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The swingometer is a graphics device that shows the effects of the swing from one party to another on British election results programmes. It is used to estimate the number of seats that will be won by different parties, given a particular national swing (in percentage points ) in the vote towards or away from a given party, and ...
He is popularly associated with the swingometer device used in such broadcasts. The swingometer was first introduced in 1955 by Peter Milne, and was later refined by McKenzie and David Butler and used nationally in the 1959 General election for the BBC.
Butler was a commentator on the BBC's election night coverage from the 1950 election to the 1979 election, and was a co-inventor of the swingometer. He later appeared as an electoral analyst on various television and radio programmes, including for ITV on the night of the 1997 general election, and Sky News election night coverage in ...
9 de nov. de 2022 · He co-invented the swingometer, a graphics device used to show the shift of votes from one party to another. He dubbed his craft "psephology", based on the Greek word "psephos" for pebble, which...
The 'Swingometer' – a staple of election night broadcasts – was developed at the initiative of David Butler for the BBC's general election coverage of 1955. Butler had first developed the concept of 'swing' – the percentage shift of votes from one party to another between elections – in his statistical appendix to the first Nuffield ...
7 de jun. de 2017 · 2:31. Election 2017: A brief history of the swingometer. The swingometer has become an iconic part of the BBC's election night coverage, despite computer technology encroaching on its...
Swingometer. A mainstay of BBC election night coverage, the swingometer was designed to explain the unfolding results in visual terms. It has kept pace with evolving broadcast technology and ...
