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Our Political "experts" Need New Crystal Balls!!

  • 02-06-2007 5:12pm
    #1
    bemmet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92 ✭✭


    See the predictions from various pundits in the lead up to the election .
    One has to ask did our crystal gazers ever get it so wrong before ?

    Interesting though that they were almost spot on with the PDs . .

    In all cases the FF total is first ,FG second ,labour third and PDs next.



    Saturday View
    TOTAL
    65 46 21 2 10 11 2 9 166
    -16 +15 - -6 +4 +6 +1 -4

    RTE Election Book     TOTAL
    70 43 24 3 7 10 2 7 166
    -11 +12 +3 -5 +1 +5 +1 -6

    Village Magazine
    TOTAL
    71 44 22 3 9 7 2 8 166
    -10 +13 +1 -5 +3 +2 +1 -5

    Irish Times
    TOTAL
    67 47 22 3 10 9 1 7 166
    -14 +16 +1 -5 +4 +4 - -6

    Ivan Yates (News at One)
    TOTAL
    68 47 19 1 10 11 2 8 166
    -13 +16 -2 -7 +4 +6 +1 -5

    Noel Whelan (News at One)
    TOTAL
    68 50 20 3 9 9 2 5 166
    -13 +19 -1 -5 +3 +4 +1 -8

    Nick Coffey (Drivetime)
    TOTAL
    67 47 20 2 10 10 2 8 166
    -14 +16 -1 -6 +4 +5 +1 -5

    Average of All Predictions
    TOTAL
    68 46 21 2 9 10 2 8 166
    -13 +15 - -6 +3 +5 +1 -5


Comments

  • #2
    AidoCQS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 189 ✭✭AidoCQS


    Well I for one owe John Waters an apology, I slagged him off for his late late show appearance

    In fairness he was not the central target of my annoyance and I am not going to get into all that again..

    but actually if you look back at it, John Waters was spot on in everything he said, he was the only one talking logically that night. Welcome back John, apologies, and please stay away from that maddness in europe, don't allow the eurotrash to drag you down, its good to have you home.


  • #3
    ateam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 986 ✭✭✭ateam


    AidoCQS wrote:
    Well I for one owe John Waters an apology, I slagged him off for his late late show appearance

    In fairness he was not the central target of my annoyance and I am not going to get into all that again..

    but actually if you look back at it, John Waters was spot on in everything he said, he was the only one talking logically that night. Welcome back John, apologies, and please stay away from that maddness in europe, don't allow the eurotrash to drag you down, its good to have you home.


    Waters was almost spot on. He said there would be a bandwagon for FF in the last week, but the PDs wouldn't benefit. That happened. I wonder did Dunphy pay up to Waters.


  • #4
    bemmet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92 ✭✭bemmet


    Many thanks for the link back to that late show clip .

    Waters did have it spot on .He seems to me to be the most clear of all predictions .

    Go to the end of the clip ,the real question is did dunphy pay up .
    He clearly offered waters 10 to 1 at 50 euro,s.


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