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Digesting poll results means chewing over the data carefully
By Shachi Kurl, Executive Director Like grief (OK, not entirely), there appear to be five stages to the way journalists, political junkies and various interested folks consume political polls. Stage one is Keen Top-Line Craving, in which survey readers gluttonously
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Angus Reid Electoral Record
Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new tab Download [4.06 MB] Read MoreLowering the federal voting age in Canada to 16 sounds good in principle … but in practice?
By Shachi Kurl, Executive Director Elections Canada may have hired (then later fired) a dozen or so social media influencers to persuade young people to vote this fall, but the bigger question is: How much influence on democracy should the
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From My Parents’ Homeland to My Own
By Shachi Kurl, Executive Director As a journalist and then a polling executive at the Angus Reid Institute, Shachi Kurl has explored the questions around immigration and its role in the Canadian experience and identity. As the Canadian-born daughter of
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As we move closer to election day, beware the backups
By Shachi Kurl, Executive Director OK, can we talk about backups? Everyone’s got them: your backup vacation home checker, in case your first choice has a record of drowning house plants. Your backup babysitter when brother-in-law wants a night off.
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Conservatives are surging provincially. Can Andrew Scheer win their biggest battle?
By Shachi Kurl, Executive Director Notwithstanding a stumble on the Rock Thursday night, Canadian Conservatives have wracked up a year’s worth of election victories in Ontario, Alberta, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, showing an appetite, and aptitude, for winning.
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