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Randomness ([personal profile] randomness) wrote2008-10-09 09:02 pm

Canadian Political Geeking question.

I've been following polling results for the American Presidential election on sites like pollster.com. Are there similar polling aggregation sites following the general election in Canada?

Thanks in advance!

[identity profile] octopussneakers.livejournal.com 2008-10-10 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
So I don't know the answer to that question...but check this out

http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/


...goes on a rant about better methods than polling

[identity profile] r-ness.livejournal.com 2008-10-12 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I remember when [livejournal.com profile] bryant was at Iowa and showed me that. Still haven't gotten around to actually betting at that site, though.

It seems really cool, if only as a reflection of what the aggregated wisdom of people who are betting is concerned.

Did you know that before political polling, bookies were one of the major ways people figured out what election results would be? Check this out:

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/americas-quirky-campaign-past-betting/story.aspx?guid=%7B935BA627-248F-4DF9-96EE-6687B1AC4CB2%7D&dist=hppr