Polls are a regular part of our political discourse - a regular update of which party is performing best, who our preferred prime minister is, and capturing the public’s mood on some of the key matters of our time.
As we get closer to election day, these polls become more frequent, and provide a clearer idea of who will win come Election Day (though those results aren’t always accurate).
This year, the New Zealand Herald is running a “Poll of Polls”, created by data editor Chris Knox, which pulls in all the insights from various polling companies to create an average of all the results. The most recent dataset showed it is increasingly likely NZ First will return to Parliament in October, while the chances of a Labour-led coalition are slipping.
For this week’s episode of On the Tiles, the Herald’s politics podcast, Knox joins host and deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan to discuss how polling works in general.
