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Originally Posted by Slava
Add to that the fact that she is a "Blue Tory" as well. That would be fine in some ridings in the city, but not likely Calgary Centre. At the very least it will cost some votes based on that factor alone.
Turner needs a 50% increase to hit 34%. Can it be done? I guess so. Logically though, if the progressives were actually willing to work together for the common good, they would back Locke and make it more of a certainty.
To those who will undoubtedly ask, yes I would say the same thing if the polling was reversed. Its the sensible thing to do. Even though it was hard to do, I was one of the people telling one of the mayoralty candidates to drop out and throw his support to Nenshi. Of course no one wants to do that. There are hours and hours of hard work and money that go into these things. At the end of the day though, being pragmatic and realistic is important. It would suck if Turner plays Ralph Nader here....which isn't my line, but it sure is appropriate.
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From my perspective, what you are saying here sounds a lot more like the people that were saying that you shouldn't support Nenshi because the best chance of preventing McIver from becoming mayor is to vote for Barb Higgins. There are still 11 days to the by-election. The poll that just come out was done approximately two weeks before the by-election date. If I recall correctly, about two weeks before the mayoral election, McIver & Higgins were a close 1-2 with Nenshi soundly behind them but gaining.
Turner is still a long shot, but he has significant momentum on his side. I would not rule him out.
If you are talking about swaying NDP voters, that makes a lot of sense. Meades is not strong enough to win this election.