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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Interesting looking at three polls taken post-conscience rights "scandal" that shows the PCs failed to make inroads. Tonight might well be Redford's last gasp. She needs a home run.
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I've only seen the poll done by the Herald that had the PCs and the Wildrose in a statisical tie (Which implies it certainly does have an effect) and the poll done by CTV News that came out today that suggested nothing had changed from the polls indicating a Wildrose Majority. What were the other two post-Easter weekend polls that had the Wildrose in a majority drivers seat?
I can see the point though that the Wildrose probably still is in the drivers seat. I base this on the fact that this week the PC's have shifted gears. I've always maintained that the Parties themselves know more than the public polls (Harper proved this last May, when the Conservatives were still pushing a majority across the finish line while the talking heads were talking about when Layton would ask the GG to form a government with the Liberals). The whole 'Not Your Father's PCs', 'Too many old white guys' routine and other fear mongering on anything but issues confirms the PC desperation for me. Stephen Carter is seeing they're getting wiped out in Calgary and in the rural ridings and is trying to scare Calgarians back into voting PC and out shopping for votes trying to piece together and manipulate voting blocks into a minority or majority PC government (Apparently they want to buy off diabetics by promising free insulin pumps now, it reminds me of the final hour teacher bribe to reverse education cuts to motivate an ATA voting bloc for Redford). To me it seems by the way Redford campaigns have been run that Carter's a data miner who does elaborate research to try and clump people into groups and then manipulate those groups into voting for the party he represents by throwing a bone to said groups.
Another thing that highlights positives for the Wildrose is inside that CTV poll contianed the question of whether or not the PCs deserved to be in government any more that had 50% voting 'NO' with 20+% still undecided. Meaning that the ballot box issue might very well come down to whether the PC's deserve any more time than 41 years. If that's the question than these symantics about whether the Wildrose's promises add up any better than the PCs promises become irrelevent and the voters just want to flush out the PCs.