PollsterAudit.ca is a public-interest initiative to hold Canadian election opinion polling companies accountable through transparent and accessible data. Polls influence public perception, media coverage, and even voter behavior—yet not all pollsters are equally reliable or transparent. This project audits and analyzes the track records of Canadian polling firms so citizens, journalists, and researchers can make more informed decisions.
🛠️ This project is fully open-source because transparency starts with us. Anyone can review how the website works, suggest improvements, or verify our sources. Democracy benefits when the tools used to understand it are open to all.
- 📊 Audits of Canadian Pollsters – Ratings and data-backed summaries of how polling companies perform and how transparent they are.
- 📁 Publicly Verifiable Sources – Citations for all data used in audits.
- 📆 Poll Dataset – Access to a growing dataset of past & present polls (More Info Here).
- 🌐 Multilingual Support – English and French translations for broader accessibility.
- 📱 Mobile-Friendly Design – Easy to use on phones, tablets, and desktops.
- Provide public, data-driven analyses of polling organizations
- Develop, discuss, and maintain improved methods for validating opinion polls
- Advocate for laws or regulations that increase transparency among pollsters
- Make polling data easily accessible for researchers and the public to validate and analyze
PollsterAudit supports both English and French. If you'd like to help translate into additional languages or improve existing translations:
- Go to the
_data/langfolder. - Edit or create translation files.
- Submit a pull request or open an issue if you need help.
Inclusivity is key to transparency.
Want to contribute or run the site locally? Here's how:
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Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/PollsterAudit/PollsterAuditWebsite.git cd PollsterAuditWebsite -
Install Jekyll Requirements
Jekyll Requirements -
Install Jekyll and bundler gems
gem install jekyll bundler
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Start the local development server
bundle exec jekyll serve
The site will be available at http://localhost:4000.
Guide based on Jekyll Docs
Whether you're a developer, designer, researcher, or just someone who cares about electoral integrity, we welcome your help!
- 📋 See open issues to find something to work on, or spread your wings and test the waters.
- 🖋 Help improve audit content or contribute sources.
- 🐞 Report bugs or suggest features.
- 🌐 Improve translations.
Please read our CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0). See LICENSE for details.
You are free to use, modify, and distribute this project, but any derivative work must also be open-sourced under the same license with proper credit.
Questions, suggestions, or media inquiries?
- 📧 Email: [email protected]
- 👾 Discord: https://discord.gg/6grVnjE3DC
- 💬 Github Discussions: https://github.com/PollsterAudit/PollsterAuditWebsite/discussions
Elections are the backbone of democracy. When polls mislead or manipulate, the public suffers. By making data-driven audits of pollsters freely available, we aim to raise the standard of public discourse in Canada.
Help us shine a light on the truth, because democracy deserves better data.
