European Elections 2019
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That's Fair, Isle suggest another direction for this thread. How about the impact of Wight supremacy in the election?
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hot air baboon
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Do we start hearing results tonight then? Polls only shut at 10pm in some countries but we must have done the count over here by now.
Is that how it works even? I don't normally pay much attention to EU elections but I'm interested to see just how badly it's gone for the Tories with this one.
Is that how it works even? I don't normally pay much attention to EU elections but I'm interested to see just how badly it's gone for the Tories with this one.
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cupid_stunt
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SpackleFrog
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Turnout 38% according to Torygraph
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Pisspoor after all the recent hullabaloo
Say 40% for BP, that's 15.2% of the electorate, hardly a ringing endorsement
imposs1904
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That's shockingly shit.
cupid_stunt
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SpackleFrog
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I mean it's higher than normal. Sure its the biggest democratic process in the world but its also pointless/boring.
imposs1904
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Why?
Take into account I'm 4000 miles away, so I'm obviously not the best judge of these things but I just presumed that such a 'burning issue' of our day would have at least pushed the turnout over the 50% mark.
Damn you my twitter timeline. (Insert pic of older man shaking angry fist at cloud.)
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
That was never going to happen TBH, it's slightly up on last time, and IIRC it dropped below 30% one time.
The Euro elections have always been treated as a joke, because they are pointless, and resulted in low turnouts, not just here, but the average across the EU tends to be around only 40%.
imposs1904
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I understand all that, but you can't deny that for many people these Euro-Elections have a much more heightened importance. (On both sides of the divide.) Whoever 'wins', you know they are going to flog it for all its worth. That's why I'm surprised there hasn't been a higher turnout.
SpackleFrog
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To be fair Brexit is the burning issue. A lot of people either think we shouldn't be taking part in the elections because we voted to leave or want the UK to remain in the EU but don't have strong views on the European Parliament or who represents them in it.
Some people want to use the elections to either reaffirm or challenge the vote to leave. But they're not particularly interested in what happens in the European Parliament. And they're a minority clearly!
Mr Moose
What the hell are we supposed to tell the kids?
But Claire Fox was so excited by her engagement with ordinary people, people who seemed to have forgotten about her once they turned the corner.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Nothing can be announced until after 10 pm tonight, not sure if an exit poll even happened in the UK, the lack of any reports of such a poll, would suggest one wasn't carried out.
* Note, both Holland & Ireland published exit polls, which seems in breach of EU rules, from what I've read, but I haven't been arsed to look into it in detail TBH.
redsquirrel
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Perhaps it might be because it isn't a "burning issue" for most people?
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
I refer you back to my previous post where sometimes I place too much faith (?) in my twitter timeline.
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