{"id":6433,"date":"2025-09-30T10:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=6433"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:08:33","slug":"polling-in-crisis-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/event\/polling-in-crisis-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly\/","title":{"rendered":"Polling in Crisis? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    <div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button \" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/lunch-learn-series-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REGISTER HERE<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Join us for an engaging Q&amp;A session with<a href=\"https:\/\/earnscliffe.ca\/who-we-are\/team\/allan-gregg\/\"> Allan Gregg<\/a>, one of Canada\u2019s most respected pollsters, political advisors, and media personalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/ES-AllanGregg-240x283.webp\" alt=\"photo of allan gregg\" class=\"wp-image-6487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/ES-AllanGregg-240x283.webp 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/ES-AllanGregg-160x188.webp 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/ES-AllanGregg-768x904.webp 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/ES-AllanGregg-400x471.webp 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/ES-AllanGregg-360x424.webp 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/ES-AllanGregg.webp 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover the origins of his career, from his early days using Carleton University&#8217;s mainframe for polling, through advising political leaders Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney, to pioneering the commercial and media side of public opinion research. Explore his reflections on how polling evolved from an elite tool to a widely used commodity, and hear his insights on the future of polling amid big data and social media analytics. This event promises a rare opportunity to learn firsthand from Gregg\u2019s decades of experience across more than 50 election campaigns, strategic communications, and his unique perspective on Canadian politics and leadership. 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