Tories lost primarily for four reasons and two were avoidable while two were not, but may not be issues next time around. Liberals have only been in power for 6 years and despite many mistakes and some dissatisfaction, fatigue has not yet set in nor are people in the throw the bums out mood yet.… Continue reading Why Tories lost and what they need to do going forward

Below blog will be on what happened and why and what this means. I will later do another blog on what the Conservatives need to do going forward so they have a shot at winning the next election. First will do a breakdown by region, then by party, then some general observations, and end with… Continue reading Election post-mortem

Tomorrow is voting day so below will first give how I plan to vote and why, then I will give my final thoughts on the election. I will give prediction later this evening or tomorrow morning when final polls come out but barring something dramatic, I feel quite confident in saying I believe the Liberals… Continue reading Final Thoughts and Endorsement

We have now entered the final week of campaigning and the election looks far from certain. I will next weekend give my final thoughts, who I plan to vote for and why. I will also give a prediction too however, right now only giving preliminary thoughts. Below will first be on what are possible governments… Continue reading Final Week

We are now in the final two weeks of campaign, but with Labour Day just ending, this is when more pay attention and will be real test. I am guessing by next week, we should have a better idea of one party is starting to break away or if more status quo in polling. We… Continue reading Final two weeks

With election already over 40% done and three weeks left, question is what now? So far Liberals still have been running a lousy campaign and attacks on O'Toole don't seem to be sticking. At same time I wouldn't count Liberals out yet. It appears they are going to go after Conservative candidates as party does… Continue reading 3 weeks to go

After first week of election, here are my thoughts on how each party performed. I will also briefly touch on polls and what this means. Liberals: Its fair to say they have not had the best start. Rather than focusing on their post-pandemic plans and their record, its more been about attacking O'Toole and attacks… Continue reading One week down, four to go

It looks like my prediction PCs would win most seats was right and I was correct they had momentum, but I only predicted a minority when in fact they won a majority. In terms of what impact this will have federally, I think one needs to be careful not to read too much as mentioned… Continue reading Update on Nova Scotia election

Tomorrow, Nova Scotia will go to the polls. While I haven't followed it too closely, it looks like it is going to be a photo finish and either Liberals or PCs could win. Personally I support the PCs. While platform imperfect, it is moderate and pragmatic and deals with serious issues. More importantly fact PCs… Continue reading Nova Scotia election and Tory Platform

Barring something unforeseen happening, it looks like writ will be dropped this Sunday for an election to take place on September 20th. I will blog periodically as campaign progresses and on major issues. Below is where I see the parties right now and starting line, but note that can change. While some elections like 2019… Continue reading Upcoming election