Quebec: April 7, 2014

[Smid]

I made a map using the crop numbers, but now I have to start over. Should've known there'd be a poll released.

Do you have my base map? I'm pretty sure it's up to date.

[Smid]

QS vote map very interesting. Looks like improvement in the Francophone areas and decrease in the Anglophone areas, suggesting it was possibly a protest party last election for disaffected Liberals (who returned home this election) and a protest party for disaffected PQ's this election.

Sherbrooke is especially interesting. Now, I may be mis-remembering, but that's a university town, isn't it, and students didn't like the previous Premier? Seems to me, students last election may have voted strategically for PQ, to the detriment of QS, but this election returned home.

[Smid]

QS vote map very interesting. Looks like improvement in the Francophone areas and decrease in the Anglophone areas, suggesting it was possibly a protest party last election for disaffected Liberals (who returned home this election) and a protest party for disaffected PQ's this election.

And a good deal of the CAQ decrease was likewise in the Anglo areas; where they, too, acted as a token viable/non-separatist "protest vote" safe zone in 2012...

That makes a lot of sense, too. I had mis-read the CAQ vs PQ map (was looking at it on my phone on the train this morning) and had got the two parties in the reverse order, which made some sense to me, given the number of seats the CAQ lost in and around Quebec City.

[Smid]

Thanks. I hope PKP runs and they elect him leader.

On that point, I obviously disagree with you.

I can't support that enemy or labor and workers. He was a terrible and oppressive boss at Quebecor and is still the owner of Sun News, home of Quebec-bashing.

I can't neither support Bernard Drainville, the father of the Charte.

Given RB's opinion of PQ, I suspect he wants him to be elected leader due to the damage it would cause the party. I could be misinterpretting, though.

[Smid]

QS vote map very interesting. Looks like improvement in the Francophone areas and decrease in the Anglophone areas, suggesting it was possibly a protest party last election for disaffected Liberals (who returned home this election) and a protest party for disaffected PQ's this election.

And a good deal of the CAQ decrease was likewise in the Anglo areas; where they, too, acted as a token viable/non-separatist "protest vote" safe zone in 2012...

That makes a lot of sense, too. I had mis-read the CAQ vs PQ map (was looking at it on my phone on the train this morning) and had got the two parties in the reverse order, which made some sense to me, given the number of seats the CAQ lost in and around Quebec City.

Remember Smid, I use "Atlas colours" Much like Dave Leip's colour reversal, I have reversed the PQ and CAQ colours (Wikipedia agrees with me though). I'd prefer to keep all conservative parties blue and all separatist parties in teal.

I completely agree with your colour usage. Not sure why I confused them initially - possibly due to the vote in Southern Montreal (specifically, the area adma refers, above), since those are areas where PQ is particularly weak.