tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post6422525754364202301..comments2023-07-25T02:39:44.615-07:00Comments on Bill Tieleman: BC Elections polling set to begin shortly with major pollsters reporting inBill Tielemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-55906825537939020532009-03-24T19:59:00.000-07:002009-03-24T19:59:00.000-07:00The people of BC can not be fooled by once again e...The people of BC can not be fooled by once again election the NDP.<BR/><BR/>Campbell and the BC Liberals have brought BC back from the depths of despair that the NDP left it in, Campbell will easily be re-elected.Mary Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08649250810777039578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-17919412537593245932009-03-09T20:07:00.000-07:002009-03-09T20:07:00.000-07:00A. G. Tsakumis said in part...STV, It must be stop...A. G. Tsakumis said in part...STV, It must be stopped. It's a system supported by kooks for kooks.<BR/><BR/>One has to agree, they are kooks,<BR/>and those kooks are, Drum roll please,Trummmmmmmmmmmmp, "THE GREEN Party",they gave birth to this ill conceived idea from artificial insemination donated by Gordon Gamble.<BR/>The BC Liberals have now adopted this illegitimate idea. <BR/>Seeing though,STV is a miscarriage of representation, it will duly be buried on may 12/09, by those who will prevail, the sane voters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-82026049065905650202009-03-08T22:54:00.000-07:002009-03-08T22:54:00.000-07:00Excellent points. If you actually average out the...Excellent points. If you actually average out the trend line though, you will see a flat line across both Liberal and NDP fortunes. They've in a dead heat.<BR/><BR/>What concerns me more is this INSANITY with respect to STV. It must be stopped. It's a system supported by kooks for kooks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-48303289144036810082009-03-08T16:01:00.000-07:002009-03-08T16:01:00.000-07:00What people forget is that many pollsters not only...What people forget is that many pollsters not only utilize traditional random landline "telephone" contacts within their surveys but also:<BR/><BR/>1. Cell phones;<BR/><BR/>2. VOIP;<BR/><BR/>It's all part of the mix.<BR/><BR/>And with polling it's not necessarily the actual numbers but the trend lines that count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-72420202991145948932009-03-08T15:14:00.000-07:002009-03-08T15:14:00.000-07:00You can also do a quick poll on March 16th at the ...You can also do a quick poll on March 16th at the up coming Supreme Court trial for compensation for Canada Line destruction. Susan Heyes' case has finally made it to court after 3 years on the road to justice and compensation. Have you driven the length of Cambie lately? It's still a mess. How on earth could any of those family run shops have survived that? <BR/>Ask these merchants, and others who are along Broadway what Campbell's word is worth.<BR/><BR/>The swagger - the arrogance - the secrecy - the selling off of all our resources, especially water rights and rivers - the blatant disregard for the health of our citizens and of our environment - NO MORE FISH FARMS! - just continued contempt for citizens.<BR/><BR/>Campbully and his pals have got to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-45561892591259697352009-03-07T21:54:00.000-08:002009-03-07T21:54:00.000-08:00If you want to know what is going to happen,one mu...If you want to know what is going to happen,one must look at other recent elections.<BR/>A sweep in burnaby for Corrigan and council,Almost a sweep in Vancouver with Gregor and council and<BR/>2 rookie NDP candidates Herbert Spencer and Jenn McGinn wiped the floor with 2 bc liberal STAR candidates.<BR/>So if one looks at those results and considers that Gordon Campbell has had a non-stop 100 million dollar ad campaign running since june/2008, the airwaves were flooded with Liberal ads.<BR/><BR/>Not only the liberals ads,but Campbell,one week before the bi-elections had a prime time 15 minute news/press conference at 6.00 pm on all the major bc news channels,a press conference disguised as breaking news!<BR/>A week later Campbell`s stars got pummeled!<BR/>I believe Campbell is finished,people are tired of seeing his face,as a matter of fact, I hide my camera in fear that Gordon Campbell will show up to get his picture taken!<BR/><BR/>I know of at least of many ridings where incumbents are going to lose, Delta,Surrey,all 4 Burnaby ridings just to name a few,apparently in Burnaby thousands of Chinese have signed petitions against the prison,too many fires for Campbell to put out,and no matters what Campbell promises,no-one believes him,he breaks his word over and over again.<BR/>4 more years of bc liberals and there will be nothing left of this province!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-74192796238081705942009-03-07T17:48:00.000-08:002009-03-07T17:48:00.000-08:00as someone who has worked in the trenches in many ...as someone who has worked in the trenches in many of an election campaign, i have come to the realization that polls leave many things to be desired. many people (particularly the under 35) don't have landlines anymore, so those people aren't taken into consideration when traditional phone polling takes place. internet polling is open to spam programing and can be raken over by the party that has the best programers. <BR/>it gives a good feeling at first to those that give their blood, sweat and tears to the party of their choice, but once you get into the guts if the demographics of a particular poll, you have to take them with a grain of salt.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00556704777198296748noreply@blogger.com