Canadian federal election - October 19, 2015 (Official Campaign Thread)

[Thomas D]

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question. But..

What happens if the parties are all within 5 seats (or so) of each other after the election?

[Thomas D]

CBC News Alerts :
Tory party confirm Jagdish Grewal is no longer its candidate in riding of Mississauga-Malton. It says his comments do not reflect its views.

[Thomas D]

Pointless Math:

In 2006 the Conservatives won 40.2% of the seats. Which for this year would mean 136 seats. Just tossing that out there so I didn't figure that out for nothing.

[Thomas D]

I see on Twitter there are still campaign events going on today. I take it Thanksgiving is a bigger deal here in the States? Because if an American politician did that their career would be done. 

[Thomas D]

If the Conservatives hand Justin Trudeau a majority because they went too far with their alienating, xenophobic rhetoric, which seems possible if trends hold, I'll be so, so pissed.

Once again, it is much, much, *much* too early to be making these kinds of predictions!

That said, that particular scenario if it came true would be, in my estimation, rather poetic justice.

I disagree, actually. The anti-Harper sentiment is strong, and if it becomes clear which party the progressives should coalesce behind (and in this case, it's evidently going to be the Liberal Party), the movement of voters, en masse, from one leftist camp to the other could be staggering. I would not be surprised to see the NDP at 20% and the Liberals at 40% in a week and a half.

Close.

[Thomas D]

So if someone just woke up from a 3 week coma, and wants to know why the Conservatives had a solid lead, and now there's talk of a Liberal Majority, what would you tell them?

[Thomas D]

Any chance the Libs look so safe now that some voters may go back to the NDP?

[Thomas D]

Will CSPAN have coverage tomorrow?

I think on C-SPAN 2

[Thomas D]

CBC Live Stream via Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWFNl0K18A4