Nice summary Rupa! I’m still trying to figure out exactly why such a surprising result happened. Seems like the opposition cooperation in UP, for example, might help account for a big chunk of the seats lost by the BJP.
It seems really hard to come by reliable data, especially since we can’t trust even exit polls! But I want to believe wh…
Nice summary Rupa! I’m still trying to figure out exactly why such a surprising result happened. Seems like the opposition cooperation in UP, for example, might help account for a big chunk of the seats lost by the BJP.
It seems really hard to come by reliable data, especially since we can’t trust even exit polls! But I want to believe what you’re saying - that voters punished Modi for poor performance on the economy and out of frustration with his divisive identity politics. That would bode well for India’s future!
Nice summary Rupa! I’m still trying to figure out exactly why such a surprising result happened. Seems like the opposition cooperation in UP, for example, might help account for a big chunk of the seats lost by the BJP.
It seems really hard to come by reliable data, especially since we can’t trust even exit polls! But I want to believe what you’re saying - that voters punished Modi for poor performance on the economy and out of frustration with his divisive identity politics. That would bode well for India’s future!
>> we can’t trust even exit polls
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See, my mind jumps to something else. If exit polls are off by that much, maybe the people counting the votes had some different ideas.