Exclusive: fundraising group defends telephone polling after complaint by NSW Liberal party director
Climate 200 has been accused of using a telephone poll in a key Liberal-held seat in Sydney to spread campaign messages about independent candidates and remind voters of other candidates’ issues.Liberal party’s director, Chris Stone, on Friday wrote to the state’s electoral commission to complain about a poll in the North Shore electorate that had been arranged by the teal political-funding outfit.
Climate 200 has defended the “widely used” polling technique as a way for them to test messages and how they impact someone’s voting intention. The poll contained information about Wilson, portrayed negatively, and a list of Conway’s credentials and key campaign policies presented favourably.“We have tried very hard not to talk about personality but actually talk about policy,” she said.She said her campaign had also not sanctioned negative flyers about her Liberal opponent that were distributed by Climate 200 and her volunteers “hate this stuff”.
“It is polling, but it’s testing messages that might also have the effect of spreading a view about a candidate,” he said.
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