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Bruce Anderson

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Bruce Anderson is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. He is the chairman of polling firm Abacus Data, a regular member of the At Issue panel on CBC’s The National, and a founding partner of i2 Ideas and Issues Advertising.

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u.s. election 2016

Trump’s popularity shows need for union movement to adapt

Bruce AndersonAugust 12, 2016

Tories’ challenge is picking a leader who can expand the tent

Bruce AndersonJune 24, 2016

Liberals must not be arrogant about changing the nation’s elections

Bruce AndersonMay 31, 2016

Canadians won’t accept Leap because it breaks these two rules

Bruce AndersonApril 19, 2016

To win again, Conservatives must tap into hope, not anger

Bruce AndersonMarch 8, 2016

Trudeau’s reaching out has political risks no matter how well-intended

Bruce AndersonFebruary 17, 2016

The speech I would write for the next Conservative leader

Bruce AndersonJanuary 21, 2016

We’re not used to a prime minister who tells us how he feels

Bruce AndersonJanuary 1, 2016

Most Canadians see Trudeau through a telescope, not a microscope

Bruce AndersonDecember 1, 2015

Six key things that will decide the federal election

Bruce AndersonOctober 18, 2015

What the NDP, Tories and Liberals need to do in the home stretch

Bruce AndersonOctober 8, 2015

federal election 2015

In campaign’s final days, everyone’s watching for a slip up

Bruce AndersonOctober 5, 2015

Mid-campaign reality check: what’s working, what needs to be tweaked or tossed

Bruce AndersonSeptember 25, 2015

The Mulcair coalition: Vocal environmentalists and the moderate middle

Bruce AndersonSeptember 21, 2015

Harper could use a few Red Tories

Bruce AndersonSeptember 10, 2015

This campaign is being taken over by events out of Harper’s control

Bruce AndersonSeptember 3, 2015

Harper, Trudeau and Mulcair need to show some economic common sense

Bruce AndersonAugust 27, 2015

How should we treat politicians who screw up on social media?

Bruce AndersonAugust 21, 2015

Why this is the most important campaign the NDP has ever fought

Bruce AndersonAugust 14, 2015

Viewers react to confidence, passion more than facts, figures in leader debates

Bruce AndersonAugust 6, 2015