Deltapoll does support the concept of a realignment in the country. Tories down in the South but up in the North. As has been said it’s a real shame they didn’t poll more leave constituencies.
Raab has to be gone. What Labour voter wouldn't back the Lib Dems in this situation just for shits and giggles?
There's a hardcore Labour vote in every constituency that will pay no attention to anything that goes on, and will head out to the polls ticking the Labour box come hell or high water. It's possible this is 7 or 8% in Esher and Walton. I mean it's rare this helps the Tories but it might get Raab over the line.
Given Yougov MRP had the Tories with a majority of 68 but also Labour holding Portsmouth South and Raab only narrowly ahead in Esher and Walton too no worries for the Tories here
Great to see that Grieve and Gauke are likely to get the boot. There’s going to be a lot of turnover in this election, even if only a few dozen seats nominally change hands.
The one thing this does not look like is uniform national swing. FWIW I think the chance of a hung parliament is increasing; I wonder if there will be a few shy WASPI women, and their partners, who will vote Labour for the payout - which on paper is huge - but not necessarily say so. There is evidence that people can be bribed for tiny sums, let alone 20k+. Whatever the result they are going to be terribly disappointed.
I was always of the opinion any majority was likely to be slim, but chances of a HP are now much higher than at the start of the campaign, IMHO.
I still think on balance the Tories will make it, just, but it looks like it might be seat-of-your-pants stuff.
I guess one big difference is that both the Tory and Labour parties are likely to be more united and shaped in the image of their leaders. Either way round, a hung Parliament is going to be awful.
Judging from my own canvassing (and reports from others), Raab will hold comfortably. There’s no sense of panic in the campaign. I have been wrong on a number of occasions.
Raab has to be gone. What Labour voter wouldn't back the Lib Dems in this situation just for shits and giggles?
How will he be gone? He has a 5 point lead and tactical voting has been maxed out pretty much, and that’s before an expected Lib to Tory swing in the final week, and aren’t Deltapoll the best pollsters for the lib dems?
Judging from my own canvassing (and reports from others), Raab will hold comfortably. There’s no sense of panic in the campaign. I have been wrong on a number of occasions.
You've been right more often than not though, John. I for one believe you. It would take tactical voting and differential turnout on a massive scale to push Raab over the edge.
I was always of the opinion any majority was likely to be slim, but chances of a HP are now much higher than at the start of the campaign, IMHO.
I still think on balance the Tories will make it, just, but it looks like it might be seat-of-your-pants stuff.
I don’t believe in Father Christmas, I don’t want Johnson as PM but that’s what is going to happen, the only hope is corbyn and his stupid ultra left socialist policies are confined to the bin. If they are not then it will be Johnson, Patel and what’s his name from last night until 2024
I expect there are polls for Warrington South, Bishop Auckland but Martin Boon probably selling the results to city traders for huge sums lol
We can probably guess what the results will be from MPR: 😊 Warrington South: Con 45%, Lab 41%, LD 9%, BRX 4%. Bishop Auckland: Con 47%, Lab 39%, BRX 8%, LD 6%.
Anyone done any digging on what polls looked like this week compared to 2017?
Didn't ComRes have a higher poll lead on the night before GE17?
Had we seen a 5 point lead by this point?
Sorry to disappoint you but I don't think just looking at 2017 makes any sense. What would make sense is looking at the polls from a number of previous election campaigns together. Just picking one is a bit suspect IMO.
I doubt Raab is in that much trouble. If he was, then seats would be at risk of falling to the LDs all over the Remainder and commuter south east.
FPT - if that report of the Patel/Raab fallout over Hong Kong is accurate then that's disgraceful behaviour by our foreign secretary. We should never kowtow to China.
I doubt Raab is in that much trouble. If he was, then seats would be at risk of falling to the LDs all over the Remainder and commuter south east.
FPT - if that report of the Patel/Raab fallout over Hong Kong is accurate then that's disgraceful behaviour by our foreign secretary. We should never kowtow to China.
So the trend seems to be a swing towards Labour but depending on the strength of the Tory lead that could mean a lot or not much at all!
