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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2020 7:40:50 GMT
Turnout in the 2019 UK Election: 67.3% Turnout in the 2020 US Election: 66.9%
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Post by warofdreams on Nov 5, 2020 9:06:07 GMT
John Tyler (1790 - 1862) Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1853 - 1935) Harrison Ruffin Tyler (1928 - living) I am told that Harrison Tyler died in the last few days. His death was reported in the New York Times A different grandchild died in the last few days, and Harrison was still reported living at the time.
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Post by The Bishop on Nov 5, 2020 12:34:55 GMT
Turnout in the 2019 UK Election: 67.3% Turnout in the 2020 US Election: 66.9% Considered a low turnout for Britain by historical standards, almost exactly the same figure is the highest in living memory for the US.
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Post by greenhert on Nov 8, 2020 15:33:10 GMT
In the 2020 US Presidential election, not only did Joe Biden poll the most votes ever for a successful candidate (75.2 million) but Donald Trump polled the highest votes ever for a losing candidate (70.8 million).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2020 14:34:17 GMT
2020 looks to be the second election in which Georgia and Vermont both vote Democrat, the other being 1992.
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Post by johnloony on Nov 16, 2020 12:58:31 GMT
60 years ago today there were 6 parliamentary by-elections on the same day.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 16, 2020 13:24:03 GMT
And one of them was won by a dancing pieman.
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Post by minionofmidas on Nov 16, 2020 15:44:21 GMT
And another byelection on the following day, with both past and new MP rather better known today than the other 12 taken together.
I assume there was a conscious decision to fill all the Conservative vacancies on the same day, but why? Dulling the impact in case of a shock loss in one of them? And why was the Labour seat filled the very next day?
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Post by John Chanin on Nov 16, 2020 17:26:22 GMT
And another byelection on the following day, with both past and new MP rather better known today than the other 12 taken together. I assume there was a conscious decision to fill all the Conservative vacancies on the same day, but why? Dulling the impact in case of a shock loss in one of them? And why was the Labour seat filled the very next day? Although Heathcote-Amery and Maxwell-Hyslop are vaguely familiar, albeit not as much as Bevan and Foot.
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Post by greenhert on Nov 23, 2020 22:50:51 GMT
In Labour's 1966 landslide victory, the Conservatives were reduced to as few as 3 seats in Wales: Barry, Denbigh, and West Flintshire.
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Post by hullenedge on Dec 3, 2020 12:08:02 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Dec 13, 2020 12:53:52 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Dec 14, 2020 9:47:34 GMT
A novel way of viewing last year's results:-
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Post by hullenedge on Dec 14, 2020 21:29:09 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Dec 16, 2020 23:32:41 GMT
Very intricate:-
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Post by johnloony on Dec 25, 2020 23:36:22 GMT
Wisconsin has been won by a margin of less than 1% in 4 of the 6 US presidential elections this century. No it hasn't.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Dec 25, 2020 23:39:58 GMT
There have only been five US Presidential Elections this century.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2020 8:44:45 GMT
The 'fact' should have read
In 4 of the 6 elections for 21st century US presidencies, Wisconsin has been won by a margin of less than 1%.
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Post by Andrew_S on Dec 29, 2020 10:55:14 GMT
The Ravensbourne constituency was named after a river rather than a place. If it had been named after a place what would have been the best name for it?
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Post by islington on Dec 29, 2020 10:56:20 GMT
The Ravensbourne constituency was named after a river rather than a place. If it had been named after a place what would have been the best name for it? Bromley.
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