EUROPE: Are opinion polls good for democracy?
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- Bounces and slumps
- Failure of polls?
- Inaccuracy
- Random sample
- Question wording
- Sample size
- Misinterpretation
- Margin of error
- Poll impact
- Bandwagon effect
- Underdog effect
- Strategic voting
- Government by polls
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