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British Columbia Provincial Election - 2011

Delta South


Prediction Changed
2013-05-15 00:35:54
 


 
Constituency Profile

Candidates:

Huntington, Vicki

McDonald, Bruce

Slater, Nic

Incumbent:
Vicki Huntington

Reference:

  • Previous Prediction - 2009 Provincial Election
  • Pundits’ Guide - 2008 Prepresentation Order


    2009 Result:


    Vicki Huntington
    997742.50%
    Wally Oppal*
    994542.36%
    Dileep Joseph Anthony Athaide
    2,94012.52%
    Duane Laird
    5552.36%
    John William Shavluk
    600.26%


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    13 05 06 Matt
    75.157.139.16
    Huntington is popular in this riding. The NDP vote is softening (not that they had a decent shot here to begin with), making it easier for Huntington to hold on.
    13 05 04 Chris
    24.207.72.159
    This riding isn't a slam-dunk for Vicki anymore - NDP is likely to form government and voters are looking seriously at Nic Slater, both to represent their interests in government and to keep the Liberals out.
    13 05 03 Teddy Boragina
    198.96.35.90
    Vote splitting does not work the way the previous poster described.
    For one, the Liberals are the current Government. In an election, a good 10%-15% of voters decide to vote for or against the Government, regardless of who they vote for as a result. This means a left-winger who likes a government with a right-wing party in power, may vote for that right-wing party. Conversely, and more realistically this election, a right-winger who does not like the government may even vote for a left-wing party to get rid of it.
    The race thus would be between the Independent and the NDP. The problem is that only 10% or so of voters will vote this way, and the remaining 90% will still vote based on ideology, issues, personality etc. For these reasons (and others, hey, I'm trying to keep this short) the Independent has a lock here.
    13 04 28 BCL
    64.66.17.151
    The NDP are running a real candidate this time around which will take away a few thousand votes from Huntington. The Liberals have a very strong and respected candidate in Bruce Mcdonald. Liberal win here.
    13 03 28 GV
    206.47.112.39
    I wasn't surprised at Vicki Huntington's win last time round and she seems to have solidified her position quite nicely. She's got the populist votes that the Conservatives have tried--and failed--to pick up. Very poor Liberal showing predicted.
    13 03 08 NO PARTISAN BS
    99.253.117.108
    A win for the independent here. With Liberals voting for her to stop the NDP, and New Democrats voting for her to block the Liberals, she should win this easily.
    13 02 15 Laurence Putnam
    174.7.106.35
    Vicki will win easily. She beat the Attorney General from the winning party last time, this time she just has to stay on cruise control. This riding would be unlikely to vote NDP anyway, and by not having to vote BC Liberal to keep the NDP out, I think Vicki will win with a sizeable (over 50%) margin.
    More importantly, neither the Libs, NDP or Conservatives will have much incentive to contest this riding. For the Libs and/or Conservatives it's essentially a win for them, and for the NDP its one seat they wouldn't have won anyway that's at least not in the Liberal column.



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