Talk:Marginal seat

Numerical definition?
Is there a percentage, or range, that would normally define "marginal", or is there some other objective definition?  Tony Holkham   (Talk)  17:41, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * It will come down to what reliable sources say, rather than an 'objective' definition. http://justsolutions.eu/Marginals/startmarginals.html may or may not be a reliable source; at least it gives one sort of definition based on the history of changing hands. Another source is http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25726270#interactive . The margin chosen depends on one's point of view. I suspect incumbents might have a different view expressed in public to in private as to whether their seat was marginal. Challengers would be more likely to say it was marginal however large the gap. SovalValtos (talk) 10:47, 6 May 2015 (UTC)