It was a stunning loss for Labour's Ed Miliband, who resigned the day after the election. Polls indicated a close race, but it turned out to be a rout for Labour. The Conservatives took 331 of 650 seats in the House of Commons, an increase of 24 seats from the 2010 race. Labour ...
to lead the country alone with a minority government for a brief period before calling another general election.) One of the reasons for the increase in poll coverage is that news organizations sometimes commission polls to do stories on how different segments of the electorate are thinking about...
The United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) has passed a non-binding resolution asking United Kingdom (UK) to return Chagos Archipelago in Indian Ocean to Mauritius. The UK should end its control of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean as rapidly as possible. The islands are not lawfully ...
Current Affairs June 2018 - International - 1 - India released Rs 33.10 Cr to Nepal for 2 road Projects
The Nepali Congress, under his leadership, emerged as the largest party during the second constituent assembly election in November 2014, from a distant second in the 2008 polls. News 8: Veteran director Aurobindo Mukherjee passes away Recently, veteran film-maker Aurobindo Mukherjee passed away at...
Public opinion polls are a central part of our lives, especially the media’s weekly election polls. These influence public opinion and can create reality, in that they often direct the voter to “go with the flow.” The 2006 trajectory of the Gil – Pensioners’ Party led by Rafi Eitan ...
With less than two weeks until Election Day, the 2024 presidential race is as tight and tense as any in recent memory. America’s almost suspiciously divided voters are within the margin of error for a dead tie in many polls, includingin the important swing states— although the tide is tu...
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/election-polls-2020-mistakes/679545/ Subtract the polling bias from the last two presidential elections from the margin of Harris over Trump and she has reason to worry. Democrats seem to know that –“sleep when we’re dead”. ...
and again, Donald Trump is incapable of looking at the bigger picture in this crisis; he repeatedly thinks only of himself and his standing in the polls instead of plowing ahead with bold action and a common purpose, despite the criticism he faces, even if it means risking re-election. ...
India’s pension fund regulator has recommended the federal government introduce a UK-like pension scheme for the country’s gig workers, a move aimed at bringing about 90 per cent of the overall workforce into the pension fold. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), whic...