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Fri, 24 May 2013 21:34:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/trudeaumaniaish/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/trudeaumaniaish/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 14:46:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=382569 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/trudeaumaniaish/feed/ 0 The Liberals take the lead for the first time in four years http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/27/the-trouble-with-members-statements/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/27/the-trouble-with-members-statements/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:55:31 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=365214 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/27/the-trouble-with-members-statements/feed/ 0 It seems that time is being used for partisan attacks http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/checking-in-7/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/checking-in-7/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:11:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350758 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/checking-in-7/feed/ 0 The Conservative lead persists http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/idlenomore-at-the-ballot-box/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/idlenomore-at-the-ballot-box/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:58:45 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337513 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/idlenomore-at-the-ballot-box/feed/ 0 Eric Grenier runs the numbers on aboriginal turnout. According to a study by Elections... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/the-ndp-and-the-prairies/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/the-ndp-and-the-prairies/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:00:25 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337187 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/the-ndp-and-the-prairies/feed/ 0 Mulcair needs seats in Saskatchewan and Manitoba if he wants to win an election. Here's the plan to do it http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/08/checking-in-8/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/08/checking-in-8/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:52:24 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=334592 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/08/checking-in-8/feed/ 0 The year-end polling averages for 2012 and what three years of polling looks like.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/10/checking-in-6/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/10/checking-in-6/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:19:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=326144 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/10/checking-in-6/feed/ 0 The latest monthly polling averages from threehundredeight.com.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/checking-in-5/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/checking-in-5/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:51:31 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=301422 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/checking-in-5/feed/ 0 Both the Conservatives and New Democrats slip a little nationally. The Conservatives take a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/let-no-opportunity-to-denigrate-ones-opponent-be-missed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/let-no-opportunity-to-denigrate-ones-opponent-be-missed/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:22:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=296387 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/let-no-opportunity-to-denigrate-ones-opponent-be-missed/feed/ 0 Eric Grenier attempts to quantify the increasingly partisan nature of members’ statements. An analysis... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/checking-in-4/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/checking-in-4/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:14:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=292738 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/checking-in-4/feed/ 0 Only two national polls in August, but the Conservatives gain a slight advantage. A... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/20/checking-in-3/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/20/checking-in-3/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:26:49 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=284905 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/20/checking-in-3/feed/ 0 A slight tightening in the national numbers for July. By region, it’s a tie... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/11/checking-in-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/11/checking-in-2/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:03:14 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=273528 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/11/checking-in-2/feed/ 0 Eric Grenier has updated his monthly polling averages for June at threehundredeight.com. The New... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/23/the-opposition-leaders-honeymoon/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/23/the-opposition-leaders-honeymoon/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:52:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254287 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/23/the-opposition-leaders-honeymoon/feed/ 0 In light of the NDP’s recent bump in opinion polling, Eric Grenier looks at... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/26/the-mulcair-era-begins/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/26/the-mulcair-era-begins/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:04:23 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=248348 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/26/the-mulcair-era-begins/feed/ 0 Eric Grenier considers Thomas Mulcair’s mandate. Joanna Smith looks at the potential personnel changes.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/how-deep-a-hole-did-the-liberals-dig/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/how-deep-a-hole-did-the-liberals-dig/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:25:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235362 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/how-deep-a-hole-did-the-liberals-dig/feed/ 0 The numbers paint an ugly picture for the federal Liberals http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/the-motivation-gap/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/the-motivation-gap/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:36:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234250 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/the-motivation-gap/feed/ 0 Eric Grenier notes an interesting distinction made in the latest polling data from Ekos.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/what-just-happened-iv/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/what-just-happened-iv/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 16:29:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189874 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/what-just-happened-iv/feed/ 20 Eric Grenier points to the vote splits. Of course, votes are not easily transferred... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/what-went-wrong-with-the-projections/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/what-went-wrong-with-the-projections/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 19:58:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189602 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/what-went-wrong-with-the-projections/feed/ 126 Eric Grenier explains where his system failed. ThreeHundredEight.com projected two things: the popular vote... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/statistical-probabilities/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/statistical-probabilities/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:18:50 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=175639 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/statistical-probabilities/feed/ 51 The last three changes in government were not obviously foretold by publicly available polling data http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/06/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/06/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:40:04 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=165703 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/06/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people/feed/ 13 Eric Grenier finds that cabinet ministers have faired better, both financially and electorally, in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/17/hypothetical-math/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/17/hypothetical-math/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:44:47 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=164416 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/17/hypothetical-math/feed/ 66 Eric Grenier considers Stephen Harper’s hopes for a majority. The Conservatives may have hit... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/15/cliche-busting/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/15/cliche-busting/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:25:53 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=158142 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/15/cliche-busting/feed/ 59 Eric Grenier tabulates the Starbucks vote. With an average of 5.4 locations per riding,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/08/gender-gap/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/08/gender-gap/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:37:50 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=156796 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/08/gender-gap/feed/ 20 As he did with young and old voters, Eric Grenier compares how Parliament would... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/08/generation-gap/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/08/generation-gap/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:18:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=151742 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/08/generation-gap/feed/ 0 Eric Grenier from threehundredeight.com compares how young and old voters would divvy up the...