Expert Panel
Last week we ran our first survey of visitors to the UK Polling Report site, who we are calling our ‘expert panel’ because by virtue of you being here, you obviously take more interest than most in the detail of the polls. 307 of you answered between June 7 &
Redfield & Wilton
As expected, the first poll that indicates that Reform is ahead of the Conservatives came last week, with YouGov placing Reform one point ahead of the Tories. Scarlett Maguire, Director of JL Partners, says 'It is an outlier, however, and the majority of polls, including ours, continue to place
Algorithm
On X/Twitter the fans of Nigel Farage, Jeremy Corbyn and Lee Anderson get very agitated about the Polling Report algorithm's forecasts. Some of the complaints are of the "What kind of poll is this nonsense?" kind. Well it is a projection, not a poll, based
Reform UK
Nigel Farage has written to the head of the British Polling Council claiming some leading pollsters are effectively suppressing Reform UK in their surveys. While some pollsters are recording Reform as high as 18%, neck and neck with the Tories’ support, others see Reform UK much further behind at around
We are looking for someone to write for Polling Report from now until the election. This would suit a political science graduate or undergraduate looking for summer job. An ability to analyse polling data, write accessibly about it in an informative and entertaining fashion is required. Polling Report is a
Expert Panel
UK Polling Report is creating an expert panel to generate new insights about this election - and after. Please take our first short survey and be part of it! You will then get the results before everyone else and can help set questions in the future.
When Survation conducted a telephone poll of the Clacton constituency in January, they found the incumbent Giles Watling led an unnamed Labour candidate by 8 points, with Reform trailing in third place on 18%. Yet when constituents were presented with Farage as the Reform UK candidate, the party went from
Psephology
As some have pointed out it is statistically speaking risky to forecast particular outcomes that are actually within the margin of error. This risk is somewhat compounded by our algorithm applying national trends to single constituency outcomes. For that reason we have decided to introduce a new status for forecasts
Algorithm
Just in time for the election we have overhauled our algorithm to fix the main complaint of followers. The algorithm hitherto applied national polling results to Scotland, this dramatically underestimated changes in support for parties in Scotland. We now apply much greater weight to Scotland specific polling versus national polling.
More in Common
Ipsos MORI
Ipsos' monthly pulse is out and it reinforces just how disenchanted the electorate are with politics and politicians in general. Leading Tories and Rishi Sunak in particular are all in double-digit negativity territory with voters. PM Rishi Sunak is held in lower esteem by the voters than than even
Conservative Party
In the Canadian general election of 1993, support for the governing Progressive Conservative Party collapsed, and the party's representation in the Ottawa House of Commons dropped from an absolute majority of seats to only two. Meanwhile, the Reform Party took Western Canada and became the dominant conservative party
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