Not many blog-posts the last few days here, but there's a good reason for that ...

Funke Data
One of the things we've got working for us here at the CNS/Global News headquarters (aka The House That Newman Built), is Alice Funke, the brain behind punditsguide.ca.

Funke's catalogue of political data is available for all to see and use, but for the duration of the campaign she's working in office with us, doing custom breakdowns of electoral info. (Read more...)

For the duration of the election campaign, the Pundits' Guide has entered a partnership with Canwest News Service, providing custom analyses, data-mining, and computer-assisted reporting services. This partnership has already produced a couple of interesting stories ...

• Tory leader courts women's votes, David Akin, Tuesday Sept. 9, where we looked at which ridings fit the criteria of some of the demographic trends in voter preference identified in yesterday's Ipsos-Reid Canwest poll.
• How our Parliament stacks up against its British and U.S. counterparts, Deirdre Mcmurdy, Monday Sept. 8, where McMurdy examined turnover in legislative bodies between Canada, the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
• Tories lag in nominating female candidates, Glen McGregor, Wednesday Sept. 3, where McGregor examines how well the parties are doing in recruiting women candidates.

Stay tuned for more in the coming days and weeks.

Labels: Canwest