April 23 2012: Alberta Provincial Election

[Freeway]

Game day.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Jacks

Wouldn't surprise me at all to see some pullback of the WR vote but I don't think it's as big as Forum says. So far weekend polls haven't been the most accurate.

Really, how do you know they haven't been the most accurate? Until late tonight we won't really know which polls have been accurate as far as I know.

[edslunch]

Mods - I'm wondering about protocol here - should this thread be locked today?

[Slava]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Mods - I'm wondering about protocol here - should this thread be locked today?

I'm not a mod, but why? There's nothing wrong with this that I know of?

[Senator Clay Davis]

PCs up bright and early in the deep SW. All around Somerset-Bridlewood station with "Vote PC", "Vote Experience" etc.. in chalk.

[Sr. Mints]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Mods - I'm wondering about protocol here - should this thread be locked today?

In Soviet Alberta, the threads lock you!

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Today alone I got a call from WR two from the PC's one from the Libs.

Overall, I think that over the course of the campaign I've gotten far more automated calls from the PC's.

I received only one call from the Liberals' through the whole campaign and one from the NDP. I also got one from the ATF.

With call display, we don't pick up unfamiliar numbers or obvious marketing numbers so I can't say for sure if we've gotten zero or a hundred robocalls.

Do people really blindly answer the phone every time it rings in this day and age?

Cowperson

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

With call display, we don't pick up unfamiliar numbers or obvious marketing numbers so I can't say for sure if we've gotten zero or a hundred robocalls.

Do people really blindly answer the phone every time it rings in this day and age?

Cowperson

i always wonder this. i never pick up my phone if i don't recognize the number, if it's something important a voicemail will be left. i haven't talked to a telemarketer in ages

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

i always wonder this. i never pick up my phone if i don't recognize the number, if it's something important a voicemail will be left. i haven't talked to a telemarketer in ages

I honestly wonder how telemarketers make money. Is there really anyone who thinks, "Why yes I do need my furnace cleaned, and you sound like just the people to do it!" Any company that telemarkets would be automatically off my list. /threadjacking

I was disappointed advance polling wasn't open yesterday. Thur/Fri/Sat only.

[Jacks]

Originally Posted by Slava

Really, how do you know they haven't been the most accurate? Until late tonight we won't really know which polls have been accurate as far as I know.

The only weekend poll I remember seeing was the one from Leger which showed the PC and WR in a tie (April 8). That poll was totally different than every other poll around that time and even Leger's polls before and after were totally different.

Leger
April 4 - WR 41.3 PC 33.9
April 8 - WR 35.5 PC 34.2
April 16 - WR 42 PC 36

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

With call display, we don't pick up unfamiliar numbers or obvious marketing numbers so I can't say for sure if we've gotten zero or a hundred robocalls.

Do people really blindly answer the phone every time it rings in this day and age?

Cowperson

Its not that I pick up the call because I'm so lonely that I'm just craving human interaction from anyone.

But a flashing number on my digital answering maching compells me to hit the play button.

I usually don't use my land line, its more to allow me to control the door of my building as anyone who knows me calls me on my cellphone, but my landline has been burining up over the last couple of weeks.

[darklord700]

Huge turn out in the advance polls means the PEOPLE are ready to kick the ruling party off to the side of the curb.

[J pold]

Flip I’m still undecided on this one. I just cannot get excited about any of these parties or their respective platforms, where one has something I like there is always an equal downside somewhere. While I am not a Wildrose Supporter I will say that the their portrayal by people of my relative age is ridiculous. My facebook wall feed is littered with people saying that the Wildrose will take away same sex marriage, make abortions illegal, and are all closet racist with seemingly no evidence to support any of these ridiculous claims. The biggest face palm occurred reading a post wondering why government debt is an issue at all. Yes, because real issues like government spending should be ignored while made up issues like gay rights is what this election is really about.

Someone just tell me who to vote for.

[CaptainCrunch]

That's the thing that the PC's were hoping wouldn't happen.

The lower the turnout the better for the PC's

[Sr. Mints]

Got my first robocall left on voicemail this morning. Christopher Tahn - wrong riding, buddy.

And it specifically said 'get out there today and back a winner'

edit: Tahn, not Tang.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by J pold

Flip I’m still undecided on this one. I just cannot get excited about any of these parties or their respective platforms, where one has something I like there is always an equal downside somewhere. While I am not a Wildrose Supporter I will say that the their portrayal by people of my relative age is ridiculous. My facebook wall feed is littered with people saying that the Wildrose will take away same sex marriage, make abortions illegal, and are all closet racist with seemingly no evidence to support any of these ridiculous claims. The biggest face palm occurred reading a post wondering why government debt is an issue at all. Yes, because real issues like government spending should be ignored while made up issues like gay rights is what this election is really about.

Someone just tell me who to vote for.

Part of me is really hoping that the PC's get crushed tonight. With the destruction of the Federal Liberal's and if the PC's get bounced I'm hoping its the end of the alluding to a evil Palpatineesque hidden agenda as a viable campaign strategy, and proves that people are much smarter and well informed about their political parties then to buy that crap.

[darklord700]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

That's the thing that the PC's were hoping wouldn't happen.

The lower the turnout the better for the PC's

The weather is nice 20C+ today and I volunteered to drive people to the polls today after work.

[Jacks]

This is good for a chuckle.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/...935/story.html

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by darklord700

The weather is nice 20C+ today and I volunteered to drive people to the polls today after work.

Good idea. Its supposed to get up to 26C today. Maybe I should go home and take the top off the Jeep Rubicon and sign up as a volunteer driver.

I can see it now... picking up some 80 year old lady who wants to cast her ballot, her blue hair blowing in the wind as I power down the street at 60 kph, with perhaps a little detour to do a little scenic hill climbing/mud bogging/offroading.

Make this election day a memorable one for her.


Nah... forget it... I'm just not that nice of person... let them walk to the polls.

[Rerun]

On a side note, it seems like a lot of people are getting these annoying robocalls. I suppose a lot of us would like to see them banned during elections. Should they be banned?

What about banning published poll results during an election campaign? Do you think they have an influence on the way people vote? If yes, is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Do you think published polls result in strategic voting by a lot of people? Isn't this somewhat of a corruption of the democratic system. Shouldn't people be voting for someone instead of against someone?

Just some thoughts...