iSpeak Polling International has released a report 52 years in the making. The investigative report tracked pollster's predictions from 1962, when polling began, and found they are incorrect 8 or 9 times out of 10 with a margin of error of 10 points. Or 11.
Since 1962 pollsters have offered 'scientific' analysis of which way voters were likely to cast in elections. In the 13 Canadian elections since then the pollsters have predicted the outcome of elections incorrectly 12 times out of 13.
"We probably know there's maybe some problems with the accuracy of our polls but we're paid good money to produce numbers that may or may not be gobbledygook and there's always a chance we'll have a non-gobbledygook result, after all, it happened once in 13 elections so we can expect another non-gobbledygook result easily within the next 13 elections so of course polling remains the most valid barometer of how an election may or probably won't turn out." Explained iSpeak President, Sheri-Lee Rodham Hinton.
While concerned civil organizations urge people to make the effort to vote, Rodham Hinton has another request, "Just let us know what you're gonna do or not do. That would help a lot of people keep their sort of not really useful jobs and really nice offices."

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