CanPol: Race to the Finish

[Ben Kenobi]

What - Conservatives who don't even try?

Nah, just battles between the NDP and the Liberals. Like in downtown Vancouver, I've voted in two national campaigns, both in some of the safest Liberal territory this side of Ontario.

[Seeker]

LOL just watched the all-candidates for Elgin-Middlesex...I never fully understood what the CAP stood for, and now that I know it's clear why they don't get any votes.

The Liberal dude just irritated me. He also completely and badly dodged the Q on the PMs Notwithstanding blunder. The NDP guy seemed reasonable and smart but his policies all seemed to be based on some magical bag of money. Money for everyone! Let's subsidize everyone! They had some weird geek from the old PCs/Red Tories who was incomprehensible. I was surprised how many of the non-social policies of the CHP were creative and interesting, although I'd never vote for them. The Conservative guy didn't have a lot to say that wasn't just lib bashing, although I'm not too scared by the
prospect of private delivery of services. Why not try it? As long as it remains a universal health care system wfc how it's delivered? I also liked the idea of 'canada first' foreign aid. I was disturbed at his ****ing american 'activist court' rhetoric though.

The Green Party candidate was hilarious! He was some high school kid talking like he was in a HS public speaking thing. He was so cute, I wondered if his mom knows how late he was out! kinda undercut whatever the **** he going on about, he was obviously way way out of his depth.

You know I'd vote for that Progressive Canadian party dude, if only I could get over how much his face voice hair glasses and speaking style pissed me off. He really didn't put forth anything like a coherent policy....and that's what I want in a federal government.

[Bosh]

The Conservatives don't stand much of a chance in London anyway, do the?

[Peter Triggs]

@ Ben Kenobi:

Ben, where are you getting your data from the last election from? I'd like to know by how much Anita Neville won Winnipeg South Centre. My Brother-in-law tells me that Lloyd Axeworthy was the previous (Liberal) MP and that she's just been riding his coat-tails. There seems to be a lot of lawn signs for the Conservative candidate but I wonder what kind of chance he has.

[joncha]

The Election Prediction Project has the info for each riding:

2004 Result:
Liberal		Anita Neville		18133
Conservative	Raj Joshi		10516
NDP		James Allum		8270
Green		Ian Scott		1508
Marijuana	Andy Caisse		293
Canada Action	Magnus Thompson		114
Communist	Andrew Dalgliesh	81

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Bosh
The Conservatives don't stand much of a chance in London anyway, do the?

I don't think we're reading about the same election. The Liberals are in trouble in Ontario everywhere except the GTA, and they're taking on water there too.

[joncha]

Considering they won the riding by about 5000 votes last time, I'd say it's a pretty secure win this time around too.

[notyoueither]

Which riding?

[joncha]

Seeker's. Elgin-Middlesex-London.

[Agathon]

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[notyoueither]

Harper hasn't won it yet, but the best part of a Conservative majority would be watching radical leftists chew their own limbs off.

[Agathon]

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[notyoueither]

My beard is not in that style.

[Agathon]

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