Canada's Federal Election Polls

[Liberalman]

April 10

The numbers in parentheses denote the change from the three day rolling average
of the Nanos Nightly Tracking ending on April 10th (n=1,200; committed voters
only n=982). *Undecided represents respondents who are not committed voters
(n=1,200).

Canada (n=990 committed voters)
Conservative 39.7% (-1.5)

Liberal 31.2% (+0.8
NDP 16.8% (+1.6)
Bloc Quebecois 7.8% (NC)

Green 4.0% (-0.6)

*Undecided 17.5% (-0.6)

 

[JLM]

April 10

The numbers in parentheses denote the change from the three day rolling average
of the Nanos Nightly Tracking ending on April 10th (n=1,200; committed voters
only n=982). *Undecided represents respondents who are not committed voters
(n=1,200).

Canada (n=990 committed voters)
Conservative 39.7% (-1.5)

Liberal 31.2% (+0.8
NDP 16.8% (+1.6)
Bloc Quebecois 7.8% (NC)

Green 4.0% (-0.6)

*Undecided 17.5% (-0.6)

There's only one poll that counts and that is on May 2.:smile:

 

[TenPenny]

There's only one poll that counts and that is on May 2.:smile:

Other famous CC quotes:

There's only one Pole that counts, and that is YukonJack.

There's only one Count in the polls, and that is Ignatieff.

 

[mentalfloss]

Other famous CC quotes:

There's only one Pole that counts, and that is YukonJack.

There's only one Count in the polls, and that is Ignatieff.

There's only one **** on the pole and that is...

 

[YukonJack]

Other famous CC quotes:

There's only one Pole that counts, and that is YukonJack./QUOTE]

Another famous CC quote:

Today ten penny isn't worth a plugged nickel.

 

[Liberalman]

April 11

The numbers in parentheses denote the change from the three day rolling average
of the Nanos Nightly Tracking ending on April 11th (n=1,200; committed voters
only n=990). *Undecided represents respondents who are not committed voters
(n=1,200).

Canada (n=989 committed voters)
Conservative 39.9% (+0.2)

Liberal 30.4% (-0.8
NDP 16.3% (-0.5)
Bloc Quebecois 9.1% (+1.3)

Green 3.8% (-0.2)

*Undecided 17.7% (+0.2)

 

[TenPenny]

Other famous CC quotes:

There's only one Pole that counts, and that is YukonJack./QUOTE]

Another famous CC quote:

Today ten penny isn't worth a plugged nickel.

Why would you respond to that with an insult.

 

[YukonJack]

Why would you respond to that with an insult.

Not an insult at all. You posted a pun, which might have been clever, if I were Polish, which I am not. I also posted a pun, which - with inflation and such - might just be true.

 

[Liberalman]

April 12

The numbers in parentheses denote the change from the three day rolling average
of the Nanos Nightly Tracking ending on April 12th (n=1,200; committed voters
only n=989). *Undecided represents respondents who are not committed voters
(n=1,201).

Canada (n=1019 committed voters)
Conservative 38.9%
(-1.0)
Liberal 31.1% (+0.7)
NDP 18.3% (+2.0)
Bloc Quebecois 7.5%
(-1.6)
Green 3.1% (-0.7)

*Undecided 15.2% (-2.5)

 

[JLM]

April 12

The numbers in parentheses denote the change from the three day rolling average
of the Nanos Nightly Tracking ending on April 12th (n=1,200; committed voters
only n=989). *Undecided represents respondents who are not committed voters
(n=1,201).

Canada (n=1019 committed voters)
Conservative 38.9%
(-1.0)
Liberal 31.1% (+0.7)
NDP 18.3% (+2.0)
Bloc Quebecois 7.5%
(-1.6)
Green 3.1% (-0.7)

*Undecided 15.2% (-2.5)

I'm not quite sure what the point of all these stats are- Conservatives appear to be holding fairly steady at between 38 and 41% and I'll bet it will be close to that on election day. :smile:

 

[Cliffy]

I'm not quite sure what the point of all these stats are- Conservatives appear to be holding fairly steady at between 38 and 41% and I'll bet it will be close to that on election day. :smile:

How do we get the undecided to swing in any direction but conservative and how do we get those who don't plan to vote, to vote? The young, especially after the G8/G20 fiasco, think that governments are just plain phuqued and feel their input will be ignored just like their parents voices are.

