[lbo-talk] UK election exit polls (Whatever happened to the Liberal Democrats?)

[Doug Henwood]

On May 7, 2010, at 12:18 PM, Somebody Somebody wrote:


> What we've seen is further confirmation of how third parties, even  
> major ones like the Liberal Democrats, are snuffed out on election  
> day in first-past-the-post voting systems.

Another reason for this: according to a post to the AAPOR list by one  
of the British exit pollsters, some of the LD's strength came from  
young people who said they were going to vote for the party. Came  
election day and they stayed home. Kids.

Doug