Polls are meant to influence voters,especially the undecided voter.

I find the pollsters are decidedly Left Wing for the most, not all. They take their Polls where they feel they will get the best predetermined result.

In this case they all got it seriously wrong. Ay? Ha, ha.

Then again Bob Brown & his Caravan didn't help the Pollsters with their surveys in Queensland. or, maybe they didn't Poll Queenslanders.

I find with a lot of Polls, not yours Graham, that the way they phrase some questions can be misleading, or leading, in some cases. Especially with Product Samplers. ;-) But I don't take them seriously anyway (Product Samplers).

Jayb,

<<They take their Polls where they feel they will get the best predetermined result.>>

If that is so (and I don't understand it is), then the pollsters got an F mark for Labor and an F mark for the Coalition as Labor was expected to win and the Coalition was expected to lose.

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Dear Graham,

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As I see it …

The polls were an indication of the state of mind of the electors before the election. The vote was an indication of their final resignation ... after all was said and done.

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"The future is uncertain, and no matter how many polls you take, it will still be uncertain. Blaming pollsters for failing to be fortunetellers says more about the state of political commentary in Australia than it does polling.

If we reported elections on the issues and policies, rather than as though they were horse races, polling would be less relevant. But that would be too hard for journalists and politicians who love the false security of round numbers."

Well said, Graham. Well said.