Ontario 2014 (June 12th)

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I feel Horwath didn't come off very well in her press conference...

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Fair to say that Howarth's buggered up a bit by pulling the trigger?

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How so?

Considering the NDP were over 30% as late as February...

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Interesting that last time round when the election was called, people swung behind McGuinty when faced with a possible Hudak government, but this time it's different.

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Today's Forum poll would indicate a popular vote split that is almost identical to the results of the 2011 election. Can someone tell me how the OLP could possibly go from 53 seats to 68 seats with no change at all in the popular vote from 2011? Thought so.

Dippers voting tactically on a scale unknown to man.

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There's also the "favourite daughter" effect that could've helped Wynne.

But I'm sick of so called "urban progressives" whining about the NDP platform. I live in a city, and I like to think I'm progressive (a social democrat, anyways), and I had very few issues with the platform. I would go so far as to say I like how it tried to appeal to populist voters. The party should try and me more inclusive, especially if it wants to form government.

"(Hipster) urban progressives" don't tend to like their parties being appealing and electable. See, the pre-2010 LibDems, any Green Party ever.