Donald Trump

[SWP's back]

Has anyone posted this yet?



Edit: Urban Genie already did. Doi!

So very good.

 

[cibaman]

I've just noticed that the District of Columbia voted 92.8% for Clinton. Trump's going to feel wellcome there. They also voted in favour of a motion that they be granted Statehood. I'm sure Trump will be very supportive of that.

 

[andyhinch]

Has anyone posted this yet?



Edit: Urban Genie already did. Doi!

Pretty much nail on head

 

[CityStu]

You've got that the wrong way around buddy.

Have I?

Seat - Labour - Tory
A ------- 10 ------- 0
B ------- 9 ------- 1
C ------- 8 ------- 2
D ------- 10 ------- 0
E ------- 4 ------- 6
F ------- 4 ------- 6
G ------- 3 ------- 7
H ------- 4 ------- 6
I ------- 3 ------- 7
​

Labour win the popular vote by 55 to 35 but the Tories win by 6 seats to 4. Very similar to the US except they have relatively few 'seats' that are weighted differently. Our seats in the UK are all weighted the same but they are designed to as fair as possible.

 

[cibaman]

Have I?

Seat - Labour - Tory
A ------- 10 ------- 0
B ------- 9 ------- 1
C ------- 8 ------- 2
D ------- 10 ------- 0
E ------- 4 ------- 6
F ------- 4 ------- 6
G ------- 3 ------- 7
H ------- 4 ------- 6
I ------- 3 ------- 7
​

Labour win the popular vote by 55 to 35 but the Tories win by 6 seats to 4. Very similar to the US except they have relatively few 'seats' that are weighted differently. Our seats in the UK are all weighted the same but they are designed to as fair as possible.

Isnt he saying that the Tories win more seats by a landslide than do Labour?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Jesus Christ......

His last sentence carries an element of truth, I'm afraid. Picking Hilary has allowed Trump into office.

 

[01cravend]

Not sure who he is but I watched it all the way through. I'm a leftie and he is spot fucking on.

Jonathan Pie(real name Tom Walker), he's a political satirist

 

[SWP's back]

Have I?

Seat - Labour - Tory
A ------- 10 ------- 0
B ------- 9 ------- 1
C ------- 8 ------- 2
D ------- 10 ------- 0
E ------- 4 ------- 6
F ------- 4 ------- 6
G ------- 3 ------- 7
H ------- 4 ------- 6
I ------- 3 ------- 7
​

Labour win the popular vote by 55 to 35 but the Tories win by 6 seats to 4. Very similar to the US except they have relatively few 'seats' that are weighted differently. Our seats in the UK are all weighted the same but they are designed to as fair as possible.

Yes but the Tories need a higher percentage of the vote than Labour to achieve the same result as a rule nationwide.

Your example is fine, it's just the wrong way around as I say and I'm not sure why you thought it was that way:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8606979.stm

 

[SWP's back]

Isnt he saying that the Tories win more seats by a landslide than do Labour?

No. I'm saying the Tories need a much higher percentage of the vote to get a landslide than Labour. As an example in 2005, they had 3% more of the vote and received 356 seats compared with the Tories on 198.

The Tories would need at least 10% more of the vote to do the same.

 

[CityStu]

Yes but the Tories need a higher percentage of the vote than Labour to achieve the same result as a rule nationwide.

Your example is fine, it's just the wrong way around as I say and I'm not sure why you thought it was that way:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8606979.stm

Oh, merely a hypothetical example. You could just as easy switch the party names in my table.