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SWINGOMETER - The swingometer is a graphics device that shows the effects of the swing from one party to another on British election results programmes. It is used...
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Feature of election night gets more excited covering victory |
Device demonstrating changes in voting intention |
Election night pendulum? |
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Oct 28 2015 The Telegraph - Toughie |
Dec 2 2014 The Guardian - Quick crossword |
Dec 29 2012 The Times - Concise |
Swingometer description |
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The swingometer is a graphics device that shows the effects of the swing from one party to another on British election results programmes. It is used to estimate the number of seats that will be won by different parties, given a particular national swing (in percentage points) in the vote towards or away from a given party, and assuming that that percentage change in the vote will apply in each constituency. The device was invented by Peter Milne, and later refined by David Butler and Robert McKenzie. * The first outing on British television was during a regional output from the BBC studios in Bristol during the 1955 general election (the first UK general election to be televised) and was used to show the swing in the two constituencies of Southampton Itchen and Southampton Test. * Following this use in 1955, the BBC adopted the swingometer on a national basis and it was unveiled in the national broadcasts for the 1959 general election. This swingometer merely showed the national swing i |