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- Title: Advance Polls and the "Late Switch" in the 2004 Election.
- Author : Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Release Date : January 22, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 255 KB
Description
Every election produces considerable discussion among pollsters, academics and politicians about the accuracy of pre-election polls. One analytical tool that has previously received little academic attention is the impact of voting in the advance polls. In 2004 they were held on June 18, 19 and 21 with the general election on June 28. Does public opinion change dramatically during the campaign's final days? This article seeks to address two questions. Are advance poll voters reflective of the broader range of the Canadian electorate at the time they occur? Did advance poll voters in 2004 perform distinctively enough from the general election voters so as to suggest a systematic change during the final days of the campaign? **********