Elections - decisions

Polesters should not be able to release the polling numbers. It confuses me and I suspect it confuses most people. The latest poles seem to suggest that the Conservatives are in the lead - a romping 38% where as the Liberals and NDP are tied somewhere around the mid 20s.  Which may mean nothing at all. But people may panic and change their vote if they feel that the Conservatives may get a majority - or they might join the band wagon and vote Conservative.

If the NDP are only gaining support in Quebec - then they may get a few seats there ( seems unlikely) but will do little to bled seats away from the Liberals. However - if they take seats in Ontario - it might in fact help the Conservatives.

However if the most recent polls are right - we could conceivably have a Conservative majority government with the 2 other parties combined having more of the popular vote.(Do you think we need to change how we count votes??)

The above speculation is exactly why we should not see the results of polls - it causes us to speculate as opposed to making a decision about who to vote for based on policy as opposed to fear.