Sister Sage's Musings » polling http://sistersagesmusings.ca Center-left blog from Canadians across the country and beyond Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:36:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Rasmussen Sucks http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/11/04/rasmussen-sucks/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/11/04/rasmussen-sucks/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:44:03 +0000 TorontoEmerg http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=4902 I think we all understood that, and it’s borne out by the evidence: the U.S. pollster has a significant bias towards the Right, and it’s not terribly accurate either.

I can see the argument for having a right-(or left-)wing bias in polling, as far as creating momentum, driving the narrative, dominating the news-cycle — in short, . . . → Read More: Rasmussen Sucks]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/11/04/rasmussen-sucks/feed/ 0 Gilles Duceppe: Just Another Pawn in Steve’s Culture War? Or Could Duceppe Really be More Dangerous to Him Down The Road? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/03/gilles-duceppe-just-another-pawn-in-steves-culture-war-or-could-duceppe-really-be-more-dangerous-to-him-down-the-road/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/03/gilles-duceppe-just-another-pawn-in-steves-culture-war-or-could-duceppe-really-be-more-dangerous-to-him-down-the-road/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 16:02:14 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=1588 After reading a  post from Cathie in Canada, where she was recently polled over the phone by Harris-Decima about whether or not she would support opposition MPs signing an oath of confidentiality, which, while underhanded, may or may not fall under Milliken’s rule, depending how you view that (remember, he did provide a way . . . → Read More: Gilles Duceppe: Just Another Pawn in Steve’s Culture War? Or Could Duceppe Really be More Dangerous to Him Down The Road?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/03/gilles-duceppe-just-another-pawn-in-steves-culture-war-or-could-duceppe-really-be-more-dangerous-to-him-down-the-road/feed/ 0 And The Winner is… http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/04/30/and-the-winner-is/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/04/30/and-the-winner-is/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:03:41 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=1537 Frank Graves! Yep, indeedy, let the games begin!  It seems that the Harpercon cheerleaders in the corporate media as well as the blogging romper roomies are all in emergency mode over Frank Graves still, in spite of more important issues plaguing the Harpercons and Brother Steve.  It seems that they’re making  this out to be a Harper v . . . → Read More: And The Winner is…]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/04/30/and-the-winner-is/feed/ 0