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He/Him • @nowcast-eu.bsky.social / @nowcast.uk founder • Green Party member • I tweet about politics 📊
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🇩🇪 Germany | Legislative Election polling averages — January 21, 2026

➡️ AfD: 25.8% (+5.0)
⬛ Union: 24.8% (-3.8)
🟥 SPD: 14.4% (-2.0)
🟩 GRN: 12.3% (+0.7)
🟪 Linke: 10.4% (+1.6)

+/- vs. Feb 2025

Projection at the constituency level
🔗 nowcast-eu.github.io/Germany/
January 21, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Mid Scotland & Fife regional nowcast (Holyrood) — January, 2026

🟨 SNP: 27.8% (-12.0)
➡️ RFM: 16.9% (+16.7)
🟥 LAB: 14.0% (-1.3)
🟧 LDM: 13.2% (+5.7)
🟦 CON: 12.5% (-12.5)
🟩 GRN: 11.5% (+3.2)

+/- vs. 2021 election

AMS list seats:

1➡️ 2🟥 3🟦 4🟩 5➡️ 6🟥 7🟧
January 18, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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🇮🇹 | Probabilistic breakdown of the latest polling / projections for Italy

🟦 CDX majority: 54%
🟥 CSX majority: 18%

Odds of neither coalition reaching a majority of seats is ~28%
🔗 nowcast-eu.github.io/Italy/
January 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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🇬🇧 Nowcast UK | House of Commons projection — January 15, 2026

➡️ RFM: 28% | 325 (+320)
🟦 CON: 18% | 57 (-64)
🟥 LAB: 18% | 76 (-330)
🟩 GRN: 13% | 26 (+22)
🟧 LDM: 12% | 80 (+8)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 45 (+36)
🔲 PLC: 1% | 9 (+5)

+/- vs. GE2024

🔗 www.nowcast.uk/home/house-o...
January 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Every seat projection for the Senedd since electoral reforms were approved

For the first time, Plaid+Green comes out greater than Plaid+Labour

Still no right-wing majorities.
January 14, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales | Senedd projection based on @yougov.co.uk polling — January, 2026

🔲 PLC: 37% | 44
➡️ RFM: 23% | 23
🟩 GRN: 13% | 11
🟥 LAB: 10% | 10
🟦 CON: 10% | 7
🟧 LDM: 5% | 1

Highest ever % for Plaid Cymru and the Green Party

🗳️ Next election = May 7, 2026
January 13, 2026 at 8:08 PM
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Current Holyrood polling averages suggest the SNP has a ~20% chance of reaching an overall majority with constituency seats alone (65/73)

Compared to 2011 — lower vote share, higher fragmentation
January 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Why Italian seat projections sometimes look random or irrational, with certain parties seeming to arbitrarily gain or lose seats:

Under the current system, many FPTP seats would flip from CDX to CSX with no change to overall vote shares - only broader alliances (CSX + M5S)

e.g.
January 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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🇮🇹 Italy | Legislative Election polling averages — January 12, 2026

⬛ FdI: 29.6% (+3.6)
🟥 PD: 22.2% (+3.1)
🟨 M5S: 12.7% (-2.7)
➡️ Forza: 8.5% (+0.4)
🟩 Lega: 8.4% (-0.4)
🟪 AVS: 6.5% (+2.9)
...

+/- vs. 2022

Projection at the district level 👇
🔗 nowcast-eu.github.io/Italy/
January 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
⚫ Advance UK are standing in two by-elections on the 20th of Jan

Same candidate in both wards, which are adjacent to eachother but in two different councils (county vs borough)

opencouncildata.co.uk/byelections....
Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections emails
opencouncildata.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 7:29 PM
The last election to occur in/around Hull East would have been the 2025 East Yorkshire mayoral

Reform won with 35.8% of the vote
🇬🇧 | Kingston upon Hull East constituency nowcast — January, 2026

➡️ RFM: 49.3% (+18.7)
🟥 LAB: 22.3% (-21.5)
🟧 LDM: 11.1% (+0.2)
🟩 GRN: 10.8% (+5.2)
🟦 CON: 6.5% (-2.6)

