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Liberals still ahead in new Nanos poll 26 Aug 2013 | 06:44 pm
The poll went under the radar, but a sharp-eyed reader pointed out that the latest poll from Nanos Research for Bell Canada and Telus, on the subject of telecommunications, contained voting intentions...
Why forecasting Quebec's Liberal seats in 2015 won't be easy 23 Aug 2013 | 09:51 pm
Sure enough, after La Presse put out the numbers for CROP's latest provincial poll on Wednesday, the inevitable federal Quebec numbers followed yesterday. They showed the Liberals continuing to be wel...
Liberals still hold comfortable lead as PQ gets boost 21 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
It seems like it has been ages since the last federal or provincial poll has been published, but this morning La Presse and CROP have given us something to sustain ourselves on for the next few days. ...
Interviews with Christian Bourque and David Coletto 19 Aug 2013 | 05:50 pm
To finish off the series of pollster interviews related to my articles on polling methodology for The Globe and Mail, today we talk to Christian Bourque, Executive Vice-President of Léger Marketing, a...
Interview with Darrell Bricker of Ipsos-Reid 15 Aug 2013 | 08:04 pm
In the last of my series of articles for The Globe and Mail on political polling methodology, I look at online polling. For this article I interviewed, among others, Darrell Bricker, the CEO of Ipso....
The new projection model for the upcoming Nova Scotia election 13 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
The next provincial election likely to occur will be in Nova Scotia. Premier Darrell Dexter needs to call the vote by the spring of 2014, but all indications are that he will drop the writ some time i...
July 2013 federal polling averages 12 Aug 2013 | 06:17 pm
Federal polling has hit a summer lull, with only two national polls having been released for the month of July, surveying almost 4,700 Canadians. Due to the small number of polls last month, I will on...
Interview with Frank Graves of EKOS 8 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
Today's is the second of three articles for The Globe and Mail looking at polling methodologies used in Canada. Two weeks ago, I looked at live-caller telephone polling and interviewed Don Mills from ...
How safe is Toronto for the OLP? 6 Aug 2013 | 06:24 pm
Two of the five Ontario by-elections that took place last week were held in Toronto. The city is considered the last fortress of the Ontario Liberals, as they won 17 of its 22 ridings in the 2011 prov...
Mixed results for polls in Ontario by-elections 2 Aug 2013 | 11:57 pm
Two polling firms were very active during the Ontario by-election campaigns: Campaign Research and Forum Research. Their polls had a very mixed performance, with two races being called well, one havin...
