NewsWire’s first ever political phone poll – a survey of voters in the Wellington area – has produced interesting results.
Conventional polls don’t seem to display the entire picture – like the total number of calls made, how many declined to participate and how many are still undecided – but we did.
Surely those figures contribute to the information which voters want to see reported accurately, as many voters pay close attention to these polls, and mostly take them for accurate.
We all want to know how Helen Clark, John Key and Winston Peters are faring, but are the polls actually an accurate guide?
When you compare these two poll results, you will see what I mean. Selective display of data can indeed be misleading.
What do you think about this? Are political polls taken as accurate? Are they trustworthy? Are we given enough data? How much do they affect elections?
Very interested to hear your thoughts.
