May Polling 2011 vol I

Here are your poll results for late April to mid May which overlaps election day. Within a week of the election 82% thought the NDP would get 60 seats or less (they crushed my own forecast of 62 seats). Only 21% of you correctly predicted that Gilles Duceppe would be the first federal leader to lose his job after the votes were counted. Duceppe quit on election night while Ignatieff waited until the morning after. 40% of you thought that Stephane Dion should be the interim leader of the Liberal Party. It didn't happen.

Here are the rest of your results.

DO YOU THINK STEPHEN HARPER TRICKED IGNATIEFF INTO FORCING AN EARLY ELECTION?

No, Iggy is that ignorant (69%)
Yes, he's a chessmaster (26%)
Undecided (3%)

WHO SHOULD BE THE INTERIM LEADER OF THE LIBERAL PARTY?

Stephane Dion (40%)
Ralph Goodale (17%)
Bob Rae (11%)
Dominic LeBlanc (10%)
Justin Trudeau (8%)
John McCallum (7%)
Scott Brison (3%)

SHOULD THE USA RELEASE PICTURES OF BIN LADEN'S DEAD CORPSE?

Yes (56%)
No (37%)
Undecided (6%)

WHO SHOULD BE CANADA'S NEXT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS? (my nominees were completely arbitrary and none of these people ended up running for Speaker)

Michael Chong (26%)
Diane Ablonczy (20%)
Bev Oda (12%)
John Baird (6%)
Maxime Bernier (6%)
James Moore (3%)
Leona Aglukkaq (1%)
John Weston (1%)
None of the above (21%)

DID YOU WAKE UP TUESDAY MORNING LIVING IN A CONSERVATIVE RIDING?

Yes (75%)
No (23%)
I don't live in Canada (1%)

DO THE BLOGGING TORIES DESERVE ANY CREDIT FOR THE CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY?

Yes (78%)
No (13%)
Undecided (8%)

IS IGNATIEFF THE WORST LEADER IN THE HISTORY OF THE LIBERAL PARTY?

No (53%)
Yes (40%)
Undecided (5%)

WHO WILL BE THE FIRST PARTY LEADER TO LOSE THEIR JOB AFTER THE ELECTION?

Mike Ignatieff (63%)
Gilles Duceppe (21%)
Elizabeth May (8%)
Stephen Harper (5%)
Jack Layton (0%)
Undecided (0%)

ARE YOU CHEERING FOR THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS TO WIN THE STANLEY CUP?

Yes (63%)
Don't Care (22%)
No (13%)

WHO IS THE MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECENT RISE OF THE NDP?

Mike Ignatieff (58%)
Gilles Duceppe (21%)
Jack Layton (19%)

HOW MANY SEATS DO YOU EXPECT THE NDP TO WIN ON MAY 2ND?

At least 100 (3%)
80-90 (3%)
70-80 (4%)
60-70 (8%)
50-60 (17%)
40-50 (27%)
30-40 (20%)
20-30 (11%)
10-20 (1%)
less than 10 (2%)

DO YOU PLAN TO VOTE IN ADVANCE POLLS?

Yes (41%)
No, I'll wait until election day (40%)
No, I've already voted (17%)
I'm not voting (0%)

DO YOU GET SUN TV NEWS IN YOUR CABLE PACKAGE?

Yes (69%)
No (19%)
I don't have cable (9%)
I don't care (1%)

DO YOU THINK IT WAS A MISTAKE FOR IGNATIEFF TO GIVE THE NDP A FREE RIDE IN THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN?

Yes (84%)
No (11%)
Undecided (4%)

SHOULD GOVERNMENT REDUCE TAXES ON GASOLINE AS PRICES SOAR?

Yes (71%)
No (25%)
Undecided (3%)

WHAT WOULD YOU NAME IGGY'S 30 MINUTE EASTER TV SPECIAL?

An Inconvenient Douche (21%)
How The "Igg" Stole Easter (14%)
National Lampoon's "Canadian Vacation" (14%)
Lament of a Dilettante (12%)
Canada's Worst Campaigner (8%)
Death of a Salesman (8%)
Michael Ignatieff's "Weird or What?" (7%)
Mr Ignatieff's Neighborhood (6%)
America's Funniest Home Videos (5%)