Is the Conservative lead growing? Is a hung parliament possible? What can we believe? How a partisan press reported the polls

Murray Goot

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-81406-9_21

Is the Conservative lead growing? Is a hung parliament possible? What can we believe? How a partisan press reported the polls

Murray Goot^*

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Macquarie School of Social Sciences

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In a magisterial and theoretically innovative contribution, which straddles the subjects of polling and the media, Murray Goot examines how the major opinion-forming national newspapers interpreted and reported the polls in 2019. He also provides an expansive account of previous campaigns, some of which dates back several decades. This comprehensive survey provides insights into how poll findings, as reported in highly partisan papers, can shape the prevailing narrative at critical moments during an election.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Political communication in Britain
Subtitle of host publication	campaigning, media and polling in the 2019 General Election
Editors	Dominic Wring, Roger Mortimore, Simon Atkinson
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Chapter	21
Pages	263-300
Number of pages	38
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030814069
ISBN (Print)	9783030814052
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81406-9_21
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

Coverage
Election
History
Newspapers
Polling

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Goot, M. (2022). Is the Conservative lead growing? Is a hung parliament possible? What can we believe? How a partisan press reported the polls. In D. Wring, R. Mortimore, & S. Atkinson (Eds.), Political communication in Britain: campaigning, media and polling in the 2019 General Election (pp. 263-300). Springer, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81406-9_21

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Is the Conservative lead growing? Is a hung parliament possible? What can we believe? How a partisan press reported the polls. / Goot, Murray.
Political communication in Britain: campaigning, media and polling in the 2019 General Election. ed. / Dominic Wring; Roger Mortimore; Simon Atkinson. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Springer Nature, 2022. p. 263-300.

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Goot M. Is the Conservative lead growing? Is a hung parliament possible? What can we believe? How a partisan press reported the polls. In Wring D, Mortimore R, Atkinson S, editors, Political communication in Britain: campaigning, media and polling in the 2019 General Election. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Springer Nature. 2022. p. 263-300 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-81406-9_21

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