Do New Zealand election polls predict results accurately?
A comparison of two decades of poll data against actual election outcomes tests politicians' scepticism about polling accuracy.
Politicians frequently dismiss opinion polls about election outcomes. An analysis comparing twenty years of poll results with election results examines whether their dismissiveness is justified.
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‘I don’t believe your poll’, politicians like to say. But are they right?
What a comparison of two decades of poll results with election outcomes shows.