tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485266386769806559.post1840783172474482548..comments2023-06-03T03:51:36.883-07:00Comments on Canadian Election Watch: Ipsos: Tories by 5, Grits at 18%; Eight Riding PollsElection Watcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10276655533153494264noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485266386769806559.post-68406491182589842772011-04-29T18:56:07.437-07:002011-04-29T18:56:07.437-07:00In the last days of the election, we are all start...In the last days of the election, we are all starting to think alike :)Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485266386769806559.post-21309564489922717872011-04-29T18:33:34.650-07:002011-04-29T18:33:34.650-07:00Ha! I was just going to write a post about that la...Ha! I was just going to write a post about that later tonight :) I believe they may indeed be playing the media. The numbers they give aren't implausible, but they are a pessimistic scenario for what could happen outside Ontario. I don't think *any* of the 8 projections based on a polling average requires them to win 74 Ontario seats in order to gain a majority.Election Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10276655533153494264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485266386769806559.post-16013375890871662172011-04-29T18:28:54.905-07:002011-04-29T18:28:54.905-07:00I thought exactly the same!
What do you think abo...I thought exactly the same!<br /><br />What do you think about the story the Toronto Star is running, that Tory strategists supposedly admit that a majority is probably impossible now? Because you're still projecting it, or at least showing that it's very close. Do you think the Tories are playing the media? Are they that cunning? (The idea being that if Canadians think the majority won't happen, some of the anti-Harper voters will relax and stay home.)Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485266386769806559.post-44640169391681591642011-04-29T18:04:17.408-07:002011-04-29T18:04:17.408-07:00Writing that did feel a bit weird...Writing that did feel a bit weird...Election Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10276655533153494264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485266386769806559.post-58442538830398750722011-04-29T17:05:16.392-07:002011-04-29T17:05:16.392-07:00Quite right!Quite right!chimurengahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08994440708255053412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485266386769806559.post-83844689643468823892011-04-29T16:30:04.993-07:002011-04-29T16:30:04.993-07:00"The Québec numbers are pretty run-of-the-mil..."The Québec numbers are pretty run-of-the-mill: NDP at 42%, 16 in front of the Bloc, with the Grits and Tories well back around 15%."<br /><br />We really are through the looking glass when we can say that the NDP at 42% in Quebec is "run of the mill!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com