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Further observations on the British election

By Michael Barone

Published May 12, 2015 1:34am ET

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Further observations on the British election — British Prime Minister David Cameron poses for a picture with the new Conservative Party MPs in Palace Yard on May 11, 2015 in London, England. (Getty Image)

Here are some further observations about the British election, based on further analysis over the weekend.

3. How did the Conservatives win so many marginal seats (continued)?

In my earlier blogpost I wrote “a look at the election returns as they came in has convinced me (though I am open to persuasion based on a closer review of the numbers) that United Kingdom Independence Party numbers held up well in safe Labour and perhaps safe Conservative districts, but tended to go over to Conservatives in marginal seats.”

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