The nation’s pollsters are facing calls for greater transparency and an overhaul of their number-crunching after spectacularly missing the result of the federal election.
None of the major national pollsters accurately forecast the result, with all putting Labor in a winning position. Combined, Newspoll, Ipsos, Essential and Morgan had Labor 51.7 to 48.3 in front on a two-party preferred basis. CONT.
Shane Wright, The Age