Election Writ 4/4: What impact could turnout have on the results?

Election Writ 4/4: What impact could turnout have on the results?

Every election campaign is an opportunity to remind ourselves one important thing about the polls: they reflect the voting intentions of the general population and not necessarily those of the actual voting population.When there is little difference between the views of voters and non-voters, the impact on the polls is minimal. But when we do see big polling errors, this is often the source of the problem.So, what impact could who actually turns…