After going to the debate tonight, I am pretty sure that I am going to vote for Turner. My thoughts on the candidates tonight:
- Locke - spoke like he was running in an election where he could actually become part of government. He was mocking Turner because he would not be part of the majority even though Locke wouldn't either. At times he seemed to speak as if there were only two parties: conservative & liberal. He tried to use the word progressive in every second sentence. I found it somewhat desperate to try to get the progressive vote by repeatedly trying to say you have the best chance of beating the conservatives but not really giving any other meaningful reason to vote for him. Very much expressed that he would toe the Liberal party line.
- Meades - he actually impressed me in the debate. He is a much better candidate than I gave him credit for earlier. However, I disagree with his position on many items. If Turner backs out of the race, Meades might actually be my second choice just because he is a solid candidate. I can't believe I actually just typed that.
- Turner - In general, I thought he spoke well. He is willing to publicly voice his opinion even if it disagrees with his party leader. As an example, he said that he supports wifi usage in schools even though May feels it should be removed because it may be unsafe.
- Prasad - He is not a factor, and it showed
- Crockatt - She had the opportunity to win my vote but chose not to show.
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Originally Posted by Slava
I kind of hope that Turner loses just so we can stop comparing every election to that one. I get that he was in third place, but there were many factors, one being that other candidates dropped out and threw their support behind him. If we're going to look back at past elections to gauge what might happen here, we can't ignore the past two provincial campaigns.
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Turner is a definite longshot. But there are significant similarities to the mayoral race. Primarily in the momentum he has. And your argument to vote for Locke because he has the best chance to unseat the CPC was also the only reason I was hearing to vote for Higgins late in the game.