Berlusconi may be closer to Italian majority than polls show
The ''shy-factor'' in the polling process may give Berlusconi’s bloc enough seats to form government
Polls may be downplaying the chances that a center-right coalition backed by former Premier Silvio Berlusconi will win a majority in the upcoming Italian elections on 4 March.
The so-called ''shy-factor'' in the polling process, which underestimates voting intentions for right-wing parties, and a new electoral law that favors coalitions, may give Berlusconi’s bloc enough seats to form a government, according to Lorenzo Pregliasco, managing director of Agenzia Quorum, which manages pollster YouTrend.it.
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