{"id":298653,"date":"2025-06-17T08:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/a-new-pollster-and-how-the-polls-now-stand\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T08:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:59:02","slug":"a-new-pollster-and-how-the-polls-now-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=298653","title":{"rendered":"A new pollster, and how the polls now stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The latest edition of my weekly political polling round-up, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markpack.org.uk\/171496\/the-week-in-polls\/\">The Week in Polls<\/a><\/em>, is out.<\/p>\n<p>As it says:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>There is a new entrant in the ranks of polling companies regularly producing voting intention polls in the UK. It is\u00a0Freshwater Strategy, a firm founded in Australia in 2022. It was co-founded by\u00a0Mike Turner\u00a0who was previously on the British political polling scene\u00a0in 2014-19\u00a0with roles at Survation and BMG, before going to work for Lynton Crosby\u2019s CT Group. His departure from there seems to have been somewhat lively judging by some of the\u00a0mainstream\u00a0press\u00a0coverage\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Find out more by <a href=\"https:\/\/theweekinpolls.substack.com\/\">reading this edition of <em>The Week in Polls<\/em> here<\/a>, and you can sign up below to receive future editions direct to your email inbox:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/theweekinpolls.substack.com\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('init', '466438576792664', {});\n\tfbq('track', 'PageView');<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest edition of my weekly political polling round-up, The Week in Polls, is out. 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