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Originally Posted by slug
Does anybody know why the yougov polls put Labour and Tory much closer together than other polls,
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Polls are here, if anyone wants to look at them:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2...ml/default.stm
I would guess it's something to do with the fact they poll on the internet. Exactly why the internet would make a difference, I don't know, but they are the only ones that do it that way.
Possible reasons:
1. The Tories are still the 'nasty party' and admitting you are going to vote for them is embarrassing ... but not so if you do so on the internet (just look at how well the Tories do in our own polls here!).
2. Restricting the sample to internet users is inherently flawed as the internet does not equally penetrate all corners of British society.
The real reason could be either, both or neither of the above, of course.