Pundits will fill the airwaves and blogs today trying to explain the federal election polling results. The entrails will be poured over in an effort to try and discover why NDP leader Jack Layton surged in the final weeks and why other stalled. What will really count today is the efforts on the ground to get the vote out. It is one thing to answer a pollster on the phone or click a button on a website. The numbers pollsters are pushing at us are very interesting and entertaining. Continue Reading →