Listen on The Hub Alberta isn’t always the “true blue” province some might think. Independent pollster Janet Brown and political commentator Dave Cournoyer join  Alberta Edge  host Ryan Hastman to dissect the province’s political DNA—from the cowboy archetype to Alberta’s unique brand of tax aversion. Together, they explore how decades of royalty windfalls have allowed governments to sidestep tough political choices, and why years of rapid in-migration haven’t dramatically ch

Read on CBC John Santos, a data scientist with Janet Brown Opinion Research, said it makes sense to count all of the votes, even if there's a low chance of the overall result changing. "We can sit here and we can conduct these thought experiments and counterfactuals, but at the end of the day, democracy is decided based on a number of votes," he said.  "We need to know those votes and the public needs to know that they were counted properly and accurately in order to maintain

Read on Calgary Herald John Santos, a data scientist with Janet Brown Opinion Research, said the parties are too new for an impact similar to what is normally seen at the provincial or federal level. “We can have intellectual debates about what New Democrat, and Conservative, and Liberal mean, but at least people have an idea about what they mean,” Santos said. “The names of the municipal parties are effectively meaningless.” Lucas said that he believes that made voters rever

Listen on Daybreak John Santos from Janet Brown Opinion Research joins us to look through key issues, frontrunners, whether the party system is resonating and a whole bunch more.

Read on calgaryherald.com City election campaign fights for public's attention amid busy political agenda on provincial, national and world scenes John Santos, data scientist at Janet Brown Opinion Research, believes Farkas is the front-runner. “There has been quite a bit of dissatisfaction with incumbent mayor Jyoti Gondek, and that encouraged very strong (and) credible candidates to come out to challenge her,” Santos said. “The four main contenders are all very strong. Some

Read the Story on CBC.ca Monday’s municipal election looks to be a close contest between five major candidates vying to be Calgary's mayor, but they’re not the only city hall hopefuls who have thrown their hat into the ring. In a recent poll conducted by Janet Brown for CBC News, the five mayoral options who received the most support are incumbent candidate Jyoti Gondek, outgoing Ward 1 councillor Sonya Sharp, former city councillors who previously ran for mayor in 2021 in Je

Watch on CTV Calgary’s municipal election is just days away, but low advance voter turnout and an undecided electorate mark what has been a mostly slow and sleepy campaign. While election signs are nearly everywhere in the city, interest in the campaign doesn’t seem to be there, says pollster Janet Brown. “It’s kind of a Seinfeld election. It’s an election about nothing,” Brown said. “I think people have issue fatigue. They hear so much about Donald Trump, so much about Danie

Watch on Global News John Santos, Data scientist at Janet Brown Opinion Research note that this time around, some other similar issues are not at the forefront for voters. “Decreasing the importance placed on social justice-type issues,” said data scientist John Santos. “If we look at addressing climate change, only 47 per cent of people say that that’s a very important issue for them.”

Read on Global News With just under two weeks to go until election day, Calgarians are still unsure about who to vote for with multiple candidates up for consideration. According to new polling from Janet Brown Opinion Research, 34 per cent of Calgarians count themselves as undecided. Brown’s poll shows Jeromy Farkas in the lead with 27 per cent. Incumbent Jyoti Gondek and Communities First party candidate Sonya Sharp are tied at 23 per cent support, followed by Jeff Davison