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What if we had no polls?

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Chestnut Tue 02-Jul-24 17:10:28

For many, many years I've been so frustrated with the publishing of endless polls in the pre-election period. Personally I would rather there were NO POLLS at all. People would then vote for what they actually wanted. There would be no tactical voting and we would get a genuine result based on the people's choice.

So where would be be today if there had been no polls? I think the Liberals would have got in years ago because I remember people saying back in the 1960s "Well I would vote Liberal but they'll never get in." It seemed like everyone was saying it back then. and nothing has really changed. Many people do not vote for any of the smaller parties because.........they won't get in! Without any polls there is a chance things could have been very different and we would not have the two party stranglehold we have to this day.

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Chestnut Thu 04-Jul-24 14:05:03

But if there had been no pre-election polls since WW2 for instance then we might be in a very different place. I'm pretty sure the Liberals/Lib Dems would have got in many years ago but people always said there was 'no point' in voting for them (because that's what the polls were telling them).

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varian Thu 04-Jul-24 19:03:50

The exit poll will give a very accurate assessment of the percentage votes for each party across the country, but I'm not sure how well it can measure tactical voting and other local factors to give an estimate of the seats for each party.

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