Questions from the justices do not always reliably forecast votes, of course, and many of the justices also indicated their views of the central issue presented in the case.
If a question was too specific, she would decline to answer on the ground that she did not want to forecast a vote.
At least 115 countries, and possibly as many as 150, out of a total of 193, are forecast to vote in favour of upgraded "non-member state" status.
But people involved in the review, including some who have recently met with some of the commissioners, say it would be folly to forecast the vote based on the commissioners' questions.
But forecasts of vote tallies by major newspapers have been unanimous in predicting a resounding victory for the Liberal Democrats, whom many Japanese blame for creating the country's deep economic and political problems.
Mr. Clegg has shrugged off suggestions that his party is heading for a historic upset, telling The New York Times in an interview last week that he was not Nostradamus, capable of forecasting the vote.
Go back and look at Evan Davis take on Douglas Carswell over the claim that voting Leave would bring £350m a week back into UK coffers; watch David Dimbleby take on Michael Gove's dismissal of the IFS; read what Reality Check said about George Osborne's forecast that voting Leave would cost each home £4,300; watch Andrew Neil pick apart Nigel Farage's numbers on immigration.
According to research for the independent television commission, voter turnout was low because the pundits' forecasts made voting seem irrelevant.
One of the main complaints was the level of importance given to the opinion polls - many viewers thought voter turnout was low because the pundits' forecasts made voting seem irrelevant.
The survey results backed forecasts before voting started on 7 April that the BJP – and its allies – should be able to reach a majority in parliament after trouncing the ruling Congress party.
