babble is rabble.ca's discussion board but it's much more than that: it's an online community for folks who just won't shut up. It's a place to tell each other — and the world — what's up with our work and campaigns.
"One important difference - Environics polled 'likely voters' as opposed to everyone. About 60% of Albertans didn't cast a ballot in the last election. The idea of polling likely voters seems logical to me, but I'm not convinced pollsters have figured out a good way to truthfully figure out which voters are in fact, likely to cast ballots."
One couldn't try controlling for the variables of socio-economic status and age?
quote:
"One important difference - Environics polled 'likely voters' as opposed to everyone. About 60% of Albertans didn't cast a ballot in the last election. The idea of polling likely voters seems logical to me, but I'm not convinced pollsters have figured out a good way to truthfully figure out which voters are in fact, likely to cast ballots."
One couldn't try controlling for the variables of socio-economic status and age?
Please encourage them to set up a party in BC as well, as there has to be a split in the right-wing vote for the BC NDP to win.
Trying to find threads from the last Alberta provincial election and I found this little beauty hidden away on page 9!
Guess the OP can rule out the "flash in the pan" theory.