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Peter Bone's time is up! Wellingborough by-election.

I am not sure that such things indicate what in maths is called "chance"
Part of that will be the difficulty in translating mathematical or statistical results into accessible English.
They are likely to be translating the results of calculating probability into something their general readers will understand.

 
Part of that will be the difficulty in translating mathematical or statistical results into accessible English.
They are likely to be translating the results of calculating probability into something their general readers will understand.

If there are four candidates, for example, then the probability of one winning is 1 in 4, or 25%.

If you do not know the number of candidates there will be, then you cannot calculate a probability.
 
Well that's pretty much true isn't it? His problem is that currently far more people want Starmer to win rather than him and the door isn't so much open but hanging off with only a single bent hinge still in place.

Starmer's whole strategy, miserable as it is, has been about negating that attack line hasn't it. And I'd say although he's a dismal failure in pretty much any other sense you can think of in that one specific area he's a success - only the most lunatic fringes of the Tories' core vote are going to look and him and be scared by the suggestion that Starmer might get in.
 
If there are four candidates, for example, then the probability of one winning is 1 in 4, or 25%.

from one angle, that's correct, but that is all a bit theoretical.

from a theoretical angle, if liverpool were drawn against a national league south team in the FA Cup, both teams have a 50% probability of winning (after replay / extra time / penalties if it comes to that)

in reality it's not like that, though
 
If there are four candidates, for example, then the probability of one winning is 1 in 4, or 25%.

If you do not know the number of candidates there will be, then you cannot calculate a probability.
No, it isn't, because that is not what they are doing in these calculations.
Therefore, EC take into account "voting intentions" ...

These voting intentions are what electoral calculus are playing with. To start with, they are assuming that for any given constituency there will be a candidate to suit the voting intentions expressed in the opinion poll(s) they are examining. Even the true minority parties are usually included by, for example, YouGov in their surveys or such parties are covered by an "other" grouping. They also analyse the socio-economic make-up and several other factors in electoral areas, even going down to the council wards. Adding those up into new or existing parliamentary constituencies.
 
I see BF are dojng participation awards
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