'Why would they?' Because noone who is racist wants to admit they are racist to a pollster.

Utterly daft to think saying "Tugendhat" or "Jenrick"does that This absurd claim needs an explanation of why the scores shift when candidates change (eg why is Jenrick higher than Tugendhat v Badenoch) Obvs most are giving actual preferences re candidates, not false preferences to hide real ones!

At the end of the day the outcome will prove this one way or the other. I am calling it now, Jenrick or Tugenhat will be the next leader.