This type of polling outcome should come as no surprise to money managers in the private wealth management business.

FORBES: Taxes Or Spending Cuts? Americans Prefer Taxes

In short, barring a last-minute reversion to type as they enter the polling stations, Canadians seem to have decided to take a gamble.

ECONOMIST: And why they should vote Conservative this time

That type of depression did not happen, but our polling finds strong evidence of another kind of depression: a loss of faith in the American Dream.

FORBES: What American Dream?