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3.9 M Guesses Show Lib Dems Lost, Hairy Candidates Misread

5/8/2026

Summary

Story summary

Sam Hamill-Stewart’s Guess the Party game collected over 3.9 million guesses from 134 000 participants Thursday.
Only 15.2% of players correctly identified Liberal Democrats, while candidates with pink, red or purple hair, as Laura Caroline Harrison, were misidentified as Greens, with 2.5% correct.
Players identified Green candidates 37.5% of time and Reform candidates 35.4%.
Jacky Carr (Broxborne) recognized 91.3% of players, while Alan John Outlaw (Keighley East) identified 80.7%.

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Story summary

Sam Hamill-Stewart’s Guess the Party game collected over 3.9 million guesses from 134 000 participants Thursday.
Only 15.2% of players correctly identified Liberal Democrats, while candidates with pink, red or purple hair, as Laura Caroline Harrison, were misidentified as Greens, with 2.5% correct.
Players identified Green candidates 37.5% of time and Reform candidates 35.4%.
Jacky Carr (Broxborne) recognized 91.3% of players, while Alan John Outlaw (Keighley East) identified 80.7%.