Seat Projections
For a full description of methodology used, please see: Week 1 Projections
With three companies running daily tracking polls, there's a lot more data available, which has decreased some of the variance in my projection model.
I've also tweaked the system slightly by weighting the Ekos polls less - with the demon dialing, the're getting much larger samples than the other companies and were dominating the model.
No other changes in methodology from last week, so without further adieu, here is where things sit. Again, as a disclaimer, these results are only as good as the publicly released polls and makes no effort to project where things will be at on October 14th.
With three companies running daily tracking polls, there's a lot more data available, which has decreased some of the variance in my projection model.
I've also tweaked the system slightly by weighting the Ekos polls less - with the demon dialing, the're getting much larger samples than the other companies and were dominating the model.
No other changes in methodology from last week, so without further adieu, here is where things sit. Again, as a disclaimer, these results are only as good as the publicly released polls and makes no effort to project where things will be at on October 14th.
Labels: Seat Projections
posted by calgarygrit at
10:18 a.m.
17 Comments:
There's a few things I think your model can't take into account, and they're pretty big. GOTV may be the killer for the Libs and I base that on my personal observations, and that of others, on on indicator of ground support: Signs.
Can you believe this? I commute for the far eastern suburbs of Vancouver to the downtown area daily and I have not seen 1(one) single Liberal sign. Not. One. Others have commented on a similar dearth of signage in Ontario and Quebec. This may be that cliche canary smelling some stinky gas in a certain coal mine of an election.
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The Rat, at 11:01 a.m.
Interesting. I find the Quebec results fascinating seeing as the Liberals would gain as many seats as the Conservatives in the province. (Not that I want to complain about any media narrative but you'd never believe that if you read the papers or listen to Chantal Hebert, I'm still in awe at her article this morning.)
I guess the Liberals benefit from the falling Bloc support in Montreal.
I also can't believe that Alberta isn't at 100% Conservative.... I wonder what the conditions are for that 1 in 1000 chance of the Liberals winning a seat.
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Bailey, at 11:19 a.m.
Any chance you could give us the variances on those distributions?
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Steve Myers, at 12:06 p.m.
Ignore the last comment, I just saw the CI's are posted. Apparently I'm blind.
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Steve Myers, at 12:08 p.m.
Bad for dion. But, we alreday knew that.
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JimTan, at 12:28 p.m.
Not that bad for Dion. 98 is a lot bigger than 2 ...
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Robert Vollman, at 2:43 p.m.
If the Tories win less seats than the Liberals in Quebec, I will buy a hat and eat it.
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Anthony, at 3:53 p.m.
Are you still using 1000 simulations? Why not ramp up to 10000 or more?
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JG, at 4:49 p.m.
One... million simulations.
*pinky to mouth*
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Anonymous, at 5:06 p.m.
You can lower the Liberal count in Manitoba/Saskatchewan to 2 (Goodale & Neville). Simard's losing to the Tories and Keeper to the NDP. Can't see any potential pick ups.
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The Hack, at 9:34 p.m.
I feel that your Quebec projections are to low for the conservatives. Several polls have shown that the Tories are either tied or ahead of the BQ outside Montreal. If this is the result on election day that means that several ridings in the Eastern townships like Brome-Missisquoi,Compton-Stanstead, Richmond-Arthabaska and Shefford will fall to the Tories.
The Quebec City area is a lock for the Tories and I think they will keep all the currect riding they have and add the ridings of Quebec and Montmorency-Charlevoix.
The Sud du Saint-Laurent will also show some surprises on election day. ADQ leader Dumonts seat is within this region the the ADQ has a strong ground effort that will benefit the Tories.
Add Chicoutimi-Le Fjord, Saint-Maurice-Champlain and Trois-Rivières all are prime riding s for the tories to pick up.
Also if the tory numbers hold in Quebec look for some surprises in the outer burbs of Montreal like Repentigny and Rivière-des-Mille-Îles.
After the election the Tories could hold upto 30 seats in Quebec alone.
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Anonymous, at 12:05 a.m.
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Voters could potentially be misled by someone acting under a false identity who tricks them into voting a particular way, which would be an offence under the Elections Act.
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JimTan, at 11:01 a.m.
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JimTan, at 11:02 a.m.
My guess is that there will be some more subregional splits made public later in the campaign (Nanos has already started doing them once a week and a few Quebec polls did them as well). Once they're more readily available I'll try to work them in.
I think in Quebec, especially, that will make a big difference. If the NDP support is focused in Montreal and the Tory support is focused outside of Montreal, that should translate into better results for both those parties (since extrapoling CPC gains to Montreal if they're not up there is just wasted votes).
I also seem to recall the Bloc polling higher than they got in reality the last few elections since their vote doesn't seem to show up as much on election day.
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calgarygrit, at 12:59 p.m.
C'mon Liberals. Let's not delude ourselves. The conservatives are laughing at us.
We are on the verge of a disaster. Only the generosity of some voters in battleground ridings can save us and the Bloc.
I cheer myself with this Rex Murphy insight. The CPC is a party with a strong leader and no team. The LPC is a party with a strong team and no leader. There is still a future for us. But, we may have to wait 5 years.
Let's keep our fingers crossed.
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JimTan, at 4:57 p.m.
If the present trend continues Dionne will earn a place in history beside Kim Campbell. Could be one ugly election night with those at Liberal gatherings asking each other "We could have had Rae??"
Will Iggy and Rae even still want the job if it is a rout?
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Anonymous, at 6:36 p.m.
"Will Iggy and Rae even still want the job if it is a rout?"
Yes
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JimTan, at 3:15 a.m.
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