The Writ

Hosted by Éric Grenier, The Writ podcast explores the world of elections and politics in Canada. www.thewrit.ca

The Writ is a news podcast hosted by Éric Grenier, with 185 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Éric Grenier hosts The Writ, a news show with 185 episodes published.

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  Ep. 145: Behind the scenes on the last days of a campaign

  Apr 23, 202542 minS0

  <p>The final days of a campaign can be hectic. The Conservatives had to pull together a couple of advertisements on short notice. Every party is sending their leader on a cross-country tour and volunteers on the ground are pulling out all the stops to ID their supporters in order to get them out to the polls on election day.</p><p>There’s a lot going on in this last week before election day. Ads, tour, get-out-the-vote. So, what’s the story on how parties actually get it done?</p><p>Throughout this election, three veteran party organizers have been...

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  Ep. #144: How elections are called

  Apr 22, 202536 minS0

  <p>The tension rises and the drama builds. The results have been trickling in all night — first it was too early to call, then it was too close to call. But, finally, the networks are ready. The anchor cuts off whoever is speaking and says “we’re ready to make a projection.”</p><p>There’s a brief pause as the graphics come on the screen and the music pipes in. It took a long time, but the network is now ready to project a government. Will it be majority or minority, Liberal or Conservative (or something else)? </p><p>It’s the m...

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  Ep. #143: Where the polls are before the debates and where they go next

  Apr 16, 202543 minS0

  <p>We’re entering a critical phase of this election campaign as the leaders face-off in two debates and advance voting begins this weekend. The polls suggest the margin could be tightening somewhat between Mark Carney’s Liberals and Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives. Could the debate shake things up?</p><p>On this episode of The Writ Podcast, the Pollster Panel is back to survey the current landscape, discuss the reliability of the polls and what they may or may not be missing, and how public opinion research will be used by all the political parties in this final stretch of the...

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  Ep. 142: When to dump your candidate — and dump on your opponents

  Apr 8, 202545 minS0

  <p>Parties proudly present their slate of candidates in every election shortly before dumping some of them. It’s an inevitable part of every campaign — rejecting candidates who don’t meet a party’s vetting standards and ejecting candidates when rival parties have dug up the dirt on them.</p><p>So, what’s the process behind candidate vetting? And how do parties go about compiling, and then using, opposition research?</p><p>Plus, Pierre Poilievre has been putting on some massive rallies. How are these organized — and are they worth the effort?</p><p>Throughout this election, three veteran party organi...

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  Ep. #141: Is it baked-in or could the polls change?

  Apr 2, 202538 minS0

  <p>We’re deep into the second week of this election campaign and it appears to be Mark Carney’s to lose. But just how solid is the support for the Liberals, and what can Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives do to get back into the race?</p><p>This week on The Writ Podcast, I’m joined ahead by the Pollster Panel to break it all down.</p><p>Dan Arnold, chief strategy officer at Pollara, was director of research and advertising in Justin Trudeau’s prime minister's office and was the Liberals’ pollster during the last three federal election c...

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