Labour are consistently taking share from the LDs but the Tory average is flatlining at about 42%. The new 46% number from Opinium will probably keep them at that level.
Mmm My model has Con 61% LD 34% Lab 6% for Esher. LDs doing well in consistency poll. Not grounds for an adjustment of tactical voting though.
The YouGov MRP is a *LOT* closer to Deltapoll than that. In fact, there's broad agreement between the YouGov model and the Deltapoll results across all five constituencies, as per the following. I've included next to the Deltapoll figures the percentage differences between them and the results indicated by the YouGov model:
Deltapoll: Con 46% (-3%) LD 41% (+3%) Lab 9% (-2%)
YouGov: Con 49% LD 38% Lab 11%
Berwick upon Tweed
Deltapoll: Con 60% (+7%) LD 20% (-4%) Lab 17% (-3%) Green 2% (-2%)
YouGov: Con 53% LD 24% Lab 20% Green 4%
Beaconsfield
Deltapoll: Con 53% (-3%) Grieve 36% (+8%) Lab 7% (-5%) Green 1% (-3%)
YouGov: Con 56% Grieve 28% Lab 12% Green 4%
South West Herts
Deltapoll: Con 50% (+4%) Lab 17% (+2%) Gauke 16% (-4%) LD 13% (-3%) Green 2% (-1%)
YouGov: Con 46% Gauke 20% LD 16% Lab 15% Green 3%
In terms of the Deltapoll versus YouGov differences, I can't see any consistent patterns for Lab, Con or LD, notably anything that might indicate that the YouGov model may be overstating the Tories and understating Labour (such a thing may indeed be occurring, and might be apparent if we had a lot more constituency data, but there's nothing from these Deltapoll numbers to suggest that it is.) This represents welcome news for the Tories.
I doubt Raab is in that much trouble. If he was, then seats would be at risk of falling to the LDs all over the Remainder and commuter south east.
FPT - if that report of the Patel/Raab fallout over Hong Kong is accurate then that's disgraceful behaviour by our foreign secretary. We should never kowtow to China.
Why not? We kowtow to the USA.
We don't, but China under Xi is a human rights toilet and the man is an evil authoritarian arsehole. He talks of grinding his enemies to powder and "disappears" opponents. He hacks and steals everything he can. Meanwhile he's buying up the world so it's his bitch.
If I could boycott PRC goods I would but seemingly absolutely everything is made in China so it's hardly practical.
I doubt Raab is in that much trouble. If he was, then seats would be at risk of falling to the LDs all over the Remainder and commuter south east.
FPT - if that report of the Patel/Raab fallout over Hong Kong is accurate then that's disgraceful behaviour by our foreign secretary. We should never kowtow to China.
Why not? We kowtow to the USA.
No we don't, we have a 'special relationship'.
Which means British lives and money are wasted in American wars and in return British politicians get to posture about the world pretending to be more important than they are.
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WRT Berwick, I expect that shows the North East gradually trending Conservative.
I mean it's rare this helps the Tories but it might get Raab over the line.
Portsmouth South, for instance, was predicted by the model to be one of the best seats for Labour, along with Canterbury and Leeds North West.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ry90s0oDXu6_LhDKNiI6fXaSFJsfMBaAXI6cZ8XhqQ8/edit#gid=0
https://yougov.co.uk/uk-general-election-2019/
I was always of the opinion any majority was likely to be slim, but chances of a HP are now much higher than at the start of the campaign, IMHO.
I still think on balance the Tories will make it, just, but it looks like it might be seat-of-your-pants stuff.
Comparisons of the new Deltapoll constituency polls with the YouGov MRP:
Portsmouth South:
Deltapoll: Lab 46, Con 38, LD 11, BRX 2.
YouGov MRP: Lab 42, Con 35, LD 16, BRX 6, Oth 2.
Esher & Walton:
Deltapoll: Con 46, LD 41, Lab 9.
YouGov MRP: Con 49, LD 38, Lab 11, Oth 2.
