We’re Forecasting The 2015 U.K. General Election

Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s U.K. election coverage. It’s 59 days until the vote on May 7 and we’re just a few short weeks away from the start of the short campaign. We thought we’d take a moment to explain how we’ll be covering the election and why.

Mona: So Nate, aside from the fact that I’ve obviously convinced you that all British people are fascinating, why do you want to cover the U.K. election?

Nate: Well Mona, as we’ve discussed, it’s a fun election to think about from a forecasting standpoint. But also: It’s the bloody United Kingdom! Sixth-largest economy in the world!