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[WWWTT]

We all knew that this would be a hard one for the liberals to pull off.

But what we can all read into this one is "what happened to the conservative vote?"

Where did the conservative vote go?

You heard the saying "Once you go black you never go back"?

Well it looks like "Once you go conservative,you go staight back to the liberals"!

HAAA!

WWWTT

Edited by WWWTT, 19 March 2012 - 07:14 PM.

[Newfoundlander]

Good spelling in that title!

[WWWTT]

Good spelling in that title!

Sorry!

WWWTT

[Newfoundlander]

Seems as though the Liberals were very good at getting their voters to the polling station, the only problem is the number of voters for them in Toronto Danforth has dropped of substantially.

[WWWTT]

Seems as though the Liberals were very good at getting their voters to the polling station, the only problem is the number of voters for them in Toronto Danforth has dropped of substantially.

Actually it looks like the overall turnout is very low!

Perhaps the unusual summer weather has a negative influence.

WWWTT

[-TSS-]

I'm sure that Canada is no different to the UK in that sense that by-elections always give a chance for the dissatisfied electorate to give a snub at the government. During the GE the same people may return to their old voting habits.

[Newfoundlander]

I'm sure that Canada is no different to the UK in that sense that by-elections always give a chance for the dissatisfied electorate to give a snub at the government. During the GE the same people may return to their old voting habits.

The Conservatives never really ran a campaign here anyway, and have not been competitive in the riding in decades.

[WWWTT]

During the GE the same people may return to their old voting habits.

Bad news for the liberals and good for the conservatives.

But if the liberals can turn things around and bring their vote back from the conservatives then the NDP can run up the middle to form government!

WWWTT

[Newfoundlander]

Actually it looks like the overall turnout is very low!

Perhaps the unusual summer weather has a negative influence.

WWWTT

Turnout isn't really that low considering it's a by-election. My point is that the Liberals will have roughly the same amount of voters as May while the NDP will be down more than 10,000. The NDPs support has obviously risen a good bit here though seeing they usually only averaged 40 odd percent in the riding.

[WWWTT]

Ya I guess we can't look too much into this be-election.

But what gets me is the dismall conservative turnout.And this must have the conservatives very concerned.

They were only able to get a majority without signifigant support from Quebec because of the strong support from Ontario.

If they start losing support in Ontario to the liberals and the NDP take support away in BC,Sask.,Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces they will find them selves in opposition come next general election.

Anyways there will be more bi-elections in the future.

WWWTT

[Newfoundlander]

Ya I guess we can't look too much into this be-election.

But what gets me is the dismall conservative turnout.And this must have the conservatives very concerned.

They were only able to get a majority without signifigant support from Quebec because of the strong support from Ontario.

If they start losing support in Ontario to the liberals and the NDP take support away in BC,Sask.,Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces they will find them selves in opposition come next general election.

Anyways there will be more bi-elections in the future.

WWWTT

NDP/Bloc coalition government?

[cybercoma]

Seriously, man. It's byelection.

[August1991]

Where did the conservative vote go?

WWWTT, you raise a good question. Why do urban ridings tend to go NDP/Liberal?

I reckon that urbanites tend to follow fads/fashion and we live in an era where "the Left" is the fad. Indeed, the term "progressive" is synonym for "fashionable".

For urbanites, Conservatives are simply not cool. It would be like wearing Uggs now.

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From what I understand, this riding used to be Liberal under Dennis Mills. Then it went to the NDP under Layton. (What's the difference, really? Miller? Layton?)

And now it is represented by, if I understand correctly, a 50 year old law professor. I know nothing about this guy Craig Scott. But think for a second what it means to be a 50 year old law professor who is still a leftist. The guy discovered one truth when he was 22 years old, and he hasn't discovered anything else about life since then.

I recently read that a true measure of IQ is the ability to adapt to changing situations. A 50 year old leftist in 21st century Canada strikes me as very far from "progressive".

Edited by August1991, 19 March 2012 - 08:07 PM.

[WWWTT]

Seriously, man. It's byelection.

You sure with the robo call controversy its not buy-election?

WWWTT

[WWWTT]

WWWTT, you raise a good question. Why do urban ridings tend to go NDP/Liberal?

I reckon that urbanites tend to follow fads/fashion and we live in an era where "the Left" is the fad. Indeed, the term "progressive" is synonym for "fashionable".

For urbanites, Conservatives are simply not cool. It would be like wearing Uggs now.

Ok then explain why the province of Saskatchewan voted 32.4% for the NDP?

How about rural northern Ontario?Rural Quebec?

How about the dozens and dozens and dozens of other Canadian rural seats that voted the NDP to second place?

WWWTT