+/- vs. GE2024
January 10, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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🇬🇧 | Kingston upon Hull East constituency nowcast — January, 2026

➡️ RFM: 49.3% (+18.7)
🟥 LAB: 22.3% (-21.5)
🟧 LDM: 11.1% (+0.2)
🟩 GRN: 10.8% (+5.2)
🟦 CON: 6.5% (-2.6)

+/- vs. GE2024
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Possible Westminster by-elections to look out for in 2026:

🟡 Aberdeen South
🟡 Arbroath and Broughty Ferry

Both (SNP) MPs are seeking election to the Scottish Parliament

Similar thing happened in 2021 that led to the Airdrie and Shotts by-election
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Ai...
2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Honestly think the last seat here could be a tossup between Tory, Labour and Lib Dem

Ideally though if you're the First Minister you don't want your seat to be a tossup
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Ceredigion Penfro constituency nowcast — January, 2026

🔲 PLC: 44.2% (4)
➡️ RFM: 20.8% (1)
🟦 CON: 10.8% (1)

🟥 LAB: 8.3%
🟧 LDM: 8.2%
🟩 GRN: 6.3%

🔗 nowcast-eu.github.io/Wales/
January 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Working on the dashboard for my 2026 Senedd forecasts (& eventually a big chunk of all European elections with @nowcast-eu.bsky.social )

🔗 nowcast-eu.github.io/Wales/
January 9, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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This directly contradicts the ministerial statement for why the British Government feels bound to stay on Twitter.

They should be challenged on that and also on how terminally online so much of the cabinet are that they think Twitter represents the British people more than polling does.
About 1 in 6 people use X for news - and it is a main source for 3% of people

Previous YouGov surveys showed breaks by regular, occasional and non-users, but this one does not

ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Yo...
ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net
January 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Well you're kinda screwed then
January 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
🇬🇧 | Projected result of this week's @yougov.co.uk poll — under PR

➡️ RFM: 26% | 174 (+78)
🟦 CON: 19% | 120 (-36)
🟥 LAB: 17% | 113 (-121)
🟧 LDM: 16% | 100 (+19)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 97 (+54)
🟨 SNP: 4% | 20 (+3)
🔲 PLC: 1% | 8 (+3)

+/- vs. GE2024 [PR]
January 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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🇪🇦 Spain | Legislative Election polling averages — January 9, 2026

🟦 PP: 32.3% (-0.8)
🟥 PSOE: 27.2% (-4.5)
🟩 Vox: 18.8% (+6.4)
🟪 Sumar: 6.0% (-6.3)
🟪 Podem: 4.0% (*)
🟫 SALF: 1.7% (NEW)
|
🔲 Other: 9.9% (-0.6)

+/- vs. 2023
* contested the previous election with Sumar
January 9, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Based on the most recent Nowcast UK projection, there's only ~30 seats where this would realistically make the difference between Lab/Lib and Reform

This also assumes a very disciplined electorate (e.g. 90% voters willing to switch)

So, for now, this is pretty meaningless
January 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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🇵🇱 Poland | Legislative Election polling averages — January 3, 2026

🟧 KO: 33.7% (+3.0)
🟦 PiS: 28.4% (-7.0)
⬛ Kon: 11.6% (+5.3)
🟫 KKP: 8.3% (+7.4)
🟥 Lew: 6.8% (+1.2)

🟪 Raz: 3.9% (+1.8)
🟩 PSL: 3.0% (-2.5)
🟨 PL50: 2.3% (-4.9)

+/- vs. 2023
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
As the year ends, a reminder that an election held today (with similarly low turnout) would be the worst result for Britain's two major parties since 1918

How do you reverse this?
December 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Amongst a dislikable field Starmer & Reeves still stand out www.ft.com/content/1995...
December 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Some maps people took the most interest in this year @nowcast-eu.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🇬🇧 | A year of HoC seat projections

➡️ Reform majority for ~5 months, peaking in October (351 seats)

2025 ends with no clear 2nd place leader
December 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM