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Umeå Tries to Guess the Swedish Election

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Here is a summary of the guesses predictions about the result of the Swedish election made by me and 19 of my colleagues here in Umeå. The sweepstake was organised and the summary calculated by Niklas Bolin. The aritmethic average from the entries (with 2 digits) were

The Left Wing (47,86%)

  • Social Democrats – 37,35%
  • Left Party – 5,41%
  • Green Party – 5,10%

The Right Wing (47,86%)

  • Centre Party – 6,20%
  • Liberal Party – 7,98%
  • Christian Democrats – 6,33%
  • Conservatives – 27,35%

Others

  • Sweden Democrats – 1,56%
  • Feminists – 0,74%
  • June List – 0,70%
  • Health Care Party – 0,27%
  • Others – 1,05%

Turn-out

  • 79,45%

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September 13th, 2006 at 2:07 pm

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An Even Wiser Guy

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One of my former students mailed me to say that he scored 66 points in Danish TV2′s “Test the Nation”. There is hope for the youth, after all. :-D

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September 13th, 2006 at 1:56 pm

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