Canadian Politics
Are Canadian political polls still useful?
I’ve long viewed polling as a useful but imperfect tool for gauging Canadian sentiment. It helps parties like the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre create…
Polling
13 posts on Polling from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Canadian Politics
BC Poll shows Adrian Dix versus Christy Clark not over yet
Campaign Research just released some polling data on the upcoming BC election race. Here are some key findings: – NDP 38%, LIB 33%, GRN 12%, CON 12% – 18-34…
Canadian Politics
Canadians on the federal parties
According to the latest Nanos Survey, Party personality – Conservative Party: Let’s assume for a moment that each federal political party was a person. What…
Wildrose Party
Poll: Wildrose and PC gap tightens to 8
Campaign Research’s third weekly tracking poll shows that the Alberta election gap between Wildrose and the PC Party has tightened to 8 points. Some key…
News making
New Poll: Wildrose up by 17 points
Another poll shocker from Campaign Research today as their latest tracking poll shows the Wildrose Party in Alberta up by 17 points over the PC Party. You’ll…
Liberal Party of Canada
The latest EKOS poll
Big news today in Ottawa is the new Governor General appointee and the EKOS poll showing Liberals flirting within 0.3% of their worst polling result in recent…
Canadian Politics
So we’re talking merger?
The news over the past few days has been Liberal-NDP merger. This is all talk and serves to undermine Michael Ignatieff as leader of the Liberal Party. Over…
Economy and Budget
Rally for Canada budget consultation survey results
On Friday, I sent out an email to the tens of thousands on the Rally for Canada email list asking them to participate in a small survey concerning the upcoming…
US Politics
DNC by the numbers
I have a bit of an embarrassing confession to make. I subscribe to an unhealthy amount of polling information via email and RSS. Polling companies in Canada…