Danish Election

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Hahah, another defeat for the pollsters. Clearly no lessons were learned after the British landslide last month.

The exit polls were wrong, too.

probably because many people don't want to be pilloried (sp?) for voting on their party of choice, given the dominance of PC-thought in media

[Liep]

The voter turnout was only 84.6%, I blame the heavy rain.

[celedhring]

How did cute freckles girl fare? That's all that matters.

[Liep]

How did cute freckles girl fare? That's all that matters.

She had a very good election and easily secured her seat. Her party also had an overall increase in votes and seats.

EDIT: And she started wearing glasses. Does not take away any cute factor.

EDIT: From WWF Denmark's twitter:

[celedhring]

(I know it's Switzerland but close enough)

[Liep]

So the real losers of this election are the pollsters and political commentators (as judged by journalists who aren't, but want to be, political commentators).

Your guide to choosing your personal commentator on Danish politics:


And that's not even all of them.

[The Brain]

Hans Engell.

[Admiral Yi]

I'm not sure, so I'll just Ask Rostrup.

[Liep]

I'm not sure, so I'll just Ask Rostrup.

A decent choice. A little dim, but that's sometimes nice in a commentator. You can always follow the conversation.

[Admiral Yi]

I doubt it.

[Admiral Yi]

And Ms. Frecklesdautir is one of the few women who looks less attractive with glasses on IMO.

[The Minsky Moment]

I'm wearing a blazer sø Marie Serup's my gal.

Yi - your guy is too lazy to put a line through his "o"

[Admiral Yi]

Joan, we've got to stop meeting like this.

[The Larch]

I couldn't get past the third question in that diagram.

[Octavian]

So the real losers of this election are the pollsters and political commentators (as judged by journalists who aren't, but want to be, political commentators).

Your guide to choosing your personal commentator on Danish politics:


And that's not even all of them.

The Hans Engell and Ralf Pittelkow flows are true.