The not-so-rare leap: @abacusdata June 2015 #nlpoli
Two different polls from two different pollsters using two different polling methods have shown basically the same thing: the New Democrats and Conservatives are duking it out for second place,…
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Q2 2015 Poll Speculation #nlpoli
Corporate Research Associates boss Don Mills has done a good job of teasing the results of his latest poll, due Monday. “Significant” change in voter intentions, Mills tweeted on Friday…
Hither And Thither
For a government whose every policy seems to be concocted with an eye to re-election, it is not surprising that Finance Minister Joe Oliver has not yet firmed up a…
A cunning plan it ain’t #nlpoli
The whole “Paul-Davis-Decisive-Leader” thing doesn’t seem to be working for the provincial Conservatives. The latest NTV/MQO poll puts the Liberals at 42, the Conservatives at 20 and the NDP at…
Stragedy and Polls: Chop House version #nlpoli
Public opinion polls are a really useful thing in politics. The Liberals did a poll the weekend before the Liberals and Conservatives voted to slash public representation in the legislature. …
Decisive Moments in Politics #nlpoli
The NDP are down five points, the Liberals are up two and the Conservatives are up three, according to the latest Corporate Research Associates poll. Voters are abandoning the New…
The October 2014 NTV/MQO Poll Numbers #nlpoli
NTV commissioned NTV to poll opinion about the provincial Conservatives a month after Paul Davis took over as Premier. The party choice numbers are simple enough: Liberals at 37, Conservatives…
The Stark Numbers #nlpoli
Anyone who wants to get insight into the political landscape in Newfoundland and Labrador need look no further than the Abacus poll commissioned by VOCM, the first bit of which…
Is Dear Leader Trending Downward?
I certainly hope so: Recommend this Post
Some Glum Faces At The Manning Centre
Clearly, it was not the kind of news they had gone to the Manning Centre to hear, and, it seems, they did not receive it with particular good grace. As…
Grits gain from Cons and Dippers #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale doesn’t govern by polls. That’s what she told reporters – yet again – as they asked her about yet another poll that showed the provincial Conservatives aren’t…
CRA, Abacus, and the 2013 Nova Scotia General Election #nlpoli #nspoli
In the recent Nova Scotia General election, Corporate Research Associates and the Halifax Chronicle Herald teamed up to provide readers with a daily tracking poll. CRA was quick off the…
Libs up. Tories and Dippers steady. #nlpoli
By now you have all heard about the latest CRA August quarterly marketing poll. Fascinating stuff. Supposedly the Liberals grew at the expense of the New Democrats. You’d believe that…
The Blue Slide #nlpoli
Just flip over to labradore for a look at his latest pretty chart. It shows the compilation of poll results from various sources going back to early 2010 for the…
A Glimmer of Hope?
Perhaps the Canadian electorate is salvageable, after all.Recommend this Post
More Hole Spotting #nlpoli
After the shock that evidently settled into the local Tories, the next most obvious thing about Thursday was the complete absence of any official provincial Tory anywhere saying anything about…
Hole-spotting: the Environics Poll Results #nlpoli
By now you have likely heard it all. In one corner are the raft of people trying to dismiss the Environics poll as an outlier, an aberration, the logical result…
Are You Watching the Polls, Mr. Harper?
Oh, how I hope this news shakes up Harper’s arrogant smugness. Recommend this Post
More on the polling controversy #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Susan Delacourt, from The Star, December 30: Canada’s polling industry could be in for a shakeup in 2012, after some major knocks to its reputation in 2011. Regular readers will…
Margin of error defined #nlpoli
Corporate Research Associates November 2011 omnibus: If a provincial election were held today in Newfoundland and Labrador, for which party would you vote? Progressive Conservative Party 60% CRA August 2011…