The short answer is yes. The longer answer is why risk it? A recent article pointed out, maybe correctly or wrongly, that Thomas Mulcair is deciding to form a government without being competitive in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), that belt of support surrounding the City of Toronto that in
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Canadian Psephos: Gaspésie Liberals Jump Ship! Trudeau Doomed? Clickbait headline!
It seems that eight out of ten executive members for the Liberal Electoral District Association (EDA) in the eastern Quebec riding of Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine have left for the NDP. So… what gives? You won’t get much from the online news sources that I’ve seen (except CBC), which only give the
Continue readingCanadian Psephos: Predicting the Unpredictable
With the first full day of official campaigning underway, where is the state of the race? Luckily we know, since it seems that everyone and their mothers have set up election projections or predictions in time for this campaign. Even I have maintained a rolling average offline, currently showing a
Continue readingCanadian Psephos: #Elxn42 is Called – and a New Site
On October 19th, Canadians will decide who gets the govern this country for the 42nd time. An election has been called after Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Governor General David Johnston this morning, asked for Parliament to be dissolved and the writs to be drawn up, and started the longest
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