The astrophysicist whose polling aggregator is projecting the election

The mastermind behind 338Canada, poll aggregator Philippe Fournier, is aiming to correctly call 90 per cent of the seats in the Oct. 21 race.

Phillipe Fournier teaches astrophysics at Cégep de Saint-Laurent in Montreal. He says he currently spends 70 to 80 hours a week working on 338Canada.Photograph courtesy of Philippe Fournier

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BY NEIL MOSS

October 16, 2019

Mired in a growing frustration with how political polls were being reported on, a Quebec astrophysicist tried his hand at aggregating polls and projecting the 2018 Quebec election. Three provincial elections later, Philippe Fournier is hoping to correctly predict 90 per cent of the winning candidate...

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