While the election thread that we have is great, I'm going to start another one with a different focus: discussion about polls, demographics, and predictions.
I'm going to start this off with some helpful links:
Laurier Institute has very good election coverage:
http://www.wlu.ca/lispop/
They do some seat projections using a regional swing model.
Their interactive map is also very well done.
I also like this site from
SFU:
http://www.sfu.ca/~aheard/elections/
They've got good polling data, broken down by region. (LISPOP has the same data, but doesn't seem to be updated as regularly)
Another site to keep an eye on is the
Election Prediction Project, which attempts to predict results on a seat by seat basis. At this point it's not really useful as it as 75 seats rated too-close to call, but it's good for getting a sense of where the battles are likely to be.
http://www.electionprediction.org/2009_fed/index.php
Wikipedia isn't a bad source for general election info either. I find it a good place to look up riding histories and such:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadia...election,_2011
Post your favorite election data links in this thread.
As well, I'm sure this is going to fall on deaf ears, but:
Please try to keep this thread free of your own opinions on candidates, parties or policies. Or if your argument requires you to state your own opinion, please label it as such. Discussion about how policies or platforms might affect various demographics is welcome, just try to avoid generalizing. I know lots of us have strong political opinions (which is great), but that's not the point of this thread.