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Comment – Mainstreet Research prognosis of federal election comparatively accurate


Mainstreet Research, the pollsters for Postmedia (National Post and Toronto Sun) came up with the best numbers during the last federal election and they tell you how.

Tom Saras, president of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC) comes up with the most interesting people to interview not just in front of the camera but behind. This month it was the polling company, Mainstreet Research, that came up with the best polling results during the past federal election. They came up with the Liberals at 39% (actual 39.5%), Conservatives at 31.9% (actual the same) and the NDP at 20.9% (actual 19.7%). There is an error of 1.9% allowed.
Mainstreet Research president Quito Maggi and David Valentin (on right) - photo by Adu Raudkivi (2015)

The secret of their success is that they have a larger poll number than the others, 2,500 instead of the usual 1,000 people polled.

Some more poll figures from Toronto. If an election were held today, Mayor John Tory would poll 47%, Rob Ford would poll 20%, Mike Layton 6%, Kristin Wong Tam 2% and Josh Colle 1%.

Adu Raudkivi

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