Election polling in North America has been frustratingly hit and miss in recent years. Pollsters have had difficulty reaching people without traditional landline telephones and internet polling has been prone to notoriously to biased results. That said, pollsters have been adapting to changing times, and electoral forecasts from a number of firms have been consistent. Polls provide us with a snapshot of where voters are sitting and we can still read a lot into them. Regional diversity in a nation as massive as Canada makes it more challenging to interpret polls as well. Views differ greatly from province to province, as do the number of seats. While a party may lead in national support overall, it may still lose the election if its support isn’t concentrated in the right regions. Seats in the House of Commons are what win elections rather than popular support numbers. Parties need to carefully and …