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• Turnout Last Night

  
  CalgaryGrit — Authority: 539
  I hate to toss up yet another by election post because we shouldnt read too much into them. So rather than look at the results, Ill just add a final word on voter turn-out. Heres where it was yesterday: Montmagny 36.6% Cumberland-Colchester 35.7% New Westminster Coquitlam 29.9% Hochelaga 22.3% The average ...
  8 hours ago

• Don Martin’s negative spin on Tories by-election wins

  
  Crux of the Matter — Authority: 132
  Words matter. Surely, parliamentary press gallery (PPG) journalist Don Martin knows that. So, why does he write with such a poison pen whenever he writes about the Conservative party or the prime minister — even when they have just won two by-elections, something few governing parties are able to do? Yet, the ...
  21 hours ago

• One more follow-up on the by-elections...

  
  Impolitical — Authority: 509
  Somebody knows that there is work to be done. This is good: “The by-election results last night show that we have a lot of work ahead of us. Canadians want an alternative to the Harper Conservatives. Our job in the months ahead is to earn the confidence and support of Canadians.” Thats a statement released from ...
  22 hours ago

• Morning after on those by-elections

  
  Impolitical — Authority: 509
  Heres a report if you dont know what happened last night: "Tories, NDP make gains in by-elections." Im pretty much talked out on these, did lots of that on twitter last night. So, a few brief items... On that Montmagny pick-up by Conservatives, which is the really big news...I have expressed for two days now ...
  1 day ago

• My Take On The By-Elections

  
  They Call Me "Mr. Sinister" — Authority: 471
  Harper won two more rural seats and so two more votes against the long gun registry and for money transfers from the cities to the country (Yippee). The Tories are still going nowhere fast in the cities, but who gives a shit about them? They are milch cows, nothing more. The big story, as far as I am concerned is ...
  1 day ago

• By-Election Scorecard and Metrics

  
  Pundits' Guide — Authority: 420
  The Conservatives defied nearly all the pundits Monday night, picking up a seat on the south shore of eastern Québec, and regaining their former seat in Nova Scotia more handily than some had expected. The Liberals were shut out of both first- and second-place finishes, but appear at least to have exceeded the 10% ...
  1 day ago

• Its By Election Night In Canada!

  
  CalgaryGrit — Authority: 539
  Can you feel the excitement! Early twitter reports have the Tories winning back Bill Casseys old riding in Cumberland Colchester. I wont post this until 10 because, well, Elections Canada seems to think BC by election voters (all 12 of them) will see this shocking win and change their votes accordingly. Since, you ...
  1 day ago

• By Elections - Should we give a damn?

  
  CalgaryGrit — Authority: 539
  With four by elections tonight, the party spin machines are in overdrive, playing the expectations game. The best example comes from this article where the parties trip over each other to lower expectations – “ we expect to lose all four ” says the Tory spokesman with a smile, “ if we beat the Marijuana ...
  1 day ago

• By-Elections Scorecard Baseline

  
  Pundits' Guide — Authority: 420
  With the polls set to close soon, lets take a look at the baseline that each party is starting from, as a way of reminding readers what the Party By-Election Scorecard is going to tell us. First, a couple of views of the overall electoral history across those 4 ridings, starting with the Bar + Stacked Area Chart: ...
  1 day ago

• Is the BNP really going to save its deposit on Thursday?

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 138
  ..or is Labour using the threat to get its core vote out? Towards the end my conversation with Kevin Maguire on Radio 4’s “The Westminster Hour” the question arose of how the BNP would do in the Glasgow NE by election on Thursday. This followed reports that Labour officials have been telling the the media ...
  1 day ago

• Our money, their friends: the ongoing series

  
  Impolitical — Authority: 509
  1. First point, still on the federal by-elections today... who needs spending limits when the public till is at hand? Popular Tory candidate Bernard Généreux could win an upset in Montmagny-L’Islet-Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup. The race is expected to be tight and the Conservatives announced Friday up to $242 ...
  2 days ago

• Media and Pundit Watch

  
  Pundits' Guide — Authority: 420
  I dont know why it is, but any time a news story appears about an election that hasnt occurred yet, the reporter wants to report who will win it, or who is "expected to" win, or "favoured to" win ... and they write it as news. This has always struck me as really presumptuous when citizens havent actually had a chance ...
  2 days ago

• Ridiculous Conservative spin

  
  Impolitical — Authority: 509
  The opponents having fun, a lot of fun: "Tories position byelections as test of Ignatieffs leadership." As the report itself makes clear, none of the ridings have " ever been prime Liberal turf ." Nevertheless, and of course, the Liberals are under the microscope. Thats just the way things go these days. Imagine ...
  2 days ago

• Federal by-elections Monday

  
  Impolitical — Authority: 509
  A few observations before Mondays vote on some of the races... This should help in that tight Quebec by-election in Riviere du Loup (or whatever youd prefer to call it given that it has three names all mixed in, Montmagny, LIslet Kamouraska too). Its close, theyre saying, between the Bloc candidate, Nancy Gagnon, ...
  2 days ago

• Does Gord “know” that his man will win Glasgow NE?

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 138
  Would he have visited today if there was any doubt? One of my biggest betting errors of 2008 was to change my initial view of the Glenrothes by-election. My first thought was that Gordon Brown and Sarah would not have joined the campaign if those running the Labour operation had not advised that victory was in the ...
  4 days ago

• By-Election Coverage

  
  Pundits' Guide — Authority: 420
  Shorter John Robson : "I cant write about the by-elections because no-one else in the mainstream media has written about them. Of course why should we be expected to work that hard when those communities were so thoughtless as to have long hard-to-pronounce names. [Or have so much of their news in french.] Hence ...
  4 days ago

• Should you take the 3/1 on Miliband for “High Representative”

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 138
  Politics.co.uk Would this mean a by-election in South Shields? There’s a story runnnig, which appears to be an exclusive, on the Politics.co.uk website suggesting that David Miliband has accepted” the top EU foreign affairs role that he was being tipped and, indeed, is current favourite in the betting. ...
  6 days ago

• By-Election News Briefs

  
  Pundits' Guide — Authority: 420
  Here are a few news items from the by-elections that arent being covered elsewhere, but may be of interest to readers: If the Bloc Québécois Nancy Gagnon is elected in Montmagny – LIslet – Kamouraska – Rivière-du-Loup , QC next Monday, she will be part of the second married couple to sit in the House of ...
  1 week ago

• The by election betting gets a bit tighter

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 138
  Is Labour really less certain than it was? With the by-election in Glasgow North East due to take place a week on Thursday there’s been an easing of the Labour price and a tightening of the SNP in the battle to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Michael Martin. Quite what’s driving this is not clear ...
  1 week ago

• A long view - July to October

  
  Lancaster Unity — Authority: 572
  This article was submitted by one of our readers, Iliacus . We welcome any contributions from our supporters (as long as those contributions conform to the law and are in reasonably good taste). Please send your articles to us via email. In among all the hype and hoopla following the appearance of some bloke from ...
  1 week ago

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