UK PM Johnson heads for Brexit election win in tightening race

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on course to win Thursday’s election though the race has tightened markedly and he can no longer be sure of a majority, according to opinion polls published on the eve of the vote.

YouGov, which accurately predicted the outcome of the last election two years ago with an elaborate survey that estimates the outcome in individual constituencies, cut its forecast for Johnson’s likely parliamentary majority by more than half to 28 seats. Two weeks ago it had forecast a majority of 68.

In a last minute pitch for votes, both Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn went on whistlestop tours of the country. While that would be the Conservatives’ best performance in seat terms since Margaret Thatcher’s 1987 victory, YouGov said the Conservatives’ tally could fall anywhere from 311 to 367.

Polls open at 0700 GMT on Thursday and close at 2200 when an exit poll will give the first indication of who has won.While there have been countless polls in the run-up to the election, YouGov’s “Multilevel Regression and Post-Stratification Model” is seen as the most meaningful, offering a prediction of seats, rather than just vote share.

The polling showed that Johnson’s main strategy to secure victory is to break down the so-called “Red Wall” of long-held, Labour seats across the Brexit-backing Midlands and northern England.

Let's hope he loses. He's an incompetent embarrassing wrecker.

that was incomprehensible syntax--do you have a line editor? gobbledygook

wodekszemberg 'Opinion polls' lol. Good one. Let me rewrite your article for you: Boris Johnson has about a 73% chance of getting a majority.

Vote Labour!

Misleading headline. Only reporting majority could be a low as 28 which is enough !?! Admits conservatives will win. Political director of YouGov states could be hung parliament or landslide.

Fingers crossed

How come this still is a thing? I didn't think that it could be more worthless politicians than swedish ones, but this makes me wonder....🤔🤕

Remember when opinion polls gave 2016 to Hillary?

Don't vote for this idiot time for real change

Watch! He might pocket your phone.

boris is a congenital liar; he never yells the truth

Обожаю Бориса!!!

He literally hid in a fridge!

It's enough :) Go Boris, Go!!!!

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