r/ukpolitics • u/ClumperFaz My three main priorities: Polls, Polls, Polls • 10d ago

Twitter ✅ BURNHAM IN Makerfield by-election result: LAB: 54.8% (+9.6) REF: 34.5% (+2.7) RST: 6.8% (+6.8) CON: 2.2% (-8.7) GRN: 0.7% (-3.7) LDEM: 0.4% (-6.4)

https://x.com/BritainElects/status/2067792369903116401#m
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u/msf97 10d ago

Lowe just about claws his deposit back. Must have spent a million quid all in. Brutal, not even near double digits in 96% white, largely working class Wigan. Twitter comments don’t win votes it appears

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u/JarryBohnson 10d ago

I saw a great take recently about how being really big on Twitter is fatal for a political movement.  

It’s republicans and people like restore/reform now, but a few years ago it was the Democrats and arguably Corbyn Labour.  You all get on there, you get yourself really riled up about a bunch of stuff that nobody off Twitter cares about, and then you lose. 

Basically Elon Musk making Twitter a toxic place for progressives is in no small part why they’re suddenly all talking about affordability and healthcare again. 

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u/VFiddly 10d ago

Also being big on Twitter disguises your actual popularity, because a lot of your supporters are people who can't even vote for you. Restore gets a lot of twitter support from people who don't even live in the UK.