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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Yup. You can't exit poll in Canada.
Agreed. On the other hand, Wildrose will be not at all competitive in several Edmonton ridings, so it should all equalize. But for the Edmonton reason alone, I think a prediction of 62 seats is remarkably optimistic. We're probably looking at the winning party ending up with 48-53 seats in my view, and I won't put money on which party gets to that total.
Calgary will be the main battleground though, which is not likely to be good news for any Liberal candidates in the city.
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Well I still think that there are Liberals who will do well, and most of the swing is in ridings where the Liberals were longshots at best. Here is another poll from Calgary Buffalo for example. If anything this is bad for the PCs who needed to have a shot in ridings like this if they were going to dominate the middle.
http://www.kenthehr.com/2012/04/inte...drose-locally/
I heard a few radio commercials this morning and they made me laugh. I point this to you Resolute because you've been fond of saying how the PCs have been playing the fear card. That Wildrose ad is a pure fear ad though. Couple that with the phone call that Heather Forsyth sent out (which I have but have no idea how to post) and you have a pure negative and fear-mongering strategy.
I think its a shame. While we have an election where change is imminent, there has been very little discussion about the issues. I blame the journalists as much as anyone for that; I would like some discussion of the policies that the parties have put forward and what that comes down to. Its too bad that nothing has been done on that front at all.