Even as Canadians recognize the rising importance of China for the global economy, they are oriented toward their southern neighbour so Trudeau’s decision to pursue closer diplomatic and trade relations in the wake of the failed Transcontinental Trade Partnership (TTP) is fraught with challenges. Stepping back from the current political debates about China (where the […]
Call it the Trump Effect! Polling in Q1 of 2017 was dominated at the national level by issues that are hot-button types of issues that flow out of the politics in the U.S. Think the issues of refugees (13% of the national policy releases), international relations (13%), and trade (11%). In fact, 12% of releases […]
The 2017 Q1 numbers are in and Jenkins Research found almost 200 public opinion releases based on over 120 unique surveys. January was a slow month but things ramped up in February and into March. The interactive report provides detail on the number of releases by month, survey mode, survey category as well as coded topic. […]
In April 2016, I started capturing information about public opinion polls that were released to the public. Many but not all of these polling numbers enter the public domain through the media but many are not newsworthy enough to get any media attention. Of course, many earn media attention because of an explicit media-polling firm […]
After collecting data for 6 months, it is very clear that online continues to hold the top spot when it comes to surveys that are for public consumption. More than half of all releases are conducted using an online methodology. IVR is second followed by telephone. IVR is the second most used methodology that drives […]
Poll sponsorship is very intriguing but a look at the database of public opinion poll releases finds a significant number of polls where no sponsor is explicitly identified. Almost a quarter of releases (28%) were sponsored by a non-media sponsor while another 23% were sponsored by the media (e.g. CTV, Global, La press). While we do not know […]
The overall volume is stunning. More than 2.7 polls per day are released in Canada. A plurality of these polls are national in terms of their data collection such that 43 national polls were released in June of this year; 1.4 polls per day. 1.4 unique poll releases represents a massive public investment in understanding what Canada […]
There has been a fairly large pool of questions on the assisted suicide issue and while it is fair to say that the public is onside in general with permitting it, this support should not be overstated. Assisted dying is a well polled issue in 2016; 5 polls were released in 2016 in addition to the report […]
Assisted dying is a well polled issue in 2016; 6 polls have been released in 2016 in addition to the report from the External Panel on Options for a Legislative Response to Carter v. Canada, which included public consultation results. In fact, since 2011 there have been 17 public opinion releases on the topic of assisted dying and […]
In April of 2016, Jenkins Research found 68 public opinion polls in the media or through a search of the Internet. The 68 polls were conducted on 47 fielded surveys. For more information, see the methodology information here. Other key findings: Only 19% of survey releases were associated with a non-media sponsor such as a company, […]