In the west end of St. John’s, one house shows the drama of the struggle between the forces of Blue and the forces of Orange for control of Capital City. The first candidate who came to the door canvassing for votes turned out to be Paul Boundridg…
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Motivation and demotivation #nlpoli #nlvotes
“Complacency is your greatest enemy in an election,” Progressive Conservative Leader Kathy Dunderdale said Sunday. “When it’s hard to motivate people to become engaged to get out and to cast their ballot, then you have a concern about that….
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Whom the gods destroy #nlpoli #nlvotes
There’s letters seal’d, and my two schoolfellows, Whom I will trust as I will adders fang’d— They bear the mandate, they must sweep my way And marshal me to knavery. Let it work; For ’tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Tories in hard fight in Sin Jawns seats #nlpoli #nlvotes
The whole race for second place media meme – bullshit that it always was – masked a very serious battle that’s been going on since the election started between the Conservatives and New Democrats. You can tell it is serious because the media a…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Ontario Election Maps
I’ve created two maps of the results. First a map showing the results straight-upNot much to say at this time, similar to maps you can find elsewhere.Secondly, and perhaps more interestingly, I’ve combined the recent Provincial and Federal results into…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Advance voting and other campaign tidbits #nlpoli #nlvotes
If you want to get a good sense of what the advance poll turnout from Tuesday likely means in campaign terms, wander over to labradore. In the current election, six of the ten highest advance-vote districts were in metro St. John’s. In 2007, only t…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Placeholder Election Revisited #nlpoli #nlvotes
Kathy Dunderdale told reporters on Wednesday she plans to seek re-election in 2015. Interesting that Dunderdale felt the need to volunteer that thought. It must be an issue people are raising. Otherwise, there’d be no real reason to brin…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Political Advertising #nlvotes #nlpoli
In the first of a two parter, John Sides (via The Monkey Cage) tosses out some observations on the impact of election advertising. This is relevant to the current general election. Consider, for example, his first point that the value of adver…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Environics releases second indy poll of campaign #nlpoli #nlvotes
The second independent poll of the provincial campaign – this time by Environics for the Canadian Press - turns up some interesting numbers. You’ll find them below, in a table with the other recent polls results, all put on the same ba…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Searching for Rescue #nlpoli #nlvotes
Tory boss Kathy Dunderdale and Grit boss Kevin Aylward both think that the provincial government should investigate search and rescue response times around the province and then push Ottawa to spend more. Classic provincial politician’s political pl…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: What if they gave an election and nobody came? #nlvotes #nlpoli
Next Tuesday, the face of the province’s House of Assembly likely won’t change very much at all. The new premier will take office following an election with what is on track to be a record low turn-out. That’s got nothing to do with public opin…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Muskrat Falls support plummets: poll #nlvotes #nlpoli
Despite a massive marketing effort by the provincial Conservatives and the provincial government’s energy corporation, Nalcor, a new poll by NTV/Telelink shows a dramatic drop in support for the provincial Conservatives’ Muskrat Falls project. In …
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Telelink releases campaign’s only independent poll #nlvotes #nlpoli
NTV and Telelink released the only independent poll of the campaign on Monday and with a week to go in the 2011 general election, things are on track for a historic election. For starters, let’s look at the Telelink party support numbers: PCP 35…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Imaginary Centre of an Imaginary Universe #nlvotes #nlpoli
Town and Toronto start with a “T”. Some Townies can be like some Torontonians sometimes. Yes, yes. Settle down. Hold it down with the other “t” words, like twit, twillick, and twaddle monger. You are getting ahead of the story. Tow…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: If only they knew the whole story… #nlpoli #nlvotes
The Telegram wonders why it is taking so long to install court security equipment at the province’s courthouses. The signs have been up since early January. “Public notice: Improved security to protect you. Your safety is our No. 1 concern.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: More numbers #nlpoli #nlvotes
The results of this poll by the pollster for the provincial government’s energy corporation show numbers well within the margin of error for the poll and as such, don’t reliably show any change at all from the results the company released in the fi…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Townies and Baymen #nlpoli #nlvotes
Some people were surprised the other night when Danny Dumaresque told the very small audience at a Board of Trade economic forum that: I would have to say to the mayor of this great city that there are a hell of a lot more priorities outside the ov…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Keith Russell: Panic! #nlpoli #nlvotes
Tory candidate Keith Russell must be in a desperate battle to win his seat. He’s trotted out the old patronage card in a bid to boost his chances. The district better vote the right way, warns Russell or else no megaprojects for Labrador. Her…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Own goals #nlvotes #nlpoli
Snappy comments help get news coverage. Some people call them sound bites. Like this one from the leader’s debate, highlighted by CBC: She did, however, have a feisty comment for Aylward when he challenged her on the PCs’ approach to the fisher…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: It’s unanimous: more of the same… #nlpoli #nlvotes
So now you’ve either seen the debate or read some of the media coverage about it. Here’s a question for you: what was the ballot question for you as posed by each of the leaders? While you’re thinking about that for a second, let’s just …
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