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That’s the question a company called, somewhat improbably, Onalytica have set out to answer in their paper, Using the Internet as a Market Research Database. They’ve summarised their key findngs thus: 1. Changes in daily election poll results could be estimated by measuring the changes in the relative amount of online discussion 2. We find [...]

A couple of months ago, Lib Dem Voice identified five candidates standing for the party in this general election in winnable seats whose campaigns needed a helping hand from readers willing to make a donation.
Thank you to all LDV readers who responded – collectively you helped raise some £1,831, a terrific response. Two of [...]

Cross-posted from Liberal Democrat News:
“This will be the first real internet election,” was the oft-repeated claim made in the run up to 2010’s national poll. So how did that claim stack up against the reality?
Some will point to the hype surrounding the leaders’ debates as evidence that television remains the dominant force. Ten million tuned [...]

So. Farewell
Then
Labservative.com
Spoof Lib Dem website
Which introduced the
World to
Gorvid Camerown.
Yes. You are
The first victim of
The coalition cuts.
65 years of
Two-party rule
Was your catchphrase.
You just
Never said
Which two parties.
Now gone from the web
Twitter and YouTube.
But we shall
Always have
The memories.
Rest in
Taking the piss.
EJ Thribb (17½)

Lib Dem Voice has been conducting a survey today of party members registered on our members’ forum asking them for their views of the discussions that have been taking place between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives. Here’s what you’ve told us …

89% support Nick Clegg’s decision to let the party with the most [...]

One of the least known facts about the last parliament, and which deserved to be more widely publicised, was that the Lib Dems were either in first or second place in 250 constituencies across the UK – which made the media’s tired and almost exclusive concentration on Labour and the Tories for most of the [...]

(Hat-tip http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/).

I’ve not seen a transcript yet, but here’s ConservativeHome’s paraphrase of David Cameron’s supposed “offer” to the Lib Dems:
I thank Nick Clegg for recognising that the Tories won most new seats and I will now talk to the Liberal Democrats about delivering the kind of government Britain needs.
I offer reassurances to the Liberal Democrats so [...]

Here’s a few to ponder … Or perhaps best to sleep on them.
1. What happened to the predicted Lib Dem surge? Did people change their mind at the last minute? Did young people not turn out? Did floating voters turn their back on us?
2. How did the opinion polls get the Lib Dem share of [...]

4.23 am
Horrible news: Lib Dems’ Evan Harris LOSES seat of Oxford West & Abingdon to Tories on a 6.9% swing:
Conservative 23,906 42.3% (+9.6)
Evan Harris Liberal Democrat 23,730 42.0% (-4.1)
Labour 5,999 10.6% (-5.2)
Malcolm Bruce HOLDS Gordon.
4.19 am
Lib Dems’ Paul Holmes LOSES Chesterfield.
Bob Russell HOLDS Chesterfield, 6,982 majority.
4.14 am
Fantastic result for Tom Brake in [...]