Well, the quadrennial circus of rallies, rhetoric and state roll-calls has finally reached its last stop on the road.

And by roughly lunchtime, the world will most likely know whether the polls were right, or whether- once again- political science’s own creation will turn on its masters as the polls did in 2016.

Joining me today is Professor Lionel Page, from the Economics Discipline Group at the University of Technology Sydney’s Business School. Professor Page has just released some new research, including an article in The Conversation, outlining the possible effects of political polls on voter patterns, and whether they are a blessing or a burden for the modern democracy…