Two kinds of polls, always labelled: informal community polls (open, unweighted) and representative research polls (with methodology disclosures).
Voluntary platform poll — not scientific. Results reflect only signed-in users who chose to vote. Each account can vote once; this cannot stop one person from using several accounts.
Riverside Centre · Closes 2026-12-01 · 1,048 responses
Voluntary, unweighted, non-scientific website poll. Results do not represent the population.
Maple Heights · Closes 2026-09-30 · 800 responses
Demonstration example: online panel, n=800 adults, weighted by age, gender and region. Fielded 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-22. Margin of error ±3.5%, 19 times out of 20 (comparable probability sample).
