Boris Johnson would be denied a majority on Thursday if just 41,000 people voted tactically in 36 seats that could swing the election, according to analysis released yesterday by Best for Britain, a campaign for a second referendum.
Since well before the “Brexit election” was called, pollsters like Sir John Curtice told us that this election would be won or lost by the ability of Leavers and Remainers to each coalesce around a single party. So far, the polls have told a story of Leave voters broadly uniting around the Conservatives, while the Remain vote has appeared fatally split between Labour and the Liberal Democrats, until the recent Lib Dem squeeze.
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