Should we trust the polls?
Amol and Nick look at whether the narrative of the election is being skewed by opinion polling pointing to a 鈥榮upermajority鈥.
There鈥檚 a week to go before votes are counted and barely a day goes by in the campaign without a new poll.
So are the Conservatives really on course for an election "wipe out"? Are Labour set for a so called 鈥榮upermajority鈥? Where did the term 鈥榮upermajority鈥 even come from and should we be sceptical about poll findings?
Amol and Nick are joined by the doyenne of polling, psephologist Prof Sir John Curtice, to interrogate the numbers and the algorithms that generate them.
And they assess how the smaller parties鈥 campaigns are stacking up.
Plus 鈥 moment of the week 鈥 find out why Nick has been swimming with seals.
Episodes of The Today Podcast land twice a week during the election campaign 鈥 and watch out for bonus episodes. Subscribe on 成人快手 Sounds to get Amol and Nick's take on the biggest stories of the week, with insights from behind the scenes at the UK's most influential radio news programme. If you would like a question answering, get in touch by sending us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 4346 or email us Today@bbc.co.uk
The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both presenters of 成人快手 Radio 4鈥檚 Today programme, the UK鈥檚 most influential radio news programme. Amol was the 成人快手鈥檚 media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he鈥檚 also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the 成人快手鈥檚 political editor for ten years before that and also previously worked as ITV鈥檚 political editor.
You can listen to the latest episode of The Today Podcast anytime on your smart speaker by saying 鈥淎lexa, Ask 成人快手 Sounds for The Today Podcast.鈥
The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the researcher and digital producer is Joe Wilkinson, the producers are Hazel Morgan and Nadia Gyane. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Technical production from Jonny Hall.
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The Today Podcast
Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson with their take on the biggest stories.