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Solid opinion research is a sophisticated tool that will sharpen your strategy and your communications efforts.

We can help you navigate this demanding field and get results. Stratcom brings together more than a decade of marketing and public affairs experience with a full-service opinion research team.

We can help you:

  • Test the assumptions underlying your campaign strategy
  • Understand prevailing public opinion
  • Hone themes and messages that work for your target audience
  • Find out what factors move the public to your side of the debate, or bring your members solidly behind your program
  • Uncover your supporters' motivations and what they care about most
  • Understand the real dynamics of donor support
  • Improve the specific communications tools you are using to reach your target audiences

We offer a full range of research tools, including:

 

For innovation, strategy, and results – think ‘Strategic’ and contact us today.

 

POLLING:

If you don't know — for sure — who's winning and who's losing and by how much in your riding, you're missing one of the key pieces of strategic info you need for effective campaign decision-making. Don't rely on public domain or regional information — we can provide accurate horse race, candidate and issue numbers in days, specific to your candidate and riding. Polling combined with focus group research can help you determine how to communicate effectively with your target voters. Strategic opinion research can be one of your most valuable campaign tools.


 

FOCUS GROUPS:

 

Focus groups provide in-depth qualitative information on your campaign strategies. The information we gather delivers accurate opinions as well as perspectives about your campaigns.

Stratcom has developed a comprehensive package that results in the highest quality research. In our state-of-the-art focus group facillities, the data we collect is analyzed and synthesized to provide you with an in-depth report and recommendations. This can be the foundation of your campaign strategy.

 


MEMBERSHIP SURVEYS:

Any organization that has a membership (such as advocacy groups, unions and professional associations) can use survey research and focus groups to find out what members want, how they see challenges facing the organization, and what issues most concern them. Bargaining surveys to help unions set clear priorities, donor surveys to assist NGOs in their campaign or fundraising efforts, and general membership surveys to help staff with strategic planning are all specialties of Strategic Communications.

 

PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS:

To maximize your campaign and development efforts, you will need to know what your supporters think and feel. We can help you take the pulse of your support base. Polling your supporters through a phone interview can help you get a detailed, reliable picture of:

  • Who your supporters are
  • Why they contribute to your organization
  • What issues are important to your supporters
  • How they think you should spend their contributions
  • How you rate against other organizations
  • Opinion polling can also help you win campaigns, as it allows you to test your message with your target audiences. This can be any population you choose — a city, a neighborhood, or your own members or volunteers. Opinion polling helps you build successful campaigns by providing you with accurate information about who will support you and who might support you. This can help you understand your target audiences, and design effective communications and messaging with them in mind.


     

    PERCEPTION AUDIT:

    How do important members of your wider community (cultural leaders, opinion-makers, political establishment) view and rate your work?

    We can find out.

     

     

    ELECTION POLLING:

    From local by-elections to federal campaigns, Stratcom has the experience, resources, and skills to deliver full-service strategic political research.

     

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    "The polling and focus groups that Strategic Communications conducted for Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) allowed us to identify key issues–like concern about the drug issue on the Downtown Eastside–that ended up driving our campaign.

    From pre-election polling and focus groups, through election tracking polls and post-election surveys, their work is always reliable and has the mark of people who not only understand research, but also understand politics. Stratcom's research was an invaluable part of our campaign strategy–and our victory!"

    Neil Monckton
    Campaign Manager
    Coalition of Progressive Electors