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Gen Z, democracy and a problem with the speech from Channel 4's Chief Exec
Welcome to the 146th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP) which cannot quite tear itself away from looking at how The Times reports polls, but this time…
MRP: what it is and why it may, or may not, be right at the next general election
Welcome to this week’s edition which is another deep dive. People seemed to like it when I wrote a much longer than usual piece reviewing Matt Goodwin’s…
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What's the reality behind the big Daily Telegraph/MRP story of the week?
Welcome to the 91st edition of The Week in Polls, which digs into the big poll story of the week: that front page Daily Telegraph story about a new MRP…
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Will the polls get the general election wrong?
Welcome to the 109th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), and the first of the 2024 general election campaign.
How do the polls stand at the year end?
Welcome to the 88th edition of The Week in Polls. As it’s the end of the year, a change from the usual format this time, with a summary of how the polls…
Channel 4 won't release poll data, sticks by Chief Exec's claims
Welcome to the 147th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP) which looks at what Channel 4’s press office told me after last week’s edition. Would they…
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7 things we know about the Lib Dems, and 2 things we don’t
Welcome to the 117th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP) which indulges myself / digs into a somewhat neglected niche of talking about what the polls…
Why we should be thinking about 1985
Welcome to the 149th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP) which takes a hop back in time to 1985 for some perspective on the current polls.
Reform voters are the big outliers on immigration
Welcome to the 128th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which has now been joined on Substack by another of my newsletters.
The pollsters who ask about Ed Davey but then bury the answers
Welcome to the 155th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP) which takes a look at the different approaches pollsters take towards Liberal Democrat leader…
How did the polls do in the US elections?
Welcome to the 134th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which should be the most caveat-laden edition so far as I venture outside my main area of…
Are the new Parliamentary seat projections worth paying attention to?
Welcome to the 142nd edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which takes a look at the House of Commons seat projections starting to appear again from…
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