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2015 Federal Election

Im actually feeling really sorry for the NDP. They stand to form the next government at a time when the economy is completely tanking.

It means they will struggle to implement their platform, they are inheriting a structural deficit, and they are inheriting the blame for everything that goes wrong in Canada over the next few years.

Bob Rae all over again.

The NDP always seems to inherit some big mess everytime voters gave them a chance, with Alberta being the latest example. And that mess is usually caused by a previous conservative government.
 
Im actually feeling really sorry for the NDP. They stand to form the next government at a time when the economy is completely tanking.

It means they will struggle to implement their platform, they are inheriting a structural deficit, and they are inheriting the blame for everything that goes wrong in Canada over the next few years.

Bob Rae all over again.


The strange and unnatural hate that Ontarians have with Bob Rae and the NDP where the result of aggressive campaigning and a gullible public at the time, they even went as far as waving bye to a billboard of a picture of Bob Rae, so I like to think that after the Mike Harris years, and an better understanding how the economy works, we won't have a large swath of the population falling into that trap again.
 
The strange and unnatural hate that Ontarians have with Bob Rae and the NDP where the result of aggressive campaigning and a gullible public at the time, they even went as far as waving bye to a billboard of a picture of Bob Rae, so I like to think that after the Mike Harris years, and an better understanding how the economy works, we won't have a large swath of the population falling into that trap again.

The level of vitriol flung at Bob Rae by newspapers like the Toronto Sun was incredible. I recall a joke from the time, involving Bob Rae being observed walking on water to rescue a group of drowning children. The newspaper headlines the next day? SOCIALIST RAE CAN'T SWIM.
 
The level of vitriol flung at Bob Rae by newspapers like the Toronto Sun was incredible. I recall a joke from the time, involving Bob Rae being observed walking on water to rescue a group of drowning children. The newspaper headlines the next day? SOCIALIST RAE CAN'T SWIM.

They did it with the Liberals with "Welcome to Hell". But what always annoys me was the fact after 20 years, three different premiers with the effects of one still being felt (there isn't a day goes by that amalgamation doesn't come up) that somehow we can seem to forget all that with the mention of Bob Rae and the NDP. I get it if someone doesn't like their current platform, or what they have to offer, but if their only excuse is "Well Bob Rae 20 years ago..." I just want to scream at them; it's 20 years ago, your grudge is old enough to buy alcohol in this province and start a family, so shuffle off this mortal coil so the rest of us can get on with a meaningful dialog on the current candidates with their current platforms.

Sorry to rant there, but this election cycle and in this province, it's not only becoming a pet peeve of mine, but something that has to be shamed on people who still think that's a reason after all these years.
 
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An interesting new poll. Forum puts the NDP at 40%, Liberals at 30% and CPC at 23%.
Another meaningless national poll. The only polls that matter show the voter intention per riding. That's a big project, so focus on the swing ridings. But telling us that 40% of Canadians like the NDP is in itself useless in predicting the election results, as all 40% may be super concentrated in a minority of ridings.
 
Another meaningless national poll. The only polls that matter show the voter intention per riding. That's a big project, so focus on the swing ridings. But telling us that 40% of Canadians like the NDP is in itself useless in predicting the election results, as all 40% may be super concentrated in a minority of ridings.

That is certainly a possibility. But historical results are taken into account when making the conclusions written in this article. It may be that support for the NDP is atypically concentrated in certain ridings, but history has shown that the 40+ percentile range is indicative of a possible majority.
 
Still, I'm surprised the NDP has been able to hold on to their high support, now for the second month. Mulcair has been teflon thus far. It would be quite interesting if the race becomes Trudeau vs. Mulcair with Harper way out in third. No more fear of vote-splitting, which I imagine would help the NDP.
 

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