And if you're getting a poll coming out month after month saying something and then all of a sudden does an enormous swing in one direction - you are dealing with a more volatile electorate than most people believe they… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it wont go away. From time to time, people… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
Nigel might have an earlier date, but I think it's unprecedented from my memory. So it is a reminder to everybody that the public… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
And if you're getting a poll coming out month after month saying something and then all of a sudden does an enormous swing in… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
I'm much more attracted personally to governments going their full term. It's very hard to have a fixed term election I know with ah...… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
Politicians, no matter who they are, shouldn't be able to manipulate the public on a single issue and then call an election at the… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
So to that extent that was a very sharp reminder a few months out from the election that we weren't performing in the eyes… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
So I think that we're in a very heightened and somewhat unusual period of politics and polling around the countries that New Zealanders take… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
And I think the rolling polls put more pressure on them to sustain their beliefs and to improve their delivery of the policy and… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
I mean you really can target your answers to get the instant response and I think that is a very manipulative type of polling.… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
