Who do you think will win the provincial election in May?

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Which party do you think will win the provincial election in May?

BC Liberals
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76%
NDP
18
24%
 
Total votes: 76

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Re: Who do you think will win the provincial election in May

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No, Urbane

What you actually posted was you pretending he said do or die.

Remind you of anyone?
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    George+ wrote:No, Urbane

    What you actually posted was you pretending he said do or die.

    Remind you of anyone?

John Horgan was asked if his party can afford another election loss.

“I don’t believe we can."
http://www.newstalk770.com/syn/112/1264 ... in-for-ndp
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Urbane wrote:
    George+ wrote:No, Urbane

    What you actually posted was you pretending he said do or die.

    Remind you of anyone?

John Horgan was asked if his party can afford another election loss.

“I don’t believe we can."
http://www.newstalk770.com/syn/112/1264 ... in-for-ndp



When there's little else to work with, you have to resort to arguing semantics Urbane.

Tomayto or tomahto, it's still spelled tomato, and it's a red thing used for spaghetti sauce and ketchup. :biggrin:

Horgan said they can't afford to lose another election!

Happy now George???? :dash:
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I think Horgan said that because if they lose the election he will likely have to find a real job, same for Christy. I think they both have a lot riding on this election.
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    mr.bandaid wrote:I think Horgan said that because if they lose the election he will likely have to find a real job, same for Christy. I think they both have a lot riding on this election.
Well there's that but Horgan was definitely talking about the party. Here's a bit more:


“The New Democratic Party has won three elections in 80 years so we have not got the best record.”

While the next provincial election is about a year and a half away the leader of the provincial NDP is already characterizing it as a must win.

John Horgan was asked if his party can afford another election loss. “I don’t believe we can. That increases pressure on me to perform. It increases pressure on me to provide the best stable of candidates I possibly can that reflect the diversity and the dynamism of British Columbia
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Well playing that through that is all the Liberals have won as well. They have been the Liberal party since the Socred collapsed in the early 90's. The liberals were a party in BC from the early 1900's through I think 1952. They disappeared after that and were resurrected under the name of Social Credit party and the rest of the history we know. They fell off the grid for a lot of years. Could happen to the NDP but who knows, they have been around a long time as well though I think their first name was something like the co-operative commonwealth of something like that.
My point is, there will always be left and and right leaning parties and only the name will change.
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mr.bandaid wrote:Well playing that through that is all the Liberals have won as well. They have been the Liberal party since the Socred collapsed in the early 90's. The liberals were a party in BC from the early 1900's through I think 1952. They disappeared after that and were resurrected under the name of Social Credit party and the rest of the history we know. They fell off the grid for a lot of years. Could happen to the NDP but who knows, they have been around a long time as well though I think their first name was something like the co-operative commonwealth of something like that.
My point is, there will always be left and and right leaning parties and only the name will change.



A new group of people at the helm of both sides would be refreshing however. Lets start with one and the other should follow 4 years later.
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NDP'ers on here don't like Keith Baldrey because he plays it down the middle but here's an interesting column he wrote a couple weeks ago on how the NDP can win:
http://www.newwestrecord.ca/opinion/col ... 1.14830236
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^^Well, if the ChristyLiberals keep ducking out of community-based candidate debates and respond like this ChistyLiberal candidate, I can imagine how much support that community will feel like giving John Martin, the ChristyLiberal candidate:
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mr.bandaid wrote:Well playing that through that is all the Liberals have won as well. They have been the Liberal party since the Socred collapsed in the early 90's. The liberals were a party in BC from the early 1900's through I think 1952. They disappeared after that and were resurrected under the name of Social Credit party and the rest of the history we know. They fell off the grid for a lot of years. Could happen to the NDP but who knows, they have been around a long time as well though I think their first name was something like the co-operative commonwealth of something like that.
My point is, there will always be left and and right leaning parties and only the name will change.



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No matter who you think will win or not, just get out and Vote.
Starting tomorrow you can cast your Vote into the ballot box, for the candidate/party of your Choice.
Advance Polling start Apr 29, 2017 at 8am around the Province, everyone (those on the voters list) should have received voting card in the the mail. With the information on locations, dates & time.

So go Vote
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Current prediction
Changed: 2017-05-02

Liberal Party 37

New Democratic Party 32

Green Party 2

Too Close to Call 16

Total 87

http://www.electionprediction.org/2017_bc/index.php
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Re: Who do you think will win the provincial election in May

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You need another option, Urbane:
ABC
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    lasnomadas wrote:You need another option, Urbane:
    ABC
Huh? That wasn't my prediction. I just thought people might be interested in the latest from the "Election Prediction Project." You must not have looked very closely so try again!
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^^I was referring to your original 'graph'.
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