Posted in Public Opinion on Dec 8th, 2008
Appearing on Bourque is this Montreal Gazette headline; Confessions of a Pollster. A title like that doesn’t not get the attention of those who work in the industry.
In the sixty or so seconds it took me to move my mouse over the link, click on it, allow the page to load, and read enough of [...]
Posted in Politics, Public Opinion on Oct 20th, 2008
Being as impatient as I am, and I am, I didn’t want to wait the “up to 28 days” it may take for Elections Canada to post final-validated results for last week’s federal election.
So, tapping into the Type A portion of my personality, I downloaded Election Canada’s horribly organized text-file which is a mix [...]
Posted in Public Opinion on Oct 15th, 2008
The good news about a minority is uncertainty keeps political strategists and analysts in business. The bad news about a minority is it keeps political strategists and analysts in business
In the days, weeks, and months ahead many will opine on the meaning of this past election and take stabs at the direction [...]
Posted in Public Opinion on Jan 9th, 2008
Last year at this time a seemingly insignificant piece of data surprised me; exactly fifty percent of Canadians wanted a majority government in Ottawa, and the other fifty percent wanted a minority.
I’d never seen that ratio before, only ever recalling a preferential leaning toward a majority status. And seems to me prior minority governments [...]