About EKOS Politics

We launched this website in order to showcase our election research, and our suite of polling technologies including Probit and IVR. We will be updating this site frequently with new polls, analysis and insight into Canadian politics. EKOS's experience, knowledge and sophisticated research designs have contributed positively to many previous elections.

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A DEEPER LOOK AT OVERALL SHIFTS IN PARTY CONSTITUENCIES- July 13, 2012

[Ottawa – July 13, 2012] – Although the horserace polling has been less frenzied than in 2011, there have been a number of polls out suggesting shifts in voter intention and why these might be occurring. In this release, we try and take a more macro perspective as to what has changed since the last election and drill down to identify exactly where those movements have occurred. We do not think the week to week movements are meaningful at this stage and we also believe that much of the narrative explaining these putative shifts is mostly conjecture rather than empirically… [More...]

CONSERVATIVES SLIP BELOW 30 POINTS AND NOW TRAIL THE NDP – July 3, 2012

[Ottawa – July 3, 2012] – For the first time in our polling, the New Democratic Party of Canada now leads in federal vote intention. Before offering congratulatory words to the NDP, however, it should be noted that the party is only slightly above its 2011 election standing. Similarly, the Liberal Party is in the same region as the election. The real story of the past year is therefore not the NDP’s progress, but rather the Conservative Party’s slide. Indeed, if this trend continues, the party may very well be in danger of falling below levels sufficient to sustain moral… [More...]