Reporting the polls: the quality of media reporting of vote intention polls in the Netherlands

This article examines the media coverage of vote intention polls in Netherlands. We assess whether quality reporting on depends availability information regarding pollster’s reports. Our analysis looks at three different measures: (1) mentioning WAPOR items, such as field dates, sampling method, and polling (2) margin error, (3) correct interpretation (in)significant changes differences. The Netherlands provides an interesting case, because there is variation over time across pollsters way they report their well increased popularity a aggregator. findings indicate that overall Dutch low. When pollster mentions error its report, reports poll are more likely to include this correctly interpret significance differences between two parties. effect particularly visible when uncertainty intervals headline figures.