The writ has dropped! At 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked the governor general to dissolve parliament. She agreed, and now it’s full steam ahead for the October 21 federal election. For the past few months, I’ve been glued to the CBC’s online Poll Tracker, which is run by a…
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Poll Tracker: A great way to keep tabs on the election
As a self-confessed political junkie, I follow polls with great interest. However, not all polls are created equal. Polling is a very difficult science and now it’s becoming moreso as people disconnect their land lines. This makes it increasingly difficult to contact participants because you need a random sampling that’s also representative. Polling is becoming…