Thank you for downloading this program from BBC Radio 4. I'm Tim Halford.

Hello and welcome to more or less, the program that looks for the truth behind the numbers in news,

in life, and yes, in politics. This week we'll be asking whether the nation really is reading

no better than an 11-year-old, and we'll return to the mathematics behind both optimal dating

and jogging yourself to death. But first,

with less than a week to go before polling day, more or less is visiting a key constituency

that's been unjustly ignored by the mainstream media.

Yes, Trump and Sure, it's a key marginal constituency currently held by the Conservatives,

boasting traditional labour supporting areas near the Cressley Biscuit factory in Chigley,

alongside the staunchly conservative market town of Trumpton.

Royal listeners may recall that I spent some time as treasurer of Trumptonshire County Council myself,

but I'm not involved in the parliamentary battle. I'm just curious as to who will be elected

as Trumptonshire's MP. Time for a quick wing around to take Trumptonshire's political temperature.

Hello, Mrs. Minton here. Oh, hello, this is Tim Hartford calling. I'm just phoning to find out

who people are going to vote for next week. Do you do this for a living? Oh, no, no, I'm not a

pollster. I'm a radio presenter, but Trumptonshire is a key marginal, and I'm just trying to work out

if it's likely to stay conservative. I hear that you voted Tory last time. That's right.

Do you think you'll vote for them again? Oh, I don't know. Oh, well, thank you, Mrs. Minton.

Yes, goodbye. Let's try another voter.

Hello, Clamp here. Oh, hello, Mr. Clamp. I'm just ringing round trying to get an idea of how

people are going to vote next week. Oh, I see. Can I ask you who you're going to vote for?

No, no luck. What other next? Oh, dear. This isn't very successful. We'll have to try something else.

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