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This weeks PB/Polling Matters podcast with Tory psephologist Lord (Robert) Hayward

This weeks PB/Polling Matters podcast with Tory psephologist Lord (Robert) Hayward

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Lord Hayward is well known and respected in Westminster for his expertise on psephology and regularly briefs the media on issues around elections and polling. Keiran and Robert sat down on the weekend after the elections to discuss what happened. Topics covered include the importance of national projected vote share, UKIP’s rise in Wales, the SNP’s failure to win a majority in Scotland and Ruth Davidson’s success in becoming Leader of the Opposition and the London Mayoral race. We even…

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This week’s PB/Polling Matters TV Show on Trump, Brussels, Osborne and that LAB poll lead

This week’s PB/Polling Matters TV Show on Trump, Brussels, Osborne and that LAB poll lead

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Serious political conversation for those seriously interested in politics After a week dominated by the tragedy in Brussels the PB/PM TV team look at the political impact of that as well as Trump’s growing haul of delegates, Osborne and that unique polling event – the Labour polling lead. As ever the show is also available as an audio podcast version Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet

The next CON leader betting and PB/Polling Matters podcast

The next CON leader betting and PB/Polling Matters podcast

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On this week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast, Keiran looks back at a busy week in U.S. politics and updates us on the latest results from this weekend and fallout from Trump’s cancelled rally in Chicago. Keiran also argues why he thinks a Trump-Cruz ticket is more likely than the GOP establishment choosing a Kasich, Rubio or Ryan. Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, could Sanders supporters being seen to disrupt Trump campaign events help his campaign and could President Obama’s improving approval…

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In a week dominated by the EU UKIP’s Douglas Carswell is this week’s PB/Polling Matters special guest

In a week dominated by the EU UKIP’s Douglas Carswell is this week’s PB/Polling Matters special guest

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In this week’s episode Keiran Pedley interviews UKIP MP Douglas Carswell about his political journey, thoughts on the EU referendum campaign, the future of UKIP and whether he might rejoin the Conservatives in the future. At the beginning of the show Keiran also gives his brief analysis on Trump’s win in Nevada and recent polling of Labour Party members. You can follow Keiran at @keiranpedley

The New Hampshire aftermath: This week’s PB/Polling Matters TV Show looks at where the race stands now

The New Hampshire aftermath: This week’s PB/Polling Matters TV Show looks at where the race stands now

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Where does the battle for Obama’s successor stand now? Although the outcome in both the Republican and Democratic races in the New Hampshire primary was completely in line with the polls the results have come as a massive shock. One thing’s for sure – previous assumptions about how US elections work don’t apply any more and we look forward with a great degree of uncertainty. This was also the biggest political betting event since the UK General Election last May….

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This week’s PB/Polling Matters Podcast looks ahead to Iowa and the importance of turnout

This week’s PB/Polling Matters Podcast looks ahead to Iowa and the importance of turnout

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Just 3 days to go before voting starts On this week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast Keiran speaks to Will Jordan from YouGov in the U.S. They discuss the state of the 2016 race as it stands, the importance of turnout at next week’s Iowa caucuses (and what that might mean for Trump and Sanders) plus how important Iowa will be for the wider race in such an apparently unconventional election cycle. You can follow Keiran at@keiranpedley and Will at @williamjordann