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Originally Posted by MountainTi
As you say, polls can be skewed quite easily. Wander around the downtown cores of the 2 big cities and poll the patrons of Starbucks. The type that shops at MEC and heads for Canmore or BNP. That's about all they know about the "wilderness". They have no clue about the bighorn and the many restrictions that are already in place.
Voila....a poll that suits their perspectives
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Actually, what I said was that the type of polls you see on CBC or the Sun are not valid. A statistically valid polls/studies like the one CPAWS did are valid, and they had a large data set, randomly selected. Here is the polling company's areas of expertise they poll in:
https://www.advanis.ca/sector-expertise
The margin of error shown in that poll is +/- 3% at a 95% confidence level. That's a pretty valid poll.
As such, that is the reality we need to deal with. The same goes for hunting in general; when we are only 4-5% of the population, we need the support of the majority to continue. So, with most of Alberta supporting the proposal, even if it can be argued that they have no clue what is in the actual plan (did everyone here actually read the whole plan?), they are going by gut reaction, and as they say in politics, perception IS reality.
And that is the reality we all need to be aware of.