The Head-Counting Game
A new book tries to demystify the art and science of polling, with mixed results March 2008
At 9:00 p.m. precisely on election night in Ontario last October, Global News declared Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal Party elected with a majority government. The people had spoken. However, the odd thing about this was that the people in question were not the electorate; indeed, not even one vote had been counted across the province when Global made its…