An early Trudeau effect in polling?
Nanos is out with a new poll today. It shows the Liberals have made some large gains: A Nanos Research survey reveals the Liberals have picked up almost six points…
Polls
Don’t listen to the polling.
A recent poll has the Alberta Liberal Party 40% up on their election numbers. Another poll has the federal Liberals up some 5 points, overshadowing the NDP and on the…
Berry & Bickers: Obama will lose; say hello to President Romney
Berry & Bickers electoral map forecast Two professors who have a forecast model with an accuracy rate of 100% for the past 8 presidential elections believe that the next president…
Could the Liberal Party Become The Open Party?
Here’s a short survey from the Liberal Party on foreign ownership rules for natural resources. There are two interesting things about this. First, foreign ownership of our natural resources, especially…
Could the Liberal Party Become The Open Party?
Here’s a short survey from the Liberal Party on foreign ownership rules for natural resources. There are two interesting things about this. First, foreign ownership of our natural resources, especially…
Latest Daily Kos PPP Poll – Obama does not do well
A Public Policy Polling poll of 1,300 likely voters over the period October 4 to 7 has a wealth of results, with some interesting changes in the standings nationally of…
Justin Trudeau: Latest poll debunks Quebec myth about Trudeaus
Justin Trudeau – The Healer? The good news for Justin Trudeau and the Liberals just keeps pouring in, with the latest Decima poll showing that the Trudeau name is poison…
Obama & Romney: Are the polls skewed in Obama’s favour?
You’d think the results of so many polls would result in a fairly settled expectation of how many voters will vote for one of the two presidential candidates, but not…
Polls on Liberal (would-be) contenders and NDP leads.
You might have seen a poll out in the past couple of days from Forum Research stating that if Justin Trudeau became Liberal Party leader, he’d receive 39% of the…
Justin Trudeau: The Tide Turneth
The National Post has an exclusive poll that shows that the Liberal Party would win a national election if Justin Trudeau became its leader: In an exclusive poll conducted for…
Unsettled state of voters’ views of leaders good news for Liberals
Especially if Liberal Party members and supporters select Justin Trudeau as their new leader in 2013. Trudeau has lots of room grow and could easily eclipse a much disliked Stephen…
Harris-Decima Poll: Has Thomas Mulcair’s waffling cost NDP support?
Has Mulcair’s waffling caused voters to start a fresh appraisal of the Mulcair-led Dippers? That just might be the case according to the latest poll showing slippage: Waffling Thomas A…
Right-wing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford should step down: POLL
Fifty-five per cent Torontonians want their right-wing Mayor Rob Ford to leave office if he is found guilty in the ongoing conflict of interest case, according to the results of…
The sum of all fears #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale says that it is gratifying to have the support of the majority of the people of the province, as recent polls show, according to the Premier. In another…
Who wants to play Brutus? #nlpoli
Just as they ate up the Corporate Research Associates’ quarterly poll when the numbers favoured the local Conservatives, the local media have reported the latest CRA numbers with equal enthusiasm…
Quebec Votes Tonight
Today, Quebecers head to the polls, ready to elect what may be the least scary PQ government in the province’s history. That’s not a commentary on Marois, who is running…
Justin Trudeau and the expected reverse voter migrations
The Cat believes that it is almost certain that Justin Trudeau will run for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. If he does not, his credibility would be…
Your Guess is as Good as Mine
Three parties entered the Quebec election with a chance to win, and while the PQ appears to be stumbling to victory, it’s nearly impossible to predict what will happen on…
The Permanent Echo Chamber of Horrors #nlpoli
To borrow a phrase from Quebec Premier Jean Charest the other day, Twitter is a conversation between apparatchiks and journalists. That’s pretty much it, although in Newfoundland and Labrador as…
The politics of gas price fixing #nlpoli
Gas prices used to be a hot political topic in Newfoundland and Labrador. A lot of people thought that the provincial government could do a lot about them and, in…