David Akin's On the Hill

Which leader is "le plus sexy"?

2008-09-18T08:04:51-04:00

Bad news for the Harper campaign as we woke up in Trois Rivieres, Que. this morning. No, it was nothing to do with Gerry Ritz.

out in this morning's edition of Le Journal de Montreal says Quebceers believe Jack Layton is sexier than Stephen Harper.When asked which of the ...

The KLR VU poll in Guelph: Dirty tricks or business development?

2008-08-21T23:09:19-04:00

We have a poll which shows the Liberals in good shape in Guelph and yet, Liberals are unhappy that this poll is out there because they believe it to be a Conservative dirty trick intended to put the Liberal vote to sleep. The pollster, it appears, is indeed a Conservative but neither he nor the party he supports say the Conservatives paid for the poll. The pollster said he did the poll for free in order to raise the profile of his firm. If that was the goal, there's not much to show for it so far. Only the Guelph Mercury - near and dear to my heart as it is -- reported the poll. It appears that some of the routine reporting checkpoints spelled out in the Canada Elections Act were missed. Now the big question: Will it make a difference on Sept. 8?

Half of America plays digital politics

2008-06-18T06:41:31-04:00

The survey of 2,251 Americans also finds that the number going online for political news and information has doubled in this election cycle compared to the 2004 race, from 8 per cent to 17 per cent. Not surprisingly, the poll found that use of new digital technologies to campaign and to learn about campaigns tends to be greatest among younger voters.... The poll found that 39 per cent of online Americans are using the Internet to get access to original campaign documents or video of speeches and announcements.

The CTV Poll: Conservatives on the edge of a majority

2007-03-22T22:29:44-04:00

The federal budget tabled Monday has struck a positive chord with many voters, giving the Conservatives a bump in the polls and heightening the possibility of late spring or early summer election.

The latest poll, provided to CTV News and The Globe and Mail by The Strategic Counsel, finds Conservative ...

Polls galore

2007-02-09T12:32:21-05:00

A couple of new polls are out for everyone to chew over for those trying to figure out when the next federal election campaign might happen.

Here’s the national picture from SES Research:

Conservative Party – 33%
Liberal – 33%
NDP – 17%
BQ – 10%
Green Party – ...

What and who is trendy? Ask Google ...

2007-02-06T15:45:10-05:00

The stuff in the labs at search engine giant Google is always fun to play with. Right now, Google is working on something called Google Trends. You type in small list of items and Google shoots back a graph of a ‘trendline’ which, I guess, shows you what’s trendy ...

Nik's numbers: August 25

2006-08-25T22:35:14-04:00

If an election were held today — the result might be just about the same as it was on January 24. But, as pollster Nik Nanos notes, the Conservatives might not have 10 MPs from Quebec. Maybe they’d pick up one or two more each in Atlantic Canada, in Ontario, ...