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Originally Posted by NBC
I remain unconvinced that this groundswell of support for the NDP is going to be this comprehensive paradigm shift away from the traditional Liberal-Conservative governance scenarios we have had for the past 140 years. Furthermore, even though there have been instances in Canadian electoral history where Quebec flexes its considerable political muscles and unilaterally changes the national political landscape, I don't think that this is one of those times.
I could be wrong come the end of the night, but somehow I cannot see a 100-seat NDP. Possibly somewhere marginally above the 60-sea mark, but 100 seats would entail the complete destruction of 120 years of largely Liberal hegemony in Quebec.
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I can't see 100+ seats either for the NDP. I can see them cleaning up Quebec, but interestingly enough is broader NDP support in Ontario at the expense of the Liberals actually pries way more seats in favor of the Conservatives than the Conservatives stand to lose in Quebec to the NDP. The more I look at project democracy's riding by rising breakdown of close races, the more you figure out that in a lot of the 'Fortress-Toronto' Liberal types seats the close second place is a Conservative. In fact in many of the 'close ridings' contests the polls indicate Conservative gains. It appears that the Conservatives stand to pick up more seats than Project Democracy seems to have the ability to take away from them.