{"id":25052,"date":"2019-12-10T05:30:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T10:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hearts-sciencecom.local\/?p=25052"},"modified":"2021-12-22T15:09:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T20:09:01","slug":"one-more-reason-to-vote-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearts-science.com\/en-gb\/one-more-reason-to-vote-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"One more reason to vote tomorrow&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span class=\"TextRun SCXW1964940 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW1964940 BCX7\">\u2026especially<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW1964940 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW1964940 BCX7\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW1964940 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW1964940 BCX7\">if you\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW1964940 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW1964940 BCX7\">think<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW1964940 BCX7\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW1964940 BCX7\">\u00a0it won\u2019t make any difference<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This Thursday will see one of the most important UK elections in which the general public will be looking to the polls more than ever before.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">However<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0can they be trusted?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 2008 Nate Silver did something extraordinary. He predicted\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">winners\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">all 100<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fU.S. Senate\u202fseat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s. Polling companies had correctly predicted the result of a presidential race\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">before<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0but no-one had ever so accurately predicted a Senate race. Overnight Nate Silver became a Data Science superstar with interviews on CNN and a partnership with the New York Times to support his blog.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Full\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">confidence,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Silver turned his attention and his methodology to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the 2010 UK general election. And he got it\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">completely<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0wrong<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Undeterred he had a crack at\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the 2015 and 2017 UK general elections<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and he struck out again. After his reputation remained intact by correctly predicted the US elections during the intervening years<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0he eventually gave up on UK elections citing poor quality data.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In spite of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">his<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0high-profile fails, Nate\u2019s UK election experience does point to an interesting insight into the unique\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">difficulty with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UK\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">general election<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0predictions<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0rooted within\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">building a representative sample of voters.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As most already know UK voters are grouped into 6<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">5<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">0 constituencies of between 60k to 80k voters. The party with the most votes in each constituency sends an MP to parliament. The party with the most MPs in parliament forms a government (usually).\u00a0So\u00a0to predict an election result requires a robust sample in all 650 constituencies. The YouGov\/Sunday Times poll \u2013 one of the most comprehensive and respected \u2013 is currently running at 1,680 respondents. That equates to 2.8 voters in each constituency. Hardly statistically significant.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This does beg the question as to what is the value of polls then? The simple answer is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">storytelling. They give news outlets something\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018concrete\u2019\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to talk about<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0whether it\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Boris\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">winning a TV debate or the Lib Dems\u2019 Remain story having traction.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And in the absence of any more robust evidence to the contrary, then it\u2019s worth reporting and acting upon.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The best of the bunch we found was<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electoralcalculus.co.uk\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/www.electoralcalculus.co.uk\/<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0which\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">based on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reasonable\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">10,827\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">voters<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(18 voters\/constituency)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Despite having a sample size 10x larger than\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yougov<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">it\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">doesn\u2019t tend to get too much coverage.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0they didn\u2019t get 2015 or 2017, they did at least get 2010\u00a0right\u00a0so they\u2019re one-up on poor old Nate.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Above all else, what we like about Electoral Calculus is that they are open-sourced with their\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">methodology \u2013 remember what your primary school maths teacher once told you\u2026<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This all points to several\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">watch-outs\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for our industry when it comes to insight derivation and analysis. The first is always question the source of an insight and the underlying data. The proliferation of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">new\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">data and techniques\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is exciting but i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">f\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">these new approaches are\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">black box\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and you\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">can\u2019t unpick<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the methodology then handle the insights with care.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Secondly and more broadly, beware of the insatiable desire for \u2018the answer.\u2019 This can put pressure on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">whoever\u2019s doing your analytics to deliver any answer. Create an environment whereby people can challenge the robustness of data with confidence.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n case you\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">re curious\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">despite<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0our\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">misgivings about data quality\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">you\u2019re\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">still keen to see a prediction for the election, w<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e have\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reweighted\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Electoral Calculus\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">predictions (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">they were still predicting 650 MP\u2019s) and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">had a stab at the results\u2026<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table data-tablestyle=\"MsoNormalTable\" data-tablelook=\"1184\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Party<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Electoral Calculus\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hearts Prediction\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">CON<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">347<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">308<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">LAB<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">225<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">246<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">LIB<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">13<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">22<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Brexit<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">SNP<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">41<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">45<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Other<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">16<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">20<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">DUP<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">8<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"69905\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">7<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0remember on Thursday \u2013 whether you\u2019re in a \u2018critical swing\u2019 seat being targeted by an opposing party or if your local MP is nailed on to win, question the source of that wisdom\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and the robustness of the sample when you\u2019re\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">queu<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to vote at your local polling station.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>James Londal, Chief Data Officer, Hearts &amp; Science UK<\/p>\n<p>Garrett O&#8217;Reilly, Managing Director, Hearts &amp; Science UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026especially\u00a0if you\u00a0think\u00a0it won\u2019t make any difference This Thursday will see one of the most important UK elections in which the general public will be looking to the polls more than ever before.\u00a0However,\u00a0can they be trusted?\u00a0 In 2008 Nate Silver did something extraordinary. He predicted\u00a0the\u00a0winners\u00a0of\u00a0all 100\u202fU.S. Senate\u202fseats. 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