43rd British Columbia general election

[Oryxslayer]

https://twitter.com/CanadianPolling/status/1701998033712435553?t=qo_TZszKvmhCvsx...

Well they now have a seat.

[Oryxslayer]

ods of the two right wing parties merging at some point?

Probably 0 before the next election.  Libs/BCU have pride that comes with having formed many past majority governments,  conservatives seemingly have the winds of momentum.  More possible would be voters coalescing into one of the camps when an election starts.

[Oryxslayer]

https://twitter.com/CanadianPolling/status/1783897808493220347?t=xBk_Fw0zs_3v5qA...

And so what became a possibility has become reality.  A poll finds the Conservatives tied, which I think gives the lead in modeled seats. Now for now this is a outlier, but it may be all that they need. Just Polling close enough to the NDP will mean that there is enough viability for opposition consolidation - rather than dissolution - for whenever there happens to be the next election.

[Oryxslayer]

Lot of cope from BC United there considering theyre indisputably behind the conservatives

True, but I'm sure the goal of Quitto Maggi/Mainstreet Research with their junk polls is to get B.C United supporters to switch to the B.C Conservatives. Of course, that doesn't mean that it can't be successful.

Exactly what I meant. The poll may be a (obvious) outlier, but if the purpose is to consolidate the opposition to the NDP, well then stuff like this doesn't need to be perfectly accurate.

[Oryxslayer]

https://twitter.com/CTVNewsRob/status/1790472272454496351?t=HVCQlSQXvOWPofiyZAmJ...

Uhh the BC Libs/United did fumble, but did they really F it all up to such an extent that they are looking to preemptively surrender to a smaller party? All I can say is that the instinctive "unite to stop the radical NDP" still exists among the politicians,  even if not so much among the voters.