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The New Daily
Dennis Atkins

Let’s face it – we’re addicted to polls, even if they’ve got things so wrong in the past

Despite their recent misfires, we're still watching opinion polls closely. Photo: The Conversation / Arithmedes

Despite having all but sworn off opinion polls three years ago, we have again hooked up to the drip and started running around with our hair on fire whenever someone publishes a new survey.

Just 24 hours before Australians finally get around to voting in person – or that 65-70 per cent who have not already marked their ballot papers in pre polls or postal votes – we reacted to the fifth national survey in seven days like a busload of school kids overdosing on red cordial.

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