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Thurs 8th June 2017 - **Presentation related discussion only** (April 2017)

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EXIT Poll, How is this going to work this time? Last time there were roughly right but it came down to 1000 Vote in 10 areas which could have swung either way. Will it just be another Straight exit poll Or will there do a 1992 and say it could go margin of error?

Whilst opinion pollsters should hang their heads in shame Prof. John Curtice has been the hero of the past 2 general elections. I have no doubt his exit poll will be far more accurate than any opinion poll has been.

Its not *his* exit poll as such, but he is excellent in his analysis. Some of his best work was on referendum night - there was no previous vote to work with, but the model he and his team had developed turned out - right from the moment the Sunderland result came in early in the night - to be on the money,


Worth remembering that there are two key differences with the exit poll verses any other - it asks people how they voted rather than how they intend to vote and the sample size is huge compared to any other poll, several times as big. The results are very carefully weighted and analysised before the final prediction is made.
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BM11
The seats predictions the exit poll bring up are not as accurate through. In 2015 they predicted on the swing that several seats would be Tory gains from Labour which were subsequently held by Labour- one with a nearly 7 thousand majority.
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m7891
EXIT Poll, How is this going to work this time? Last time there were roughly right but it came down to 1000 Vote in 10 areas which could have swung either way. Will it just be another Straight exit poll Or will there do a 1992 and say it could go margin of error?

Whilst opinion pollsters should hang their heads in shame Prof. John Curtice has been the hero of the past 2 general elections. I have no doubt his exit poll will be far more accurate than any opinion poll has been.

Its not *his* exit poll as such, but he is excellent in his analysis. Some of his best work was on referendum night - there was no previous vote to work with, but the model he and his team had developed turned out - right from the moment the Sunderland result came in early in the night - to be on the money,


Worth remembering that there are two key differences with the exit poll verses any other - it asks people how they voted rather than how they intend to vote and the sample size is huge compared to any other poll, several times as big. The results are very carefully weighted and analysised before the final prediction is made.


The exit poll also uses past exit polls, and the subsequent actual results, to come to its conclusion.

There's a good article on the methodology here: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/staff/academic-research/firth/exit-poll-explainer/

And of course, while the seats weren't fully accurate, the underlying %ages were near-enough spot on:



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Ben Shatliff
Raged Omaar has done a good job presenting but surprised Tom has not done any at all.


I'm pretty sure Rageh Omaar wasn't that angry about covering. Wink


I wasn't suggesting he was. Just wondered where Tom was that's all.
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Whataday Founding member
I wonder what that green wall is for.


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HarryB
I wonder what that green wall is for.



The green wall is to hide cameras. So a camera would be hidden instead of in a shot.
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TellyFan
BBC News at Six is extended to 40 minutes.
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Aaron_2015
With the election tomorrow, I thought it would be worth sharing a long read from The Guardian. It's mainly about how Ed Miliband lost the election, but there is a fascinating account of election night in 2015. There's also little bits about the media which some people might find interesting, regardless of what party you support. Definitely worth a read if you have 10 minutes!

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/03/undoing-of-ed-miliband-and-how-labour-lost-election

Radio Times also have a brief look at classic election nights:

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-06-07/8-fascinating-facts-about-the-early-days-of-bbc-election-night-broadcasts
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A former member
since were entering that no go period let see if you can dig up some gems:

I go first: WHOS THAT WOMAN?? Very Happy
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Worzel
Raged Omaar has done a good job presenting but surprised Tom has not done any at all.


I'm pretty sure Rageh Omaar wasn't that angry about covering. Wink


I wasn't suggesting he was. Just wondered where Tom was that's all.


You didn't understand the gag. 😉
Ben Shatliff and Stuart gave kudos
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News96
Yes Please Media Boy.


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JKDerry
The old faithful BBC election set is back. I have to say I do like it. yes it has been used since 2010 with minor changes, but it suits the BBC coverage perfectly.

BBC always tries to overpower ITV with the sheer size of their set, as they always have the advantage of a huge studio, in this case Studio D at BBC Elstree with 11,800 Sq Ft of space. ITN, well green screen helps them look bigger than they are.

I wonder if ITV have just kept the same Election 2015 backdrop too.

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