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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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Hi All,
...Greets from my Telegram app!

[Originally posted in CANACHAT echo]

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.

Ciao!
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Boy are the numbers ever close. It's been like that through the whole election.

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Hello Erich B.!

** On Thursday 16.09.21 - 08:00, Erich B. wrote to August Abolins:

[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.

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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Hello Erich B.!

** On Thursday 16.09.21 - 08:00, Erich B. wrote to August Abolins:

[...]

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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No. Nanos Polling:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/federal-election-2021/liberals-and-conservative s-tangled-in-a-tie-in-the-final-days-of-campaign-nanos-1.5587633

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On 16 Sep 2021, Erich B. said the following...

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/

At time of writing this message it seems we're just as divided as our neighbours to the south were during their most recent election:

Liberal: 31.7%
Conservative: 31.2%
New Democrat: 20.1%
Bloc Quebecois: 6.4%
People's Party: 6.2%
Green: 3.3%
Other: 1.1%


Jay

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Hello Jay Harris!

** On Thursday 16.09.21 - 21:40, Jay Harris wrote to All:

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/

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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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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Well tomorrow's the big day! I hope it's not disappointing results. :-(

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On 9/19/2021 12:55 PM, between "Erich B. - August Abolins":

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. :-(

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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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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We ended up with another Liberal minority government anyways. What a waste of a $610 million election.

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