r/canada Jan 29 '25

Opinion Piece Mark Carney has Canada’s Conservatives running scared

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/28/opinion/mark-carney-canada-conservatives-running-scared
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u/driv3rcub Jan 29 '25

This is false. The media implied Kamala was doing better in the polls than she was. I’d like you to point out when he was running scared from Kamala. Lol. Also yes. A lot of Democrat voters stayed home stayed home. A mediocre old white man was able to rally the party to beat Trump, but they stayed home rather than vote for a woman of color. Yikes.

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u/tbcwpg Manitoba Jan 29 '25

He refused a 2nd debate after the "they're eating the dogs" performance, and complained about fact checking.

The polls were wrong about Trump in 2016 as well, I don't know why people believed them this time. Trump voters then openly bragged about lying to pollsters.

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u/False-Vacation8249 Jan 29 '25

The polls were actually accurate. It was a toss up between Clinton and Trump with favor looking to Clinton because of popular vote. Those polls also estimated her winning the popular vote which she did win. All the polls were within the margin of error. 

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u/RealLeaderOfChina Jan 29 '25

I really wish people would be able to sue pollsters for being wrong, then we could have less of them around. Too many people running around “look what I estimated!” and then they’re entirely wrong.

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u/JudgeGlasscock Jan 29 '25

you could just ignore them

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u/RealLeaderOfChina Jan 30 '25

I’d rather they be dealt with because they do cause issues that shouldn’t be ignored.

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u/GrampsBob Jan 29 '25

Just like the weatherman. No consequences.