UK election strategists Tory Isaac Levido and Labour’s Morgan McSweeney both see the case for a black-out on publishing polls ahead of election day, according to a new book. >Opinion polls are inaccurate, distort political debate and should be banned during the final weeks of an election campaign. That’s the view of the strategist who led the British Conservative Party’s operations in 2024 and 2019. >Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney, who directed Labour’s successful election bid, also sees the argument for a moratorium on publishing polls in the run-up to voting, according to Landslide: The Inside Story of the 2024 Election. >European countries including Cyprus and Spain have rules banning the publication of polls in the final days before voting, while in Italy, publishing poll results is banned for two weeks before election day.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ban-polls-uk-election-strategists-slam-inaccurate-voter-surveys-morgan-mcsweeney-keir-starmer-isaac-levido/
