Opinion polls
This might be worth listening to. Australia Talks - ABC Radio National - 6-7pm tonight. The spiel from the website follows.
Opinion polls have been a part of political life since the 1960’s, but Prime Minister John Howard has addressed the latest AC Nielsen poll directly by saying he “vows to work harder”. So, do they make any difference to party leadership, and to policy itself? Are they a waste of time? Who do you think drives opinion polls - the public, the pollsters or the politicians?