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Why were UK election polls so wrong?

Geoff Riley

19th January 2016

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Remember the moment? The publication of the exit polls as voting ended in the May 2015 General Election was one of those occasions when millions of people took a sharp intake of breath.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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