Elections

Germany’s Historically Accurate Pollsters Are Still a Bit Uneasy

WATCH: Germany heads to the polls. Oliver Crook reports from Berlin.Source: Bloomberg
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Voter surveys gauging support for Germany’s political parties have proved relatively accurate in past elections and barely budged over the three-month campaign leading into Sunday’s ballot. Pollsters are still nervous there might be a surprise.

A number of unpredictable factors are at play this time that could impact the outcome, according to officials from polling institutes interviewed by Bloomberg.