Beaconsfield:
Deltapoll: Con 53, Ind Grieve 36, Lab 24, Grn 3.
YouGov MRP: Con 56, Ind Grieve 28, Lab 12, Grn 4.
Berwick-upon-Tweed:
Deltapoll: Con 60, LD 20, Lab 17, Grn 2.
YouGov MRP: Con 53, LD 24, Lab 20, Grn 4.
SW Herts:
Deltapoll: Con 50, Lab 17, Ind Gauke 16, LD 13, Grn 2.
YouGov MRP: Con 46, Ind Gauke 20, LD 16, Lab 15, Grn 3.
You’d think Raab was 5 points behind not ahead!
Didn't ComRes have a higher poll lead on the night before GE17?
Had we seen a 5 point lead by this point?
Why don't you stop responding to my posts if you hate them so much?
YouGov had reported a 5% lead in the week leading up to it
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Warrington South: Con 45%, Lab 41%, LD 9%, BRX 4%.
Bishop Auckland: Con 47%, Lab 39%, BRX 8%, LD 6%.
Tories 46 (-1)
Labour 31 (+3)
FPT - if that report of the Patel/Raab fallout over Hong Kong is accurate then that's disgraceful behaviour by our foreign secretary. We should never kowtow to China.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/30/poll-finds-dominic-raab-risks-losing-seat-to-lib-dems
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/30/poll-finds-dominic-raab-risks-losing-seat-to-lib-dems
If we use that as a proxy for Northern Labour Leave seats that would be a lot of Conservative gains.
More chance Watford winning PL. Or people liking Liverpool
Latest Deltapoll??
And the trend is terrifying.
And a swing that seems to have halted or been reversed.
These polls seem to give everyone something to be pleased with
BMG Con 37, Lab 29
ComRes Con 41, Lab 33
Opinium Con 44, Lab 28
(These blinking threads keep updating every time I stop to do a bit of analysis. Grrrr...) The YouGov MRP is a *LOT* closer to Deltapoll than that. In fact, there's broad agreement between the YouGov model and the Deltapoll results across all five constituencies, as per the following. I've included next to the Deltapoll figures the percentage differences between them and the results indicated by the YouGov model:
Deltapoll versus YouGov MRP
Portsmouth South
Deltapoll:
Lab 46% (+4%)
Con 38% (+3%)
LD 11% (-5%)
Brex 2% (-4%)
YouGov:
Lab 42%
Con 35%
LD 16%
Brex 6%
Esher & Walton
Deltapoll:
Con 46% (-3%)
LD 41% (+3%)
Lab 9% (-2%)
YouGov:
Con 49%
LD 38%
Lab 11%
Berwick upon Tweed
Deltapoll:
Con 60% (+7%)
LD 20% (-4%)
Lab 17% (-3%)
Green 2% (-2%)
YouGov:
Con 53%
LD 24%
Lab 20%
Green 4%
Beaconsfield
Deltapoll:
Con 53% (-3%)
Grieve 36% (+8%)
Lab 7% (-5%)
Green 1% (-3%)
YouGov:
Con 56%
Grieve 28%
Lab 12%
Green 4%
South West Herts
Deltapoll:
Con 50% (+4%)
Lab 17% (+2%)
Gauke 16% (-4%)
LD 13% (-3%)
Green 2% (-1%)
YouGov:
Con 46%
Gauke 20%
LD 16%
Lab 15%
Green 3%
In terms of the Deltapoll versus YouGov differences, I can't see any consistent patterns for Lab, Con or LD, notably anything that might indicate that the YouGov model may be overstating the Tories and understating Labour (such a thing may indeed be occurring, and might be apparent if we had a lot more constituency data, but there's nothing from these Deltapoll numbers to suggest that it is.) This represents welcome news for the Tories.
If I could boycott PRC goods I would but seemingly absolutely everything is made in China so it's hardly practical.
Very much a matter of opinion that.
Which means British lives and money are wasted in American wars and in return British politicians get to posture about the world pretending to be more important than they are.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/30/poll-finds-dominic-raab-risks-losing-seat-to-lib-dems