12 Quotes by Jim Bolger

So I think that we’re in a very heightened and somewhat unusual period of politics and polling around the countries that New Zealanders take close interest in.

I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics – and it wont go away. From time to time, people articulate a view that we should ban opinion polls, but that’s nonsense.

And if you’re getting a poll coming out month after month saying something and then all of a sudden does an enormous swing in one direction – you are dealing with a more volatile electorate than most people believe they have.