Absolutely no-one thought Corbyn would win in a landslide in 2019.

Polls had Johnson way ahead for months and he won with a huge majority.

You may be confusing 2019 with 2017, when May failed to secure an overall majority.

Posted By: norwaay on May 29th 2024 at 14:29:04

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One week in and the polls have changed not a jot (General Chat) - Old Man, May 29, 11:27:54
- Polls..... (General Chat) - usacanary, May 29, 14:01:54
  - If Reform weren't on the scene then it'd be closer (General Chat) - CWC, May 29, 14:49:07
  - Absolutely no-one thought Corbyn would win in a landslide in 2019. (General Chat) - norwaay, May 29, 14:29:04
    - "on here" (General Chat) - usacanary, May 29, 14:42:14
      - No they didn't "on here". (General Chat) - norwaay, May 29, 14:47:59
        
        The jist is that the vocal people on this forum did not represent the general electorate. (General Chat) - usacanary, May 29, 14:57:13
        
        I don't know what you mean by 'vocal people' (General Chat) - norwaay, May 29, 15:06:03
        
        My main takeaway from this thread (General Chat) - jamesward, May 29, 15:34:47
        
        I need new haterz. The old ones are boring. (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, May 29, 15:44:09
        
        You know that calling people your 'jelly haterz' is a pretty basic ad hominem right? (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, May 29, 15:55:04
        
        Idiot test...... (General Chat) - usacanary, May 29, 16:24:13
        
        Smelly (n/m) (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, May 29, 16:25:06
        
        Good job..... (General Chat) - usacanary, May 29, 16:55:49
        
        This never get boring. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, May 29, 17:55:01
        
        its "getz" (General Chat) - usacanary, May 29, 18:02:46
  - broadly agree it won’t be the great landslide, but (General Chat) - Tressells Broadbrush, May 29, 14:24:29
- JLP poll had the gap down to 12%. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorcee, May 29, 13:35:59
- Without getting all picky, the fieldwork for the latest polls will have been done before (General Chat) - Yellalee, May 29, 11:51:51
  - You're mostly right, the very latest ones had post-announcement fieldwork though (General Chat) - Old Man, May 29, 12:44:49
    - (but you're right the impact of last week's "campaigning" won't be in the numbers yet) (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, May 29, 12:45:23
- What? We still have Rishi gets a tattoo day; Rishi goes skateboarding day; (General Chat) - Pixelman, May 29, 11:47:19
  - I'm most loving (General Chat) - paulg, May 29, 14:58:02
  - Rishi gets his first working class friend day (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, May 29, 13:06:31
    - Steady on.... (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, May 29, 13:10:40

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