Labour plunge to 4 year low in latest poll

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I do wonder what communication method these polling companies use to source their numbers from.

Landlines are no longer fit for purpose as they are increasingly the realm of the older and more well off members of our society.

Written surveys submitted by post definitely isn't going to include the younger voters as they've long since written off snail mail.

Cellphone is problematic and probably not useful as there is no reliable way to filter the poll in terms of location/electorate.

Over recent elections the results increasingly differ widely from what the pollsters predictions have been, so placing any reliance on any of the media related pre-election polls seems a leap of faith. As a politician a few years back said "the only poll that counts is the one on voting day".

Yes, all of this.   And another aspect is that these days many of us don't answer mobile calls from unknown numbers because we are wary of scammers and other nuisance calls.   This skews the data in favour of older people and computer-illiterate people, who tend to inhabit the same mindset.

If Labour, or more likely the Greens, can motivate the younger voters the election could be in the bag for them and likely the media won't see it coming.

That age group has the most to lose from NAct becoming the government because their dollar driven policies and lack of appreciation or respect for the environment risk us losing the ever shrinking possibility of bringing meaningful change to climate relevant measures. It is after all the younger generations that have the most to lose as the planet becomes increasingly less life supporting.