 

[JLM]

How do we get the undecided to swing in any direction but conservative and how do we get those who don't plan to vote, to vote? The young, especially after the G8/G20 fiasco, think that governments are just plain phuqued and feel their input will be ignored just like their parents voices are.

Is there any point in getting uninformed, disinterested people to vote?

 

[wulfie68]

Is there any point in getting uninformed, disinterested people to vote?

You're framing the issue the wrong way. It should be more along the lines of how do we inform and interest people in their gov't and how it operates. The actions the gov't takes affect us all, thus we all have a stake in what goes on, and people need to be aware of that. I'm not saying they need to be socialist-anarchists like Cliffy or libertarians like Colpy, but they need to become aware of the issues, how they are affected and to vote for the policies that reflect their wishes. I also don't believe the extremists (i.e. those who want to claim Harper is a Nazi or any more dictatorial than his predecessors and their opposite numbers) help this but instead fill moderates with distaste at their extremism.

 

[JLM]

You're framing the issue the wrong way. It should be more along the lines of how do we inform and interest people in their gov't and how it operates. The actions the gov't takes affect us all, thus we all have a stake in what goes on, and people need to be aware of that. I'm not saying they need to be socialist-anarchists like Cliffy or libertarians like Colpy, but they need to become aware of the issues, how they are affected and to vote for the policies that reflect their wishes. I also don't believe the extremists (i.e. those who want to claim Harper is a Nazi or any more dictatorial than his predecessors and their opposite numbers) help this but instead fill moderates with distaste at their extremism.

I hear you Wulfie- possibly the media is partly responsible for the disinterest. About 95% of what they report involves some sort of sleaziness or thuggery, so whenever new news happens, the first question many have at the get go is "What now"? When there is contraversy in politics most of them act like a bunch of kids. There have been a few solid politicians in the past but damn few- John Diefenbaker, Tommy Douglas, Stanley Knowles, W.A.C. Bennett, Joe Clark, Gordon Gibsons Sr. and Jr. - but we haven't seen many of this stature for awhile. When one or two immerge then interest will pick up.

 

[Cannuck]

How do we get the undecided to swing in any direction but conservative ...

By giving them a reason to vote for another party. Generally speaking, the other parties have done a horrible job of this. Consequently, the other parties and their supporters have chosen to attack the Conservatives instead. That is also failing miserably as it usually does.

 

[JLM]

By giving them a reason to vote for another party. Generally speaking, the other parties have done a horrible job of this. Consequently, the other parties and their supporters have chosen to attack the Conservatives instead. That is also failing miserably as it usually does.

Yep, if they spent as much time fine tuning their platforms as they do mud slinging, we might have something worthwhile to vote for. :smile:

 

[Cannuck]

Yep, if they spent as much time fine tuning their platforms as they do mud slinging, we might have something worthwhile to vote for. :smile:

I was embarrassed for Jack during the debate. Is it any wonder the Dippers have no hope of expanding their base when that is what they rely on.

 

[JLM]

And yet I've seen some news reports depicting Jack to be the most favourable.

 

[petros]

They'll have a new leader shortly after the coalition gov is formed.

 

[Omicron]

And yet I've seen some news reports depicting Jack to be the most favourable.

Well, there's two aspects to government.

There's the flashy stuff that gets all the press, but that only constitutes about 3% of what cabinet does.

Then there's the 97% of being government, which is an incredibly tedious grind of doing dull day-to-day management and administration of piles of super-boring paper work.

That's what keeps hamstringing the hot-headed elements of groups like Hamas. They fight for control of Gaza, and when they get it, they choke into a state of catatonic stupor when they find out just how boring most of being a government really is.

Jack's high rating is based on how he's got the most experience with, and seems to have the highest tolerance for, doing the boring day-to-day grind aspect of government, which is the part of government that most citizens find themselves dealing with most of the time.