2017 Nova Scotia election (May 30)

[the506]

Looks like we could see a call as early as this weekend. Election day would be May 30. Liberals put up an ad (probably accidentally on purpose) on their site yesterday.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/liberal-election-website-vote-may-30-1.4090178?cmp=rss

Not expecting a real eventful campaign, there aren't any major issues that stand out, the budget is balanced and Stephen McNeil's Liberals are still up big in the latest poll:
https://cra.ca/support-for-ns-liberals-declines-sharply-this-quarter/

But put it this way...I live right next door to NS, can't stand how the rest of the country goes out of their way to ignore the east coast...and I'm going to have a hard time forcing myself to care about this one. But here we go.

[the506]

Call coming today.

http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/nova-scotia-premier-stephen-mcneil-poised-to-call-provincial-election-1.3391422

[the506]

What's in the water in Dartmouth? Now it's the Tory in Dartmouth South.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/election-vote-progressive-conservatives-dartmouth-south-1.4118034

[the506]

Forum has the Greens at 6% in Cape Breton, where they're only on the ballot in 1 riding.

Junk.

[the506]

The federal Green candidate there in 2015 was Richard Zurawski, a well known TV and radio meteorologist in the Maritimes. Wonder if the name recognition bumped his numbers up a bit.

Looking at the poll results though, he didn't do particularly better in CP or Fairview than the usual Green-friendly areas like downtown Halifax or east end Dartmouth.

[the506]

Poll-by-poll maps are now up:

http://www.election-atlas.ca/ns/