Baselines and biases : The trouble with opinion polls in race to the local elections

18 août 2026 | Joel Netshitenzhe
The issue is not the reliability or otherwise of polling data, it is pollsters’ interpretation of that data that policy preferences shine through, confirming alignment with some of the contestants.
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