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Topic: polls
Crikey readers have their say.

Poles apart polls have too much pull

Comments, corrections, clarifications and cock-ups

Jun 27, 2011

12

I know I have regularly criticised those of my peers who slavishly rely on opinion polls published well before the actual polling day to predict election outcomes but, I'm sorry, I cannot resist this one that appeared at the weekend in the Bangkok Post.

More Bangkok for your polling buck

Richard Farmer’s chunky bits

Jun 14, 2011

1

Crikey reads have their say.

Polling, mandates and the carbon tax

Comments, corrections, clarifications and cock-ups

Jun 07, 2011

21

So the impact of the budget has been measured by the pollsters and nothing really has changed.

The budget yawn.

Richard Farmer’s chunky bits

May 16, 2011

1

Calling Tony Abbott a scare monger for his views on what a carbon tax would do to employment is not working for the Gillard government.

Insulting Abbott is not cuttting through with voters

Richard Farmer’s chunky bits

Apr 18, 2011

4

Plugging all the latest political polling data fit to print, we can see how the two party preferred Pollytrend has changed, from a sharp downturn for the government in late February, to a recovery in recent weeks. <b>Possum Comitatus</b> explains.

Possum: Crashes and rebounds for Labor

Federal

Mar 23, 2011

I think I need to devise a new warning system to accompany any future comment I make about every promise a politician makes.

The great waste of time, effort and words

Richard Farmer’s chunky bits

Feb 25, 2011

6

Both the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader are falling in voters’ estimation, according to today’s Essential Report.

Essential: Gillard, Abbott rubbing voters the wrong way

Federal

Feb 07, 2011

25

With three recent polls in the last few months gauging public opinion on same sex marriage, it’s worth taking a squiz at how opinion has changed over the last few years. <b>Possum Comitatus</b> breaks down the results into demographics.

Views on gay marriage: from 2004-now

Federal

Dec 06, 2010

Every January the Pew Research Centre in America surveys the population on which political issues they care most about. Here is a compilation of their research, dating back to 2001.

Issues American voters care about

Links

Nov 02, 2010

The latest NSW Newspoll finds Labor plumbing lows previously undreamt of, and the state's optional preferential voting system is likely to make matters even worse for Labor by starving them of Greens preferences, writes <b>William Bowe</b>.

Newspoll: 63-37 to Coalition in NSW

Links

Oct 29, 2010

Recently we haven't been paying much attention to polling. The reason is because the results have been a little...odd. Not necessary wrong, but odd, writes <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.

Why we’re not paying much attention to polling at the moment

Federal

Oct 26, 2010

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