Lib Dem landslide

[abigailbrady]

There is an opinion poll in today's NME, of NME readers. It has the figures :

Lib Dems - 37%

Labour - 26%

Tories - 17%

Other - 9%

Undecided - 13%

If I plug these numbers into the BBC's handy thingy, we discover that this would result in a Liberal Democrat majority of 194 (with Labour having 196 seats, and the Tories none).

Comments

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

Most of the communities I see seem to have similar results. So why aren't the LDs winning more elections? Is it just that there are lots of Labour and Tory people who do nothing I come in contact with?

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

Basically, yes.

[the_borderer]

There's too many places like Carlisle (where I'm originally from), where a Lib Dem vote is seen as a wasted vote.

However, in Carlisle's case at least, I suspect that if everyone who wanted to vote Lib Dem acutally did then the Conservatives will win the seat (Too many loyal voters in the farming community).

[merlina.livejournal.com]

But the voting figures don't translate easily into seats won. It's all about swing in key marginals. A cynic would say that's why the Libs are so keen on PR... and why the other parties oppose it.

In other news.... I went to get corset on Monday (following the visit on Friday etc etc) as arranged. She'd forgotten it. Said she'd drop it off to me at home monday evening/tues morning. Still not here. And now she's gone to Whitby. grrrr

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

I think those seats are based on comparing the %ages with the 2001 figures, and assuming uniform swing, which is the method most opinion polls use.

Aye, she so needs a manager....

Btw, in reply to your lexgoff post - I am probably going.

[ex-sonjaaa.livejournal.com]

Which of the British political parties is the strongest one in the left, i.e. social democrat or democratic socialist?

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

The Lib Dems, although they've really inherited that position by default after Labour lurched to the right under Blair.

[ex-sonjaaa.livejournal.com]

Cool, then it's good to see them in the lead!

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

I wish! This is just a poll of readers of one music magazine, which amused me.

[bobbieflathead.livejournal.com]

Are you really sure that the lib dems are more to the left than labour? They're both a bunch of reactionary stooglets if you ask me.

[the_borderer]

the Lib Dems are more liberal, but still appear to be fairly right wing. It's just that they're less so than Labour or the Conservatives.

hmm

[(Anonymous)]

their winning a fb poll 42 % also http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2010/05/05/world-votes-lib-dem-landslide/