What are tracking polls? They are not daily polls: it's like watching "television ratings — they vary every day and you can see a trend", explains António Gomes, managing director of GfK-Metris
In this May 2025 episode of Perguntar Não Ofende, ahead of this year's legislative elections, Daniel Oliveira spoke with António Gomes, managing director of GfK-Metris and a specialist with three decades of experience in opinion research. Revisit the conversation here about polls and tracking polls.
The Portuguese do not know how to interpret polls
António Costa Pinto, a political scientist and academic, says there is a clear lack of literacy and that the Portuguese do not know how to interpret polls. He also warns about differences between tracking polls.
