperforming in a seat.

It's... almost as if you can't make judgments on the quality of the exit poll when less than one percent of seats have been called!

[kyc0705]

Washington and Sunderland West shows another swing to the Tories. If this is in a safe seat... then what do the marginals look like?

What did I say to this entire board not TEN MINUTES ago?

[kyc0705]

If anyone is watching the BBC, who is anchoring? David Dimbelby or Huw Edwards? They are strong British journalists.

David Dimbleby

[kyc0705]

So outside of the Big 4 parties, where would a potential coalition of chaos get the 12 needed votes to make Corbyn PM? Sounds like a recipe for another General Election.

Brenda from Bristol will have to be sedated.

[kyc0705]

Conservatives hold Swindon South by the skin of their teeth.

[kyc0705]

I actually think the takeaway here for me is that I second-guess my predictions too much, and I herd to the consensus repeatedly.

Over the last year, my gut instinct predictions included Brexit passing, Trump winning, and Labour gaining enough seats to make a hung parliament. But I pushed them out of my head as excessively unrealistic.

[kyc0705]

brexit parties won 580 seats, and remainers won 14. this election was not about brexit.