Why are punters ignoring pollsters to back Tories?

Loads of money was lost in 2010 backing Tories to win an overall majority. Now they're doing it again

Columnist Don Brind

Who’s got it right - the punters or the pollsters? Or, to put it another way, why are Tory supporters kidding themselves by backing David Cameron to head the largest party after 7 May when virtually all the pollsters show a persistent Labour lead?

True, the gap has narrowed: a year ago Labour were five or six points ahead of the Tories. Recently the lead has reduced to just one or two points, and Sunday’s polls continued the theme:

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is a former BBC lobby correspondent and Labour press officer who is watching the polls for The Week in the run-up to the 2015 election.