[Senator Clay Davis]

First (probably only) poll is out. Interesting that the province wide support is larger than in Calgary. But this sounds about right and lines up with the city's feedback site, less the Yes bots.

Calgarians do not support hosting the Olympic Games, according to a new poll commissioned by CBC News.

The poll suggests only 35 per cent of Calgarians eligible to vote in the Olympic plebiscite would vote to host the Games. Fully 55 per cent are opposed and 10 per cent are undecided.

Provincially, 51 per cent would support hosting the Games, while 36 per cent are opposed and 13 per cent undecided.

The poll, however, should be read with a grain of salt.

"I am approaching this poll cautiously," said Janet Brown, who conducted the poll. "Every poll is a snapshot in time and this is probably an especially blurry snapshot given how much uncertainty was happening while this poll was being administered."

Brown points to the fluidity of the debate at the time of the polling, with intense rounds of negotiations taking place between governments and a last-minute funding deal that was brought before city council at the 11th hour.

The sample size was also small at 243 people, with a margin of error of 6.3 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

Provincially, the survey of 900 people has a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

The Calgary numbers, however, still tell a story, says Brown.

"What we're seeing is a lead for the No side that exceeds the margin of error," she said. "So these numbers are well outside the margin of error. It's a small sample, but a well constructed sample."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...gary-1.4894146