The Politics Of Polling

Posted on Wednesday, June 09 at 11:13 by KevinGagnon
And nothing bursts a candidate's bubble faster than one bad poll. Doug Main remembers the feeling all too well.

"Back in '88, I was running as the Reform candidate in Edmonton-Strathcona," says Main, now national communications adviser for the federal Conservative campaign.

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  1. by N Say
    Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:16 am
    The thing to remember whenever you see a poll is that something like 25% of people are still undecided. Due to our archaic system, the NDP could still do really well, even at only 17%.

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