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[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago (3 children)

People have been treating a Conservative majority as basically foretold for the last while, but the election is still over a year out. Personally, I've been much more reserved with my feelings about our current political trajectory. Recent events from south of the border should make it very clear that even a few months is forever in politics. We're not in what I would consider an ideal position, but it's much too early to assume the sky is going to fall.

[–] stealth_cookies 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Polling is essentially meaningless until an election is called, and given none of the parties are making policy promises at this point it is more of a state of sentiment about the current government.

I really hope that whoever gets elected this next election that they only get a minority so there is at least some chance of ensuring they don't do anything too extreme.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

That’s not entirely true

Polls still predict how people will behave, but there is a lot of room for events to happen.

If you properly weight your polls with probability of outcomes, it’s useful. That’s not easy though.

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