RxR Post: NDP Surge in Atlantic Canada
"The New Democrats are experiencing something of a surge as of late as we’ve all seen, but now major effects are being felt on the provincial level, especially out in…
Polls
Crunching the numbers, who Canadians voted for in the 2011 federal election
As previously stated by many liberal bloggers the Conservatives now dominate the rich west, where most of their votes, that put them in a majority government, came from, the NDP…
First signs of the Bobby Bounce?
On May 25 Bob Rae became interim Leader of the Liberal Party, after a few weeks of speculation that the job would be his. On May 2 the surprising election…
Nanos Poll – End of the Bloc
Nanos has a new poll out with very slight changes for all the parties, except it shows the Bloc literally collapsing before our eyes. Topline numbers are 39.7% Con, 29.9%…
Polling Since June 1978
Here's a fun look at the Canadian electorate's waffling since before Joe Clark was Prime Minister: You can view raw data here. I only managed from 1978 to 2001, since…
Harris-Decima Rears Its Ugly Head – as does Bruce Anderson
Showing the NDP at 33%, the Conservatives at 38%, and the Liberals at 15% (!). This would be groundbreaking... if Abacus didn't beat them to the punch already.The further boost…
Liberals Turn My Dreams a Whiter Shade of Pale
I just flipped on the radio and Michael Ignatieff is talking about electoral reform. Am I in some kind of Fringe-like alternate universe where my dreams (ahem, remember The Liberal…
Forum Research reports reduced Harper minority, NDP in Stornoway
From The Hill Times, the projection is Conservatives 137 seats, the NDP 108 seats if an election were held today, 60 for the Liberals and only three seats for the…
Two simulstaneous polls, two very different results
Proclaims the National Post: Tories 19 points up, NDP tops Liberals for second: Poll !!! Yikes! Ipsos Reid has the Conservatives at 43%, NDP 24%, Liberals in third at 21%?…
A grain of salt
Noteworthy in this Globe and Mail article describing the results of the latest Nanos Research daily tracking poll, is that in every single region, except the Prairies, every single lead…
Corking popped CPC Champagne: EKOS reports reality
A week ago CPC drones were celebrating tantalizing poll numbers that put the Harper Party close to majority territory. Today, EKOS reports what I believe to be the reality on…
Polling Sophistication
This is another good point on polling. From the US, polling on the health care reform (ACA) was really problematic. When asked "Do you support or oppose the proposed health…
House Cleaning
Happy New Years. May the year be heavy on the clover. Doing a little house cleaning here at wheatsheafsk.com by tossing out my two bits on perennial topics of interest.…