Calgary Centre Federal By-election - Nov 26 (UPDATE - Crockatt wins for CPC)

[Makarov]

Originally Posted by transplant99

And Makarov jumps back in front of the computer!!!

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. [/Pacino]

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by OffsideSpecialist

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LOL...saw that earlier as well.

Here is their website...its quite comical to an old fogey like me.


http://www.onlineparty.ca/

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by pepper24

Looks like the Liberals and Green Party did a big favor for the Conservatives by splitting up the protest vote. Without the Green Party it's a Liberal victory.

Not necessarily. A lot of people who may have normally voted CPC may have voted Green in protest. That doesn't mean they would have voted Liberal if the Green party didn't exist.

[jtfrogger]

Originally Posted by pepper24

Looks like the Liberals and Green Party did a big favor for the Conservatives by splitting up the protest vote. Without the Green Party it's a Liberal victory.

The Liberals did it to themselves by not having a candidate that was anywhere near as strong as the Green candidate. Even though I knew that Turner would likely not win, I could not bring myself to vote for Locke over him. Although better than Crockatt, he wasn't that strong.

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by pepper24

Looks like the Liberals and Green Party did a big favor for the Conservatives by splitting up the protest vote. Without the Green Party it's a Liberal victory.

I blame the NDP more than anything. Meade stood absolutely no chance of winning this, so his supporters should have rallied behind either the front-running progressive candidate (Locke) or the one with an outside chance of victory (Turner). Anyone who voted orange threw their vote away.

[Jacks]

Victoria is still entertaining, less than 100 votes. I'm kinda rooting for the Greenie.

Edit: 26 votes!

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

He thinks he's making up a 600+ vote margin from the advance polls?

Unlikely. If anything, the margin will widen.

Yup....would have to agree. The demographic for advance voting is always older.....which is not his forte.

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

He thinks he's making up a 600+ vote margin from the advance polls?

Unlikely. If anything, the margin will widen.

Turnout at advance polls was likely just as dismal and I would think it would favour the incumbent or incumbent party in this case.

But who knows, stranger things have happened.

[pepper24]

Originally Posted by Smartcar

Well that sucks. I have no issue with people voting for whom they like, but saying that people should vote "strategically" for Turner was just ######ed and likely ensured the result. They must be really proud of themselves.

It was only a good strategy for the Conservatives by having the 2 other parties share the protest votes. It was easy to see this happening (ala Ralph Nader) in a tight election. Turner seemed like a good guy but it's a wasted vote that should have gone to the Liberals instead.

[jtfrogger]

Metro Calgary ‏@metrocalgary
CBC has now called #yyccentre race for Conservative Joan Crockatt.

[Bertuzzied]

Rob Anders building a sweat.

[mariners_fever]

Originally Posted by Julio

Interesting that the CHP is running in two by elections but not Calgary Centre...maybe they were afraid of right wing vote splitting?

They're not that organized. They probably had no one who wanted to run.

[Bunk]

Thank goodness that if I lose my passport in Mexico I'll have an MP in government that will be able to sort it out for me.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Rerun

Not necessarily. A lot of people who may have normally voted CPC may have voted Green in protest. That doesn't mean they would have voted Liberal if the Green party didn't exist.

Exactly where i found myself....I really wanted to protest Crockett but there is no friggin way that any Liberal was getting my vote particularly on the heels of the Trudeau comments being revealed a day after Mcguintys brilliant opinon getting airtime...so i wasnt chancing a vote to the Greens knowing how close the race was.

[Makarov]

I know a lot of people who live in Calgary Centre and I just don't feel like Joan Crockatt or the CPC is representative of them. That's the frustrating part. But I must be wrong. I just don't get around enough I guess.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by Bunk

Thank goodness that if I lose my passport in Mexico I'll have an MP in government that will be able to sort it out for me.

Blah just call Nenshi! hehe

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by pepper24

It was only a good strategy for the Conservatives by having the 2 other parties share the protest votes. It was easy to see this happening (ala Ralph Nader) in a tight election. Turner seemed like a good guy but it's a wasted vote that should have gone to the Liberals instead.

Yeah, although Turner also took votes from Crockatt. As Crockatt share went down, it was when Turner's rose. Locke was relatively stagnant.

On balance though, if Green wasn't a factor I think the Liberals would probably have edged out the Conservatives.

[OffsideSpecialist]

Originally Posted by transplant99

LOL...saw that earlier as well.

Here is their website...its quite comical to an old fogey like me.


http://www.onlineparty.ca/

Resume:

References upon request

Wow, good stuff. Lame little smiley faces thrown around all over.

Also, the candidate did not mention a single thing about the riding on his page. He just talks about how he's from Romania.

Apparently they're a one person party and are taking applications for leadership if anybody's interested!

[evman150]

Albertans continue to shock me at how they justify voting for an absolute idiot of a candidate.

It's pretty much the Canadian deep south.

[jtfrogger]

Colby Cosh ‏@colbycosh
The truly important thing in #yycccentre is that journalists amassed 62% of the vote to the 38% of other professions.