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UK Election: Takeaways From The Weekend’s Polling

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There's been a rush of UK polling this weekend, as pollsters get polls out on the final weekend before voters go to the polls. There are plenty of takeaways from the data, but here are 5 main takeaways:   The Labour Squeeze Has Stopped   One of the arguments made in favour of the Labour Party's chance in this election was the fact that in 2017, Labour … [Read more...] about UK Election: Takeaways From The Weekend’s Polling

UK Election Reset: Tories Still Favourites

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Forecasting any election is a challenge. There’s always a risk that analysts see what they expect to see and discount data points that contradict those expectations. We may be seeing the beginnings of that in the run up to next week’s UK elections. If it does happen, it won’t be the first time. During the BBC Election Night broadcast of 1992, Malcolm Rifkind, … [Read more...] about UK Election Reset: Tories Still Favourites

Louisiana Governor Run-Off: What To Watch

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So tonight we have a close Governor Run-off Race in Louisiana.  We have a lot of great Election Data and Analysis coming out of DDHQ tonight: We have our "Not an Exit, Exit Poll" We'll be testing *LIVE* Precinct Results  We'll be having our Vote Goal Summary Sheet so you can follow along and see what the win conditions are and how these things are called You can … [Read more...] about Louisiana Governor Run-Off: What To Watch

DDHQ’s Election Day Coverage

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Welcome to election day 2019. We’ll once again have livestream coverage with the DDHQ election team starting at 6pm eastern on Twitch, YouTube, Periscope, and Facebook. The two big races we’ll be tracking today are of course the races for governor in Kentucky and Mississippi. We'll be covering those races on our results page. If you don't already have a free account, be … [Read more...] about DDHQ’s Election Day Coverage

NC-03 And NC-09 Special Election Previews

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It's election day in North Carolina with two special elections taking place today. In NC-03 voters are going to the polls to elect a successor to Republican Walter Jones who died earlier this year. It's a heavily GOP leaning district and Republican Greg Murphy is the favorite. In the heavily contested NC-09 special election, Dan Bishop(R) is battling with Dan McCready(D) … [Read more...] about NC-03 And NC-09 Special Election Previews