Are By-Elections a Sign of Things to Come in a General Election?
A couple days ago, the Conservatives held on to two of their seats in Yellowhead and Whitby-Oshawa by fairly strong margins (42.6% in Yellowhead and 8.5% in Whitby-Oshawa). At least…
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30-40% of Ontarians in Various Municipalities Vote 2014 (and some Albertans too)
Today is election day across Ontario’s thousands of local municipalities, ranging from the big ones in Toronto and Mississauga, to itty bitty races where specific people need to be beaten…
Why I Cannot Support the Next War in Iraq
I just got off the phone with my grandfather, a staunch Conservative for his entire life, but an extremely intelligent and reasonable man who knows a good or bad thing…
#NBVotes Post-Mortem for Projections and Pollsters
So there is some chatter going around that New Brunswick was yet another flop for pollsters in Canada, and in particular Forum Research, who released the final poll in the…
#NBVotes 2014 – Rise of the Tabulators (and Brian Gallant)
So that was fun, wasn’t it? I don’t know how many people stayed up last night to watch the New Brunswick election results come in, then wait around two hours…
Final New Brunswick Projection – Did the Map Get More Blue?
Uh-oh. The last couple of weeks have seen a dramatic tightening of the race in the province of New Brunswick between the governing Progressives Conservatives, led by Premier David Alward…
The Story in Brantford-Brant: Is it just whining or is there something to it?
Its now made the news: Liberal riding association executives have resigned in protest over what they considered unfair standards in that ridings nomination race, which didn’t end up being much…
What happens when "Humans Need Not Apply?"
The above is a very interesting, if alarming, video by a YouTuber named CGPGrey, who I’ve subscribed to for a while now and I suggest you do to if you’ve…
Liberals Doomed! Ahhhhhh!
The headlines today are quite amusing: Liberal fundraising slides to ‘scary’ numbers, says party official – MSN.ca‘Scary’ Fundraising Numbers Show Stall In Trudeau’s Momentum – HuffPoLiberal fundraising momentum stalls –…
Democratic Dipper Values In Action
Oh, this is brilliant: Long-time Progressive Conservative MLA Bev Harrison invoked the memory of former British prime minister Winston Churchill as he confirmed on Friday that he will run for…
Liberal Bloggers Are Taking Over the Party, Part 1 – Danielle Takacs
I’ve been relaxing this summer, so my activity on the blog has been a bit low, but I was asked to help out with an endorsement of a great candidate,…
Ontario Votes 2014 Results – Don’t Call It a Comeback (Long Post)
While I’m pretty sure anyone who reads this blog regularly is quite aware of the last night’s results, I think it might take a while to sink in just how…
Ontario Votes 2014 – Final Projection, Liberal Government
I’ll try not to make this post a long one, but there are a few things to go over before we get into the meat of the projection. First off,…
Don’t Call It a Comeback… Yet.
If you’ve been following the Ontario election – and lets be honest, why would you? – it seems like the pollsters, each in their own way, are starting to converge.…
Gun, Meet Foot – LPC Abortion Policy Edition
Yeah, its time to comment on this, unfortunately. I have held back (mostly) from commenting on the “nuanced” decision by Justin Trudeau to tell all future Liberal Party MPs that,…
New Brunswick Provincial Redistribution Transposition
So, in the interest of my unusual hobby of looking at/projecting/stalking elections, I looked hard online for a full transposition of the 2013 redistribution of New Brunswick’s provincial electoral districts,…
NDP Have Double-Downed On Their Pettiness
So the federal New Democrats, currently facing a series of accusations that they out-and-out lied about their caucus satellite office and looking for a way to change the channel, are…
Ridings to Watch in Ontario 2014
While the provincial election has gotten off to a slow start so far, what with the promised “big issues” campaign so far focusing on itty bitty quibbles like this libel…
Oh joy! Oh wonderful days! An unncessary election is here!
After years of watching from the sidelines as a whole host of other provinces and countries got to have their elections, finally the day has come – the province of…
EKOS Poll Puts Hudak PCs in Third Place
You remember when it was us languishing in third place? Now its Hudak’s turn (and not just in the approval rankings). Yes, its just one poll and its within the…