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Originally Posted by Bunk
So literally only 1/5 calgarians could even name McIver as a candidate? In the sample of 500, literally 10 people could name Hawkesworth as a candiate? I'd laugh if it weren't so sad.
Apparently the poll yielded a result of 16% Higgins, 15% McIver, all others around 1% and 51% undecided.
Let's just say that this is a hardly a useful poll. I'd like to see likely voters since probably about only 1/3 calgarians will actually show up.
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I agree that the turnout is an issue and all. Problem is that the poll doesn't get better. The poll has Higgins and McIver at 16 and 15% and the others are at 3% and less. There are 49% of the voters that are undecided, but many of these are not likely to vote.
What it boils down to is that Higgins and McIver are at 44 and 40 percent respectively of the decided voters based on this poll.
The poll has it's problems, no doubt. But it's a pretty obvious two horse race already. For some candidates this has to be an eye-opener. Wayne Stewart has been advertising for about 2 months and likely spent $25k on this...for less than 2% in this poll. Nenshi is in the same percentage range and he was even behind the chicken guy in the Ivrnet poll. Hawkesworth will likely be around until the bitter end, but his numbers were literally one vote more than for Hehr, and in this poll those figures are dismal.
Anyway, I was shocked at the poll. I'm not saying it's over for these other candidates, but the road just became a lot more difficult with results like that.