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The Pollcast: Notley, Trudeau, Trump and the year in polling

The NDP's stunning victory in Alberta, Justin Trudeau's federal election victory and the rise of Donald Trump. ric Grenier discusses the biggest polling stories of 2015 with the Toronto Star's Susan Delacourt and Lger's Christian Bourque.

Host ric Grenier is joined by Susan Delacourt of the Toronto Star and Christian Bourque of Lger

Eric Grenier's Pollcast panel discusses three of the biggest political stories of 2015: Donald Trump's campaign to win the Republican nomination, Justin Trudeau's successful federal election campaign and Rachel Notley's NDP victory in Alberta. (Associated Press/Canadian Press photos)

The CBCPollcast, hosted by CBC poll analyst and ThreeHundredEight.com founder ric Grenier, explores the world of political polls and the trends they reveal.

Joining ric on today'spodcastis Susan Delacourt of the Toronto Starand iPoliticsand Christian Bourque, executive vice-president at Lger, to discuss the biggest polling stories of 2015.

How was Rachel Notley's NDP able to overturn 44 years of PC dominance in Alberta, and why weren't the polls believed? What impact did the polls have on Justin Trudeau's Liberal victory in the October federal election? And what is going on with Donald Trump and the U.S. presidential primaries?

You can listen to the full discussion below, or subscribe to The CBCPollcast and listen to past episodes here.

This week on the Pollcas: 2015s Big Three. T-N-T. Trudeau. Notley. Trump. We put the three biggest political polling stories of the year under the microscope.

You can also follow Christian Bourque and Susan Delacourton Twitter.