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So.. whatcha y'all thinking about the advance call for another federal election?
I voted in the advance polls yesterday. I noticed a couple of things quite different.
[1] the ballot actually mentioned the party for each candidate. I always wondered why they never had that in the past. As a result, I think I ended up voting for the wrong candidate the very first time I was old enough to vote.
[2] covid theatre was in full force. Free masks were available. Hand sanitation was required. They even required that I "sign" (including my telephone number)
a registry. I actually had to pause as I realized that I forgot my own phone number for a moment. :D The problem with the registry is that it failed to provide a record WHEN my visit occurred. I mean.. there was no date or TIME column. But the venue was empty. Gee.. I hope that I don't get a call to tell me that my health may have been compromised. LOL The "workers" were all at their stations, and I was the only active voter in the facility during my 3 minute visit.
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[Originally posted in CANACHAT echo]
So.. whatcha y'all thinking about the advance call for
another federal election?
Boy are the numbers ever close. It's been like that
through the whole election.
Hello Erich B.!
** On Thursday 16.09.21 - 08:00, Erich B. wrote to August Abolins:
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You mean the pre-polls? Ipsos(tm)?
Those numbers aren't always accurate. What they might do is
influence people to sway their votes. When a certain report
says Candidate A is leading, then people might be convinced to
either continue to vote that way, or vote to try and change
things and vote for Candidate B, C or D.
I don't participate when survey-people call. Why do people
even bother? What an intrusive activity.
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You mean the pre-polls? Ipsos(tm)?
No. Nanos Polling:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/federal-election-2021/liberals-and-conserv s-tangled-in-a-tie-in-the-final-days-of-campaign-nanos-1.5587633
I like peeking at this one from time-to-time, they compile
several of the polls into one easy-to-read chart:
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/poll-tracker/canada/
Hello Jay Harris!
** On Thursday 16.09.21 - 21:40, Jay Harris wrote to All:
The numbers haven't changed much since then, although it's been
only a day.
Meanwhile the political ads on OTA TV are quite repetitive but
not as annoying as the incessant OLG commercials!
Maybe you can post a daily result (via script) from that page
until election night?
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The numbers haven't changed much since then, although it's been
only a day.
Well tomorrow's the big day! I hope it's not disappointing results. :-(
On 9/19/2021 12:55 PM, between "Erich B. - August Abolins":
Results (or rather conclusive predictive results) ought to be available later that same night. Only about 1 million votes are by mail which will only be fully counted 2 days later, but those won't be too relevant to be sway votes.
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