http://www.democraticspace.com/canada2008 14 October 2008 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:11:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.democraticspace.com/canada2008/prairies/palliser/comment-page-1/#comment-2580 John B. in Palliser Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:23:32 +0000 http://www.democraticspace.com/canada2008/prairies/palliser/#comment-2580 Palliser is a definite swing vote riding. The NDP have been the runner-up in the last two votes and they have been close to winning. If those 7000 Liberal votes were to swing to the NDP then the Conservatives could not combat this voter force within the riding. The Liberal Party is the proverbial "Ralph Nader" of Palliser; I hate to stoop to that level of propaganda. If those 7000 votes were to be paired then a significant shift would take place in this riding, the NDP would effectively win the riding. Ralph Goodale's riding is right next, geographically, to Palliser and it would make sense for NDP supporters in that riding to vote for Ralph and Liberals in Palliser to vote for the NDP. This would ensure that both a Liberal and an NDP candidate would win out of Regina-Central and then represent in Ottawa. The Greens could still sustain their level of support without affecting the election results, at least in these two ridings. Vote pairing could swing both ridings and the Conservatives would be out in Regina-Central. Simple mathematics. Palliser is a definite swing vote riding. The NDP have been the runner-up in the last two votes and they have been close to winning. If those 7000 Liberal votes were to swing to the NDP then the Conservatives could not combat this voter force within the riding. The Liberal Party is the proverbial “Ralph Nader” of Palliser; I hate to stoop to that level of propaganda. If those 7000 votes were to be paired then a significant shift would take place in this riding, the NDP would effectively win the riding. Ralph Goodale’s riding is right next, geographically, to Palliser and it would make sense for NDP supporters in that riding to vote for Ralph and Liberals in Palliser to vote for the NDP. This would ensure that both a Liberal and an NDP candidate would win out of Regina-Central and then represent in Ottawa. The Greens could still sustain their level of support without affecting the election results, at least in these two ridings. Vote pairing could swing both ridings and the Conservatives would be out in Regina-Central. Simple mathematics.

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