Via Dave Hill, I see there is a rumour that today’s final YouGov Mayoral poll will show Boris’s lead back up to 11% over Ken.

This would certainly be a worry as they have shown Boris’s lead reduce down to about 6% over the past few weeks.

It is, however, just one opinion poll from a company which has consistently shown Boris’s lead to be far bigger than any other poll. Some political bettors* claim YouGov are more accurate than other polling firms, but all the other firms’ polls suggest the race is neck-and-neck between Ken and Boris so there’s something strange about YouGov, that’s for sure. It can’t help that they only carry out their polling online, excluding people without internet access, yet they claim this hasn’t affected their polls’ accuracy in the past.

Ultimately we’ll see which company/ies was/were right on Friday when the results are announced. If the contest does go to the wire, YouGov’s reputation will be seriously damaged; if Boris wins by a long way (*shudder*), I suppose they just might win a few more contracts!

Whichever poll you look at, one thing is certain: getting as many people as possible to turn out to vote on Thursday is crucial in improving our chances of keeping Boris out.

If you’re able to do so, why not volunteer to help one of your local parties encourage people to vote on Thursday? They’ll be offering lifts to people to get to their polling stations and otherwise reminding them to vote, in whatever area of London you live in, so you could give them a hand. If anyone from a political party would like to provide contact details for volunteers I will happily post them here. Please comment or e-mail us to pass on this information.

Here’s one such invitation, to start us off, as posted yesterday on the Wall of the Stop Boris group on Facebook:

You can sign up to help [Ken’s] campaign team on the big day by going to this link and filling out your details. You’ll get all the relevant advice and you’ll be with a team of other people. It’s going to be so close, every little helps.

http://www.kenlivingstone.com/page/s/1stmay

This entry was posted on Monday 28 April 2008 at 10.59 by Mr. Stop Boris and is filed under Campaign, Polls, Stop Boris, Voting. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS2 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.