Comments on: BC Election Number Crunching and “Vote-Splitting”

By: lem rolyat

lem rolyat — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:39:15 +0000

ICBA and the mechanical contractors of british columbia
thank you Gordon Campbell.

Congratulations on you historic
election to your third term as
Premier of our great Province.

Let the good times Roll.

By: Mr Squid

Mr Squid — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:05:31 +0000

It makes me think that the NDP needs to stop paying lip service to the environmental movement and start taking it seriously. The NDP should have been backing the carbon tax. The NDP should put public transit near the top of the agenda. The NDP should make sustainable growth a priority. If these dimwits ever want to be to come to power in BC again they need to start taking Green voters seriously.

By: JR

JR — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:21:59 +0000

Well, good riddance to STV. Not happy with having Campbell around for another 4 years – but the other possibilities were worse.

By: Paul Holmes

Paul Holmes — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:29:02 +0000

I agree with all 3 points, Bernard.

The media always presumes the Green vote would go automatically to the NDP, but I also disagree.

For those who presume otherwise, here is the math.

By: Bernard

Bernard — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:21:11 +0000

The math is not that simple, Greens will not automatically vote NDP. Many will not vote, others will vote Liberal. I think you have seen the largest possible poaching of the Greens by the NDP in this election.

You need to look further and see that both the Liberals and NDP had large numbers of their supporters not come out and vote this time. People voted by not voting.

They especially stayed home where their party looked like it was going to lose anyway.