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Gaian
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A poll of 2200 people, across all ridings, and asking non-judgemental questions, would do it. Got access to anything anywhere near that, MS? I didn't think so.

M. Spector
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Andrea's poll has far more than 2200 responses.

How did you happen to pick that number? "A sample of 1,600 people gives you a margin of error of 2.5 percent, which is pretty darn good for a poll." Are you now going to quibble over the acceptable margin of error?


Gaian
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Andrea's is not an objective poll across the electorate. Understand the difference. It contains many of the more thoughtful,damn the torpedoes types like yourself and Admiral Farragut.

M. Spector
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So essentially you demand opinion polls but refuse to accept any poll results that contradict your preconceived prejudices about the right-wing intransigence of the Canadian working class.

Why am I not surprised?


Gaian
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Perhaps you do not have the capacity for either surprise or dialectical thought?

Sean in Ottawa
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Andrea's poll is of NDP members. So she knows she won't lose any votes among the membership.

So what?

That is not even including those who voted NDP last time- never mind those who might but did not which is the group we really need to talk to.

In any case I agree she is doing a good job and polling members for ideas was smart.

Insisting on something for the most vulnerable is also essential.

But to force an election now-- I sure hope she makes the right move on that. Very risky.

Also very risky for the Liberals so they ought to be listening.


Freedom 55
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Sean in Ottawa wrote:

Andrea's poll is of NDP members. So she knows she won't lose any votes among the membership.

 

No, she solicited comments from the public. I'm not a member, but I submitted my comments, as did many other non-members.

 

see: Have Your Say, Ontario


Gaian
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And she didn't rush right out and say the budget is DOA?

Freedom 55
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Yeah, 'cause that's exactly what I implied, Gaian.   It's ironic that someone who boasts about how well-read he is would try so hard to misread my response to Sean.


Sean in Ottawa
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Oh interesting. I guess there were two initiatives because mine came by email --obviously party list.

Well it is good that she did that.


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