GT: Federal Election

[kevman]

Originally Posted by GGG

I love the hyper partisans when they lose. It's like drinking the tears of oilers fans. Especially with the garbage that was spewed. Doesn't matter which side wins the partisan melt downs are hilarious.

Same could be said for the hyper partisan winners.

[bigtmac19]

Once again the union brain trust has completely screwed Windsor/Essex. They wanted Jeff Watson out but didn't see the writing on the wall and use their power to vote in a candidate from the government that was so obviously going to win. We are completely isolated now this whole area voting NDP.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by GGG

308 also had a liberal max of 185 and a 23% chance of out performing their high number. So these results are in line with the accuracy of the polling.

http://www.threehundredeight.com

when you're range is 123 to 168, then saying a max is 185 (which is basically an outlier) you're never going to be wrong

this is a huge liberal victory, they smashed the competition

when your headline at the 308 is "Likely Liberal victory, possible Conservative upset" you're way off

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by nik-

oh man, this guy on CBC. His loved ones need to tell him his hair is over. It's over dude.

LOL. Like Harper's reign of terror, his hair is done.

[worth]

Liberal polling in the past week:

Oct 11: 34.2%
Oct 13: 35.1%
Oct 14: 35.6%
Oct 15: 35.7%
Oct 16: 36.4%
Oct 17: 36.5%
Oct 18: 37.2%

Not sure why the majority is a surprise. The Liberals were trending strongly upwards in the past week. They peaked at the right time, played it perfectly and the voting public responded.

The polls were indicating this all along.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Voted liberal and already sort of have buyers remorse. Can we have one of the new Calgary lawyer MP's as Prime Minister instead of Trudeau?

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest

Exactly. It also spelled the end of NDP because people love an underdog.

I'm pissed about this though, the NDP were a good opposition, Mulcair might have the personality of a carrot but he was a good MP and opposition leader, if anything the NDP are the party that have focused the attention on Harper.

They deserved better, Canada is like the girlfriend that goes back to the ####ty boyfriend who has a nice ride, when she finally gets sick of the psycho that beats her. The NDP is the nice guy next door that gave her a ride to the woman's shelter and took care of the kids.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

LOL. Like Harper's reign of terror, his hair is done.

"terror"

Let's keep some perspective.

Also, Mulcair is leading in his riding now and is likely to win it

[PsYcNeT]

Stolen from one of my best friends:

Well Harper should at least be happy that it's a majority..... Cause he HATES minorities

[Looch City]

"There is nothing wrong with the Conservative party. We will stay united and continue."

This is guy is drinking the kool aid pretty well.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

And I see the trolls are out in full force, being as poor winners tonight as they were poor losers in 2011.

Cheers all, Have a good night!

I think people are just trying to have as much fun as possible while they still can, since apparently Calgary will turn into Detroit in 5 years.

Plenty of hyperbole to go around on election night from all sides, as is tradition.

[Looch City]

Originally Posted by Table 5

I think people are just trying to have as much fun as possible while they still can, since apparently Calgary will turn into Detroit in 5 years.

Plenty of hyperbole to go around on election night from all sides, as is tradition.

[To Be Quite Honest]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

I'm pissed about this though, the NDP were a good opposition, Mulcair might have the personality of a carrot but he was a good MP and opposition leader, if anything the NDP are the party that have focused the attention on Harper.

They deserved better, Canada is like the girlfriend that goes back to the ####ty boyfriend who has a nice ride, when she finally gets sick of the psycho that beats her. The NDP is the nice guy next door that gave her a ride to the woman's shelter and took care of the kids.

I agree 1000%... The change is just the same. I'm sick of the old boys club, and the NDP would have been a nice slide into subtle and IMO positive change.

[kevman]

Originally Posted by zamler

Why do people always believe there will be change when every time it is promised almost nothing changes?

This. When it comes to impact on your life your municipal government has the most influence followed by your provincial government. Some taxes will shift around but when everything settles not much will change.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by nik-

"terror"

Let's keep some perspective.

Also, Mulcair is leading in his riding now and is likely to win it

I work in superlatives.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Iggy City

"There is nothing wrong with the Conservative party. We will stay united and continue." This is guy is drinking the kool aid pretty well.

Well it's not like they're ruined or anything. They had to lose eventually.

[YYC in LAX]

Originally Posted by nik-

Matt Grant safely in the lead in Confederation now.

Nope

[GGG]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

when you're range is 123 to 168, then saying a max is 185 (which is basically an outlier) you're never going to be wrong

this is a huge liberal victory, they smashed the competition

when your headline at the 308 is "Likely Liberal victory, possible Conservative upset" you're way off

But the popular vote margin between those scenarios is like 37% to 42%. This is within the margin of errors of polling.

I think your asking too much of polling.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Table 5

I think people are just trying to have as much fun as possible while they still can, since apparently Calgary will turn into Detroit in 5 years.

Plenty of hyperbole to go around on election night from all sides, as is tradition.

Yeah, this campaign was embarrassing, and a lot of the embarrassment was in our very own election thread. I know some people want to act like we just won freedom and Harper was brownshirting our lives but like I said a few posts ago, lets have some perspective. He started off fine, and his run in power got too long in the tooth and their campaign got ugly at the end, but it was hardly what we see down south.

[To Be Quite Honest]

Originally Posted by nik-

"terror"

Let's keep some perspective.

Also, Mulcair is leading in his riding now and is likely to win it

Terror is dramatic, but the party ignored your rights far too much. Once is too much but it was more than once.