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Why are the numbers so microscopic compared to the population of the UK? Is it not a direct vote?
by capote 10y ago
Why are the numbers so microscopic compared to the population of the UK? Is it not a direct vote?
- cperciva 10y agoNumbers only get reported when an electoral district has finished counting. Right now only 5 of 382 districts have reported (and they're mostly small districts, which is why they finished counting so quickly).
- capote 10y agoSo are we expecting tens of millions to vote by the end? Edit: I did some math and figured it out. Thanks for the help, hehehe
- cperciva 10y agoSomewhere around 25-30 million, I think.
- alistairjcbrown 10y ago"16.8 million votes needed to win referendum" - so there would therefore be ~33.6 million votes in total.
- Reason077 10y agoEach polling area counts it's results and reports in seperately. So far the results are only in for a few areas.
- ianmcgowan 10y agoThe Guardian has an interesting map, where the size of each County is proportional to the population: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2016/jun/23/eu-referendum-live-results-and-analysis http://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2016/jun/... It gives a different perspective to the early votes coming in...