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    1. What the British people voted for, and what they received

      Just the facts, for now. This election holds huge significance, and the impact of the UK's First Past The Post voting system provides crucial context for understanding the result. Party Share of...

      Just the facts, for now. This election holds huge significance, and the impact of the UK's First Past The Post voting system provides crucial context for understanding the result.

      Party Share of Votes Total Seats Share of Seats
      Conservative 43.6% 364 56.0%
      Labour 32.2% 203 31.2%
      Scottish National Party 3.9% 48 7.4%
      Liberal Democrat 11.5% 11 1.7%
      Democratic Unionist Party 0.8% 8 1.2%
      Sinn Féin 0.6% 7 1.1%
      Plaid Cymru 0.5% 4 0.6%
      Social Democratic and Labour Party 0.4% 2 0.3%
      Green 2.7% 1 0.15%
      Alliance 0.4% 1 0.15%
      Brexit 2% 0 0%
      Ind 0.6% 0 0%
      Change 0% 0 0%
      Other 0.8% 0 0%

      All data from The Guardian, with 649/650 seats declared (still awaiting St Ives).

      17 votes
    2. Democratic Debate #4 - October 15 2019

      This debate will start at 8pm EST. From CNN's website: It will air exclusively on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español, and will stream on CNN.com's homepage and NYTimes.com's homepage. The...

      This debate will start at 8pm EST. From CNN's website:

      It will air exclusively on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español, and will stream on CNN.com's homepage and NYTimes.com's homepage. The debate will also stream live on the following Facebook Pages: CNN, CNN International, CNN Politics, CNN Replay, AC360 and Erin Burnett OutFront.

      In addition, the debate will be available across mobile devices via CNN's and New York Times' apps for iOS and Android, via CNNgo apps for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast and Android TV, SiriusXM Channels 116, 454 and 795, the Westwood One Radio Network and National Public Radio. You can also ask Amazon's Alexa to play the debate, and the voice-controlled assistant will play the audio of the debate.

      19 votes