History tells me that when the polls say conflicting things, it's better to side with those that show higher Tory leads, I'm afraid. (And I mean I am literally afraid, personally)
Frankly, it would be wise for all LAB supporters to assume they'll lose badly, since that it is historically the most likely outcome. Anything more would be a nice surprise on the night.
Seeing who is right and who is wrong will be very interesting, though.
The difference between ComRes and Survation is well above MOE. The pollsters are once again asking us to make a judgement as to who has the best adjustments, rather than pointing us towards an accurate forecast of the result.
History tells me that when the polls say conflicting things, it's better to side with those that show higher Tory leads, I'm afraid. (And I mean I am literally afraid, personally)
Frankly, it would be wise for all LAB supporters to assume they'll lose badly, since that it is historically the most likely outcome. Anything more would be a nice surprise on the night.
Seeing who is right and who is wrong will be very interesting, though.
That would work except for the fact that the pollsters are this time adjusting their raw data to allow for that. Or so they hope.
I love politics. The ultimate soap opera where you the viewer can affect the ending to the story. Will St Theresa be allowed to complete her negotiations with the rector for a new steeple for the village church? Will Mad Jeremy succeed in snatching the deeds to the church so that it can be swept away allowing a yoghurt knitting co-operative to set up shop in a new eco-factory? Its up to you...
History tells me that when the polls say conflicting things, it's better to side with those that show higher Tory leads, I'm afraid. (And I mean I am literally afraid, personally)
Frankly, it would be wise for all LAB supporters to assume they'll lose badly, since that it is historically the most likely outcome. Anything more would be a nice surprise on the night.
Seeing who is right and who is wrong will be very interesting, though.
That would work except for the fact that the pollsters are this time adjusting their raw data to allow for that. Or so they hope.
They are trying to do that each time with their adjustments. It's not a new thing for this election.
I am still very bemused by the Tory reaction or lack of it. If Messina was getting too close to call in his polls you would have thought they would be calling in every favour, every Tory that is popular would be spending every waking minute in every marginal seat and the Sun / Mail / Telegraph would be getting inundated with useful stories.
I inadvertently chose the tailend of the last thread to delurk: Whilst I live in hope that last night’s debate may help burst the Corbyn bubble, I am bewildered at the total lack of questioning by anyone of the credentials to govern of three long-term, serially rebellious, career politician backbenchers with no ministerial or shadow ministerial experience between them prior to Corbyn’s appointment. How can these people possibly be entrusted with running the country? What experience can they draw on? Do they have the remotest inkling of how government really works? Nor has there been anything approaching a forensic examination of their magic money tree manifesto. Lacklustre does not even begin to describe the Conservative campaign, but I find it inconceivable that 35% - 40% of the electorate can truly want this toxic trio at the helm.
History tells me that when the polls say conflicting things, it's better to side with those that show higher Tory leads, I'm afraid. (And I mean I am literally afraid, personally)
Frankly, it would be wise for all LAB supporters to assume they'll lose badly, since that it is historically the most likely outcome. Anything more would be a nice surprise on the night.
Seeing who is right and who is wrong will be very interesting, though.
That would work except for the fact that the pollsters are this time adjusting their raw data to allow for that. Or so they hope.
They are trying to do that each time with their adjustments. It's not a new thing for this election.
Not so much as now. When they publish the raw data we see that the published headline VI is sometimes miles different.
History tells me that when the polls say conflicting things, it's better to side with those that show higher Tory leads, I'm afraid. (And I mean I am literally afraid, personally)
Frankly, it would be wise for all LAB supporters to assume they'll lose badly, since that it is historically the most likely outcome. Anything more would be a nice surprise on the night.
Seeing who is right and who is wrong will be very interesting, though.
That would work except for the fact that the pollsters are this time adjusting their raw data to allow for that. Or so they hope.
They are trying to do that each time with their adjustments. It's not a new thing for this election.
Not so much as now. When they publish the raw data we see that the published headline VI is sometimes miles different.
I've not actually looked at raw/adjusted figures for previous elections, but I recall the MORI headline figures always being significantly different from their "all expressing an opinion" numbers.
I wonder if ICM will be in, even more closely with the Tory 'herd" of polls, while there might be even also more shock poll on the other side before the election, possibly showing a level result , or a 1% Labour lead. Prediction - Tory maj of 15-40.
So it is either too close to call or a landslide...
This is madness. Utter madness.
On the other hand it makes our elections WAY more interesting than the tedious, regimented French processions of Gallic voter robots who can be predicted to the third decimal place, with great accuracy, and all tension ends three weeks before the vote.
TBF there was a fair bit of MLP hopeful wanking until quite late on.
This is just utter bonkers....I don't care what the result is, the polling companies are going to need another inquiry. There is no way one should lot should be consistently getting 1-4% and the other 11-12%.
Survation is the only poll to be carried out post QT.
