{"id":4389,"date":"2015-05-09T08:36:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T08:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=4389"},"modified":"2015-05-09T08:37:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T08:37:31","slug":"pre-poll-surveys-proved-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/pre-poll-surveys-proved-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-poll surveys proved wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"David<\/a>Britain\u2019s pollsters offered confident predictions of a hung Parliament throughout the election campaign. Friday\u2019s results proved them consistently wrong.
\nThe surprise victory for Prime Minister David Cameron\u2019s Conservative Party left pollsters scrambling to explain their worst performance in a British election since 1992, when the Conservatives also defied forecasts and won a narrow parliamentary majority.
\nPollsters say their month of surveys portraying the Conservatives and opposition Labour Party in a tight race failed, in part, to take proper account of the potential for lower turnout among people identifying themselves as likely Labour Party voters.
\nAnalysis of the campaign\u2019s final polls also may document last-minute switches by wavering voters to Cameron\u2019s party because of its reputation for stronger economic management, a factor in 1992\u2019s polling failures.<\/p>\n

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