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Do Polls Influence Public Opinion? (Your Radical Questions with James Kanagasooriam)

Do Polls Influence Public Opinion? (Your Radical Questions with James Kanagasooriam)

A top pollster answers your questions about politics, polling and reasons to be cheerful.

Radical with Amol Rajan · BBC Radio 4

March 16, 202627m 15s

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Show Notes

Leading pollster James Kanagasooriam answers your questions about how his idea of agency could advance social mobility, how it might be used by politicians and whether there are any reasons to be cheerful at a time of global instability.

He also explains how voters might be influenced by the reporting of opinion polls.

GET IN TOUCH * WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480 * Email: [email protected] Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan are released every Thursday and you can also watch them on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002f1d0/radical-with-amol-rajan Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. He is also the host of University Challenge on BBC One. Before that, Amol was media editor at the BBC and editor at The Independent.

Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Lewis Vickers with Anna Budd. Digital production was by Gabriel Purcell-Davis. Technical production was by Dave O'Neill. The editor is Sam Bonham. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.