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Post by minionofmidas on Mar 16, 2022 11:49:45 GMT
And if you're wondering what's going on in the sw of the state  With the added info that the Hispanic share of CVAP - lagging well behind share of the total pop - is rising yearly. note that Finney County isn't rural (depends how you look at it, I suppose - agrobusiness town and service center for the surrounding rural area). That's Garden City, listed among those swinging larger cities. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2022 8:11:18 GMT
The five most recent Old Etonian Tory leaders
Boris Johnson 2019-
David Cameron 2005-16
Alec Douglas-Home 1963-65
Harold Macmillan 1957-63
Anthony Eden 1955-57
The last four before Boris were leader for an average of 4.75 years. Based on that, expect BoJo to go in April 2024.
Maybe Rishi Sunak's slogan can be Win with Winchester.
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Post by Defenestrated Fipplebox on Mar 22, 2022 8:27:56 GMT
The five most recent Old Etonian Tory leaders Boris Johnson 2019- David Cameron 2005-16 Alec Douglas-Home 1963-65 Harold Macmillan 1957-63 Anthony Eden 1955-57 The last four before Boris were leader for an average of 4.75 years. Based on that, expect BoJo to go in April 2024. Maybe Rishi Sunak's slogan can be Win with Winchester. The next leader will need to be an Old Estonian to keep the pattern going. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2022 8:32:00 GMT
The five most recent Old Etonian Tory leaders Boris Johnson 2019- David Cameron 2005-16 Alec Douglas-Home 1963-65 Harold Macmillan 1957-63 Anthony Eden 1955-57 The last four before Boris were leader for an average of 4.75 years. Based on that, expect BoJo to go in April 2024. Maybe Rishi Sunak's slogan can be Win with Winchester. The next leader will need to be an Old Estonian to keep the pattern going. Now that would be interesting. I wonder if ex Estonian PM Mart Laar is available |
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Post by batman on Mar 22, 2022 8:33:17 GMT
That was a joke cracked about Thatcher's cabinet which had several Jewish members, but in fact there never have been that many Jews in Estonia and only a tiny number in this country have their antecedents there. Lithuania, now that's a different matter.
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Post by Defenestrated Fipplebox on Mar 22, 2022 8:34:44 GMT
The next leader will need to be an Old Estonian to keep the pattern going. Now that would be interesting. I wonder if ex Estonian PM Mart Laar is available This is why we love predictive text. (or maybe I just can't type) |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2022 8:35:33 GMT
Now that would be interesting. I wonder if ex Estonian PM Mart Laar is available This is why we love predictive text. And predictable patterns |
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 22, 2022 13:20:15 GMT
That was a joke cracked about Thatcher's cabinet which had several Jewish members, but in fact there never have been that many Jews in Estonia and only a tiny number in this country have their antecedents there. Lithuania, now that's a different matter. Indeed, it was one of relatively few places outside Germany to be declared by the Nazis officially "Judenfrei" before the end of WW2. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2022 9:20:44 GMT
Alaska margin of victory for Republicans in US presidential races:
2000: 30%
2004: 25%
2008: 20%
2020: 10%
Will Alaska be the next 'red' state to go Democrat? Trump's margin of victory was not that different to Romney's in Arizona in 2012, and we all know what's happened to that state politically since then.
If the swings continue, Alaska will vote Democrat in 2032.
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Mar 24, 2022 14:44:49 GMT
I'm stretching the use of the word 'interesting' here I know but...
The Lib Dems won 335 votes in the seat of Cynon Valley in the 2016 and 2021 Senedd elections.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Apr 7, 2022 23:02:21 GMT
Alaska margin of victory for Republicans in US presidential races: 2000: 30% 2004: 25% 2008: 20% 2020: 10% Will Alaska be the next 'red' state to go Democrat? Trump's margin of victory was not that different to Romney's in Arizona in 2012, and we all know what's happened to that state politically since then. If the swings continue, Alaska will vote Democrat in 2032. ...although the trend (= AK-margin minus US-margin) has softened after Romney:   Anchorage (40% of pop.):  FairBanks-NorthStar (13%):  Juneau (5%):  Kenai-PenInsula (9%):  Matanuska-Susitna (15%):  |
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Post by Georg Ebner on Apr 8, 2022 2:51:17 GMT
Alaska margin of victory for Republicans in US presidential races: 2000: 30% 2004: 25% 2008: 20% 2020: 10% Will Alaska be the next 'red' state to go Democrat? Trump's margin of victory was not that different to Romney's in Arizona in 2012, and we all know what's happened to that state politically since then. If the swings continue, Alaska will vote Democrat in 2032. The "Wild West" - the area between MW and PacificCoast - is generally not as safe as people assume out of tradition:  Kansas-cities:  |
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Post by greenhert on Apr 14, 2022 21:44:11 GMT
The last time where either major party leader represented a seat in the Midlands (either East or West) was 1955, on account of Anthony Eden representing Warwick & Leamington. In fact the East Midlands region specifically has never been represented by a major party leader at any time.
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Post by finsobruce on Apr 14, 2022 21:52:20 GMT
The last time where either major party leader represented a seat in the Midlands (either East or West) was 1955, on account of Anthony Eden representing Warwick & Leamington. In fact the East Midlands region specifically has never been represented by a major party leader at any time. Ramsay Macdonald was MP for Leicester (1906-18) and chair of the parliamentary Labour party , the equivalent of leader, (1911-14) |
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Post by johnloony on Apr 15, 2022 12:48:31 GMT
The Labour plurality in the Croydon, New Addington North by-election in May 2021 was 229 votes. Leonard Fenton was 229 days older than June Brown.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 15, 2022 12:51:01 GMT
There is another thread on this forum for random facts which has another desciptor than 'interesting' in the title.
Just FYI
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2022 15:32:00 GMT
If Mehmet Oz is elected US Senator from Pennsylvania, he'll be the first Senator to have a two-letter surname.
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Post by batman on Apr 17, 2022 18:52:51 GMT
If Mehmet Oz is elected US Senator from Pennsylvania, he'll be the first Senator to have a two-letter surname. I remember Labour fielding a general election candidate called Farmida Bi not many years ago |
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