Weight Problems #nlpoli
If you want to know why Forum Research’s poll is out of line with the other polls done on the provincial election, you need look no further than the data…
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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…
Understanding election polls #nlpoli
If you want to get a decent discussion of the Ontario election results and the way polling research tracked the campaign, take a look at a piece from The Star…
The Satisfaction Delusion #nlpoli
You’ll hear Conservatives, Corporate Research Associates, and some commentators play up the fact that public satisfaction with the governing Conservatives has gone up in CRA’s most recent quarterly poll. That’s…
The Abacus Poll for VOCM #nlpoli
A new poll by Abacus Data for VOCM shows the Liberals under Dwight ball leading the governing Conservatives in every region of Newfoundland and Labrador. According to a new VOCM-Abacus…
Announce it forward #nlpoli
November is polling month in Newfoundland and Labrador. Corporate Research Associates goes to the field for its quarterly omnibus and marketing poll. Historically, the Conservatives have skewed their public communications…
One poll to rule them all… #nlpoli
The way things go in Newfoundland and Labrador, you can sometimes think that some things only go on here. Not so. Take a short trip, if you can spare a…
Liberals gain from NDP crisis. Tories no change. #nlpoli
The headline is as dramatic as NTV could make it: Leadership crisis sends NDP tumbling to third place in NTV/MQO poll The numbers looked bad for the Dippers: Grits at…
The NAPE Poll Income #nlpoli
As it turns out, Harris-Decima used household income not individual income for weighting the poll they did for NAPE. Keith Dunne, NAPE’s communications co-ordinator tweeted the correct information on Thursday…
Self Skew-ered #nlpoli
Two thirds of tax filers in Newfoundland and Labrador report incomes of less than $35,000 per year. The Harris-Decima poll released by the Newfoundland and labrador Association of Public Employees…
Tories below 30 #nlpoli
By now you’d be living in a cave if you hadn’t heard any news of the latest Corporate Research Associates poll. The NDP are slightly ahead of the Tories and…
The Secret of Their Distress #nlpoli
Not content with just one round of fascinating public opinion information, NTV decided to unleash a second evening of news about how the public feels about Muskrat Falls. The responses…
Support but lacking sufficient information – the NTV/MQO Poll #nlpoli
The more questions you ask, the more information you get. The more information you have, the more accurate a picture you can draw of anything. In this case, it’s public…
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…
Gander at the goosing #nlpoli
Apparently, your humble e-scribbler got on Steve Kent’s nerves. The Conservative politician and his friends have been bombarding Twitter and Open Line shows since the middle of July will all…
When Johnny Cab breaks #nlpoli
Last week’s Environics poll caused more than a few people in the province to have a few sleepless nights trying to find a way to prove it was a crock…
The Happiness Index #nlpoli
Leave it to labradore to come up with a new way to look at poll results. He took the results of “satisfaction” questions in polls going back about a decade. …
Thomas Mulcair: Wastrel or Canny Investor?
Given the widespread support that the the NDP Leader of the The Official Opposition is enjoying these days, it is hardly surprising to see a public campaign to erode that…