Poll vs Poll: A Canadian Example

January 29, 2010
By Illiquid Assets

Ok I just saw this and thought it was funny because of the contradictory nature of it, I get that the sympatico.ca poll is not scientific but come on, look at the spread from the official poll that shows a dead heat and was based on 3,206 people. This snap poll question is 30,000 plus people, even if the error rate was +-50% it would not make up the difference. So why the huge difference? Basically the people who take the time to answer a long polling call and who can take 2 seconds to click a link. The worst part is these people clicking for the Conservatives probably do not show up on voting day so the EKOS poll may be more accurate among people likely to vote, but then again maybe they will.

Ok it does not prove anything ….I just thought it was funny.

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See the EKOS Poll Results that show the “Dead Heat”.

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