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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Strategic ABC voters coalescing around the Liberals is my take. Mulcair hasn't run an inspiring campaign, but he hasn't really made any gaffes that would cost him a third of his support. He was just soundly outmaneuvered by the Liberals.
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I think that is a bit much.
The NDP campaign was going along well enough, right around 30% and then the Niqab issue came and their support in Quebec wavered. Mulclair then started playing to his Quebec base and harmed his chances in Ontario. At around the same time he seems to have lost 2 ridings he was well ahead of in AB - Lethbridge and Edmonton Griesbach to the CPC.