London, January 18, 2010 – Vision Critical’s® public affairs division, Angus Reid Public Opinion (formerly Angus Reid Strategies) has been voted the #2 “Pollster of the Year” by a pool of 2,200 readers of Iain Dale’s Diary – a popular UK blog.

Iain Dale is one of Britain’s leading political commentators. He appears regularly on TV and radio, but is best known for his political blog. The Pollster of the Year ranking was part of Iain Dale’s end-of-year awards voted on by his blog readers.

Angus Reid Public Opinion (ARPO) conducts polls using the Angus Reid Forum, Springboard America and Springboard UK online panels, which are carefully recruited to ensure representation across all demographic and psychographic segments of these populations. ARPO has also teamed up with PoliticalBetting.com – Britain’s most widely-read political blog – for monthly polls tracking voter intentions leading up to Britain’s next general election.

Click here to view Iain Dale’s Diary rankings for Pollster of the Year.