Number of Poll Releases After three quarters of stable public poll releases (between 191 and 195), Q2 registered 244 polls on the back of a large amount of Ontario election polling. This was not the highest quarter on record, in 2016 259 releases were identified but it was close. The importance of Ontario is reflected […]
While polling continued to be ubiquitous in Q4 (195 public opinion releases were identified), the number actually was significantly lower than in Q4 of 2016 when 259 polls were released (the quarterly tracking is here). Given the October to December period is a natural time for polling to surge as Parliament is sitting, the decline […]
Q3 saw an expected decline in the number of polls released into the public domain from Q2 as the summer broad less polling activity. This aligns well with the 2016 summer result. International trade and relations were top topics of national public policy polls as polling companies and the media turned their attention to NAFTA […]
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 […]
With each passing day we are moving to a world in which our shared cultural experiences are actually less shared. As others have noted, our multi-channel and multi-site universe has created audience fragmentation. We don’t all watch the same shows, read the same books, or listen to the same music. Yes, major blockbuster shows give […]
Business is ruthless. Business is ultra competitive. Business is about winning. It is all of these things until it is not. Sometimes it is about collaboration, about working outside of the box, about doing something together. There is always risk involved in collaboration and it not the right approach for everyone. That said, small companies […]