I doubt QT did much to change minds, though perhaps it stalled some Corbyn momentum. I agree in the old thread with the comment suggesting the survation poll is designed to get Mail readers out to vote, I dont think a survey taken across one morning is the optimum way to do things, but if the Mail on Sunday wanted to cause worry this is perfect.
Similarly kudos to another poster suggesting survation had 4 polls with different results unpublished from 2015, so obvious and probably so true! Why i did i never think of that. Gold standard my arse.
I wonder if ICM will be in, even more closely with the Tory 'herd" of polls, while there might be even also more shock poll on the other side before the election, possibly showing a level result , or a 1% Labour lead. Prediction - Tory maj of 15-40.
Me thinks this is what Messina polls are telling the Tories. At least that would explain the lack of panic and seeming like little need to go nuclear and just skip interviews and debates.
I know you can't read too much into these things, but why are so many of these polls showing none of the main four parties going down? Is it because the SNP/Plaid/Green are going down? Seems to be a common theme this last week.
So are we sticking with survation interesting sample as the bar chart poll for this thread and not icm the world's favourite pollster.....for pb tories and pampers pundits.
I am still very bemused by the Tory reaction or lack of it. If Messina was getting too close to call in his polls you would have thought they would be calling in every favour, every Tory that is popular would be spending every waking minute in every marginal seat and the Sun / Mail / Telegraph would be getting inundated with useful stories.
I suppose there's a strong case for saying that polls being all over the place is good for our democracy. Nobody's got an excuse not to vote. Highly accurate polling is the worst. Inaccurate herding pretty bad, because the herding leads to believability.
History tells me that when the polls say conflicting things, it's better to side with those that show higher Tory leads, I'm afraid. (And I mean I am literally afraid, personally)
Heard this before, time to check it out.... (result, best Tory poll)
2015: +6.6, +6 (Surveymonkey and the spiked Survation both on +6, everyone else basically saying +0) 2010: +7.2, +9 (Populus, but polls overall very good, lots on +7, although LDs polled at 27/28 confused things) 2005: -3.0, -5 (Ipsos MORI, others had much larger Lab leads) 2001: -9.0, -11 (ICM and Rasmussen, others had much larger Lab leads) 1997: -12.5, -10 (ICM, others had much larger Lab leads)
I suppose there's a strong case for saying that polls being all over the place is good for our democracy. Nobody's got an excuse not to vote. Highly accurate polling is the worst. Innaccurate herding pretty bad, because the herding leads to believability.
I am still very bemused by the Tory reaction or lack of it. If Messina was getting too close to call in his polls you would have thought they would be calling in every favour, every Tory that is popular would be spending every waking minute in every marginal seat and the Sun / Mail / Telegraph would be getting inundated with useful stories.
That or Kim Jong May doesn't want to listen.
The campaign has been non-existent. Very weird.
Unless the sort of polls ICM have just released is what the Tories are getting i.e. Steady Tory number 44-45 come what may, and yes a Labour surge but no where near as much as YouGov.
I just wonder, is the private polling telling the Tories they are ok and worry that going nuclear on Corbyn could get a Gordo type sympathy response.
I can't think of any other logical reason why the only time the Tories have really campaigned is when their manifesto social care policy went tits up.
I am still very bemused by the Tory reaction or lack of it. If Messina was getting too close to call in his polls you would have thought they would be calling in every favour, every Tory that is popular would be spending every waking minute in every marginal seat and the Sun / Mail / Telegraph would be getting inundated with useful stories.
That or Kim Jong May doesn't want to listen.
The campaign has been non-existent. Very weird.
Well JackW has been steadfast in his 100 seat majority prediction. And in 2015 he had contacts at the heart of the Tory campaign.
I know you can't read too much into these things, but why are so many of these polls showing none of the main four parties going down? Is it because the SNP/Plaid/Green are going down? Seems to be a common theme this last week.
I am still very bemused by the Tory reaction or lack of it. If Messina was getting too close to call in his polls you would have thought they would be calling in every favour, every Tory that is popular would be spending every waking minute in every marginal seat and the Sun / Mail / Telegraph would be getting inundated with useful stories.
That or Kim Jong May doesn't want to listen.
The campaign has been non-existent. Very weird.
If it is ultra-targetted (and that's soaking up all of their funds) we might just be in the wrong demographics for the advertising. How may 45 years old white C2 women are on here?
Still doesn't explain where most of the cabinet is tho'.
I love politics. The ultimate soap opera where you the viewer can affect the ending to the story. Will St Theresa be allowed to complete her negotiations with the rector for a new steeple for the village church? Will Mad Jeremy succeed in snatching the deeds to the church so that it can be swept away allowing a yoghurt knitting co-operative to set up shop in a new eco-factory? Its up to you...
