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Swingometer — The swingometer is a graphics device that shows the swing from one party to another on British election results programmes. It was invented by Peter Milne, and later refined by David Butler and Robert McKenzie. The first outing on British… … Wikipedia
swingometer — swing|om|e|ter [swıŋˈɔmıtə US ˈa:mıtər] n BrE informal a piece of equipment used in television programmes to show how many votes each political party is getting during an election … Dictionary of contemporary English
swingometer — instrument for measuring swing in votes during an election Scientific Instruments … Phrontistery dictionary
swingometer — [swɪŋ ɒmɪtə] noun informal a device or computerized display used to demonstrate the effect of a political swing in an election … English new terms dictionary
swingometer — noun (C) BrE informal a special machine, used on television programmes during elections to show how much support each political party is getting as results become known … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
swingometer — swingomˈeter noun A device which shows the direction and extent of the current swing of the counted votes in an election • • • Main Entry: ↑swing … Useful english dictionary
Peter Snow — Infobox Person name = Peter Snow caption = birth date = birth date and age|1938|04|20 birth place = Dublin, Ireland death date = death place = other names = known for = Swingometer Newsnight ITN occupation = Television and radio presenter… … Wikipedia
David Butler (psephologist) — Sir David Edgeworth Butler CBE (b. 17 October 1924) is a social scientist and psephologist. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 References … Wikipedia
Politics of Scotland — The Politics of Scotland forms a distinctive part of the wider politics of the United Kingdom, with Scotland one of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom.Constitutionally, the United Kingdom is de jure a unitary state with one sovereign … Wikipedia
Robert McKenzie — Robert Trelford McKenzie (September 11, 1917 ndash; October 12, 1981) was a Vancouver, Canada born professor of Politics and a psephologist. TelevisionHe was widely known in the UK for his televised reports on general election results as they… … Wikipedia
