UncategorizedMind the ’credibility’ gapColby Cosh finds out what subsets, modelling assumptions and ’non-probability samples’ have to do with polling these days
OttawaChecking inBoth the Conservatives and New Democrats slip a little nationally. The Conservatives take a lead in British Columbia and maintain...
OttawaChecking inOnly two national polls in August , but the Conservatives gain a slight advantage. A year ago, the Conservatives went into the...
OttawaThe increasingly inexact science of pollsPeter Loewen considers the recent failures of political polling.
OttawaThe most popular decision a politician ever makesBob Rae’s popularity is surging on word that he will be going away.
OttawaChecking inEric Grenier has updated his monthly polling averages for June at threehundredeight.com. The New Democrats are first in British...
OttawaA sensitivity measuring contestNanos polling for the CBC—see here and here —finds a plurality of Canadians consider the NDP to be the party most sensitive to...
OttawaReality checkHarris-Decima checks in with the electorate. By party affiliation, only a majority of Conservative voters (53%) were aware. By age...
OttawaThe motivation gapEric Grenier notes an interesting distinction made in the latest polling data from Ekos.
OttawaA Senate if we must, but must we have a Senate?It is obviously noteworthy that the Canadian public largely supports Stephen Harper’s proposed reforms to the Senate, but when the...