There is remarkable consistency in the approximate 80% combined vote share for Labour and Conservatives no matter the polling company. I find it hard to imagine that the Survation poll is right since I cannot image so many people swapping between the 2 parties when they are offering such a different idea on what they want to do in government. (For the 1 time in ages) If the Con vote was down 6 surely some of that would go to the LDs or UKIP rather than straight to Labour?
I said I'd be getting blootered next Friday celebrating the surprise Laour win. I'll be getting blootered regardless of the result. And being paid to do so. Politics is fun, life is good.
I am still very bemused by the Tory reaction or lack of it. If Messina was getting too close to call in his polls you would have thought they would be calling in every favour, every Tory that is popular would be spending every waking minute in every marginal seat and the Sun / Mail / Telegraph would be getting inundated with useful stories.
That or Kim Jong May doesn't want to listen.
The campaign has been non-existent. Very weird.
The truth may be that after all this is a Brexit election. The fact that it has been barely mentioned in the campaign hasn't changed that. Brexit voters decided on day one that they would vote Con to guarantee Brexit, and they haven't wavered.
I know you can't read too much into these things, but why are so many of these polls showing none of the main four parties going down? Is it because the SNP/Plaid/Green are going down? Seems to be a common theme this last week.
When it's +1 changes, it's usually roundings
I know, but it seems to have happened a lot recently.
Is there any collection of these polls results showing with DKs included in the results. I think that would be really useful to see if there is big differences between polling companies DK figure
I know you can't read too much into these things, but why are so many of these polls showing none of the main four parties going down? Is it because the SNP/Plaid/Green are going down? Seems to be a common theme this last week.
When it's +1 changes, it's usually roundings
I know, but it seems to have happened a lot recently.
I think we're seeing a natural squeeze because a lot of pollsters are filtering for the respondents who live in constituencies with no UKIP or Green candidate
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Frankly, it would be wise for all LAB supporters to assume they'll lose badly, since that it is historically the most likely outcome. Anything more would be a nice surprise on the night.
Seeing who is right and who is wrong will be very interesting, though.
Imagine they are all wrong, and that we're heading for a landslide Labour victory.
https://twitter.com/MattSingh_/status/871098158830542849
Con 44% Lab 36%
That or Kim Jong May doesn't want to listen.
Whilst I live in hope that last night’s debate may help burst the Corbyn bubble, I am bewildered at the total lack of questioning by anyone of the credentials to govern of three long-term, serially rebellious, career politician backbenchers with no ministerial or shadow ministerial experience between them prior to Corbyn’s appointment. How can these people possibly be entrusted with running the country? What experience can they draw on? Do they have the remotest inkling of how government really works? Nor has there been anything approaching a forensic examination of their magic money tree manifesto. Lacklustre does not even begin to describe the Conservative campaign, but I find it inconceivable that 35% - 40% of the electorate can truly want this toxic trio at the helm.
Scrap that: 8% with ICM included.
Con 39.8
Lab 39.1
& all important mcsubsample
SNP 43.8
SCon 20.7
SLab 27.9
Cons 45
Lab 34
LD 9
UKIP 5
Greens 3
Prediction - Tory maj of 15-40.
Con 45 (nc) Lab 34 (+1) LD 9 (+1) UKIP 5 (nc)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3716473/theresa-may-on-course-to-win-general-election-by-60-seats-despite-labour-narrowing-lead/
I agree in the old thread with the comment suggesting the survation poll is designed to get Mail readers out to vote, I dont think a survey taken across one morning is the optimum way to do things, but if the Mail on Sunday wanted to cause worry this is perfect.
Similarly kudos to another poster suggesting survation had 4 polls with different results unpublished from 2015, so obvious and probably so true! Why i did i never think of that. Gold standard my arse.
Con 44%
Lab 36%
TMICIPM increased Maj
(result, best Tory poll)
2015: +6.6, +6 (Surveymonkey and the spiked Survation both on +6, everyone else basically saying +0)
2010: +7.2, +9 (Populus, but polls overall very good, lots on +7, although LDs polled at 27/28 confused things)
2005: -3.0, -5 (Ipsos MORI, others had much larger Lab leads)
2001: -9.0, -11 (ICM and Rasmussen, others had much larger Lab leads)
1997: -12.5, -10 (ICM, others had much larger Lab leads)
Pretty good general rule.
1, 6, 9, 11, 12?
I just wonder, is the private polling telling the Tories they are ok and worry that going nuclear on Corbyn could get a Gordo type sympathy response.
I can't think of any other logical reason why the only time the Tories have really campaigned is when their manifesto social care policy went tits up.
Still doesn't explain where most of the cabinet is tho'.
I find it hard to imagine that the Survation poll is right since I cannot image so many people swapping between the 2 parties when they are offering such a different idea on what they want to do in government. (For the 1 time in ages) If the Con vote was down 6 surely some of that would go to the LDs or UKIP rather than straight to Labour?
Daily Mirror - 9th June
"CORBYN DEFEATS MAY"
Am I right that Survation interesting as it is the only post debate one,