http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/general/conservatices en http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/election-horse-race-narrows <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="margin: 5px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.2em; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); line-height: 1.5em; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><img alt="" src="/sites/shelburne.asrequired.ca/files/trdueau-hed_0.JPG" style="width: 444px; height: 184px;" /></span></p> <p style="margin: 5px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.2em; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); line-height: 1.5em; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11px;">FROM THE HILL TIMES: </span></span>After being pushed one way and pulled another, voters ended August very close to where they started at the beginning of the month with the horserace even tighter now than when the campaign began.</span></p> <p style="margin: 5px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.2em; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); line-height: 1.5em; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><img alt="" src="https://www.hilltimes.com/sites/hilltimes.com/HT/promos/01-REST-OF-CANADA.png" style="width: 444px; height: 335px;" /></span></p> <p style="margin: 5px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.2em; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); line-height: 1.5em; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;">The Duffy trial motivated opposition supporters and dampened the Conservative opportunity to grow. The leaders’ debate helped the Greens, Liberals and Tories to some degree but didn’t actually hurt the NDP. Most Canadians feel we are at least probably in a recession, but those who are most engaged in the issue feel the Conservatives are best able to manage that recession. </span></p> <p style="margin: 5px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.2em; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); line-height: 1.5em; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><img alt="" src="https://www.hilltimes.com/sites/hilltimes.com/HT/promos/02_Duffy-IMPACT.png" style="width: 444px; height: 334px;" /></span></p> <p style="margin: 5px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.2em; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); line-height: 1.5em; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;">While the horserace numbers are similar but closer, there were several major shifts in underlying numbers that put the Liberals in a better position now than a month ago. However, the NDP retain the largest pool of potential supporters</span></p> <p style="margin: 5px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.2em; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); line-height: 1.5em; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.hilltimes.com/opinion-piece/2015/08/31/horserace-narrows-while-liberals-gain-on-underlying-numbers/43246"><span style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 16px;">SEE FULL STORY HERE</span></a><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 5px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.2em; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); line-height: 1.5em; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif;"> </p> </div></div></div><div class="service-links"><a href="https://twitter.com/share?url=http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/election-horse-race-narrows&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=&amp;text=Election horse race narrows&amp;counturl=http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/election-horse-race-narrows" class="twitter-share-button service-links-twitter-widget" title="Tweet This" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="element-invisible">Tweet Widget</span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/election-horse-race-narrows&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;width=100&amp;height=21&amp;font=&amp;locale=" title="I Like it" class="service-links-facebook-like" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="element-invisible">Facebook Like</span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" title="Share this post on Facebook" class="service-links-facebook-widget" rel="http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/election-horse-race-narrows" target="_blank">Share on Facebook</a></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/liberals" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">LIBERALS</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/conservatices" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">CONSERVATICES</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/ndp" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">ndp</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/canada-election-2015" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">canada election 2015</a></div></div></div> Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:21:24 +0000 SCT and news sources 4030 at http://www.southcoasttoday.ca http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/election-horse-race-narrows#comments