Time for crackdown on secret polls, says top Tory peer after Labour landslide' row
Tory peer Lord Hayward has called for new rules on anonymously-funded polls after a controversial survey predicted a landslide win for Labour.
Lord Hayward questioned whether British election polls are adequately protected from external influence and if polling companies should be able to correct the representation of their data before it is published. [ more ]
Nate Cohn's polls drive political narratives but are not infallible due to potential underestimations, such as Trump's strength in past swing states. [ more ]