No knockout punch from Clark during televised BC election debate Monday Embattled Liberal Premier Christy Clark needed a knock-out victory last night during the BC election debate among the four party leaders and she didn’t get it. Two weeks of campaigning had generated only around three points of momentum. With two weeks left, and 14 [...]
Kathleen Wynne faces major political test over budget It’s a tough time to be in power. Ask British Columbia’s Liberal premier, Christy Clark, who’s fighting not only to keep power but her own seat. Ask Alberta’s Progressive Conservative premier Alison Redford, who’s not only facing opposition from all sides, but noises in her own party that [...]
BC Green leader Sterk impresses; BC Conservative leader Cummins does well in first leaders debate of BC Election 2013 The callers asked their questions about BC Election 2013. Bill Good, the host of CKNW’s morning talk program and newsreader for CTV, asked them as well. And the four leaders responded, but not all equally. This [...]
Christy Clark setting herself up to lose her own riding in BC Election 2013 Christy Clark’s world is a simple place. She says something borderline outrageous. Her opponent is supposed to rush to the microphones and cameras and say something outrageous in return. That way, Christy Clark ends up looking like the moderate one. Lather, [...]
Christy Clark’s BC Election 2013 campaign executes well, but polls stay flat Horribly far back in public opinion polls, the BC Liberals under Christy Clark need absolutely everything to break their way if they’re going to turn around the BC Election 2013 campaign. They needed their campaign to execute flawlessly. In the first week, they got that. [...]
Green Party may finish BC Election 2013 with one or two seats on Vancouver Island Most of the news coverage of BC Election 2013 focuses on the main fight. “Who will win control? Who will be the Premier?” But, often, the more interesting signs for the future are found elsewhere. Even when attention is turned [...]
Victory by Justin Trudeau means NDP and Liberals shift into 2015 campaign mode immediately Fixed election dates. They sounded so logical when they were first made law. Prime Ministers (or Premiers) could no longer decide when to call an election. The advantage of surprise would be taken away from them. So, too, the ability to [...]
BC Liberal air war vs. BC NDP ground game – campaign strategies for BC Election 2013 British Columbians will be treated to a social experiment over the next four weeks, courtesy of BC Election 2013. The BC New Democrats will be offering a campaign that’s upbeat yet tempered, positive and down to earth. They’ll be [...]
BC NDP claims about jobs, budget balance designed to create manoeuvring room for BC election One of the nastier consequences of fixed election date laws is that it upsets the old order upon which parliamentary legislatures are built. Pre-fixed dates, the legislature would be sitting. Pre-campaign positioning would be taking place while the province’s business [...]
Polls consistently show Liberal Party of Canada rising in public opinion One’s an outlier. Two’s an indication. And three’s a trend. We’re now at three national polls all showing the same thing: The Liberal Party of Canada is up off the mat. The latest one — done nationally, by Léger Associates — explicitly didn’t mention the [...]
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