tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post4192789417455969338..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: This Day In Snookland (ctd)...If A Poll Falls In The Forest...RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-36558475898314517792013-02-07T09:42:39.078-08:002013-02-07T09:42:39.078-08:00Ian--
Fair enough about the actual levels of supp...Ian--<br /><br />Fair enough about the actual levels of support...Regardless, even if you just look at the trends, the point I was sloppily trying to make is that there was no real change between the last two sets of results from all three firms...which is why I found the stenography (followed by the extreme wurlitzering by a whole bunch of media outlets) in the wake of the last Mustel result so egregious.<br /><br />_____<br />Tony--<br /><br />Don't disagree at all - see above...Puts me in mind of that front page VSun story in the run-up to the last CoV election that was based on a last minute snapshot from an internal NPA poll...Was a different stenographer that time, <a href="http://pacificgazette.blogspot.ca/2011/11/has-occupy-vancouver-become-dominant.html" rel="nofollow">of course.</a><br /><br />______<br />spart--<br /><br />Ya...I can only do the flexed arm hang for so long before all the ParticipAction action drains from my body entirely.<br /><br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-57384235553230386352013-02-07T08:19:06.850-08:002013-02-07T08:19:06.850-08:00And sometime let me tell you a very funny (weird, ...<i>And sometime let me tell you a very funny (weird, not ha,ha) story about Milhar.</i><br /><br />Oh come on, don't leave us hanging!spartikushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15639539383294575736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-73562780496015133372013-02-06T21:50:50.251-08:002013-02-06T21:50:50.251-08:00In fairness, Justason has very little standing in ...In fairness, Justason has very little standing in polling, even less than Forum. <br /><br />Having said that, our friends in the media tend to give equal weight to Angus Reid and Mustel, irrespective of the former's significantly better history and the latter's direct ties to a sitting Liberal MLA. <br /><br />What this all says is the media do an absolutely terrible job of reporting on polls, their import and their impact on voting patterns. They should either smarten up, or quit reporting on polls altogether. Of course they won't, because it's so easy, and the media is drawn to easy stories, partly out of laziness and partly out of lack of resources.Tony Martinsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-88893577572916304312013-02-06T21:46:27.684-08:002013-02-06T21:46:27.684-08:00RossK,
Little known fact: Barb Justason got her st...RossK,<br />Little known fact: Barb Justason got her start at MacIntyre and Mustel, the early version of Mustel Research.<br /><br />And only one number is really out of wack in all these polls. Mustel's 43% for the NDP is beyond the margin of error of Angus Reid, Ipsos and Justason, which are all in the 46-49 range.<br /><br />Funny how the Sun jumped on the Mustel poll. And sometime let me tell you a very funny (weird, not ha,ha) story about Milhar.Ianhttp://therealstory.canoreply@blogger.com