I mean can't anyone within the 5th estate figure this one out? What is this? There have been quite a few elections in this nascent millennium where the actual election results do not match the alleged forecast polls.
Why this for? My hunch is that with the advent of the widespread use of the internet people have really gotten used to lying to technology sourced queries. Also with the internet and news cable channels there are streams of information which do influence people's attitudes.
Another problem with modern society is the lack of loyalty. People used to be fiercely loyal to political parties. No more.
Prime Minister Harper called the election in the belief that he could achieve a majority in Parliament. This he could control. But he could not control the parade of exterior events beyond his management. The extreme example is the collapse of the global economic system due to misguided economic policy administrated by the US Republicans. Harper fashioned himself a friend of the US government. Ouch!
Harper also led a weak attack ad campaign which only attacked the weak Liberal party in a land where attack ads have failed historically. The one saving grace of Canadian political culture is that people appreciate the installation of at least one policy per ad. Indeed the Conservatives didn't come up with an alleged platform.
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Speaking of attack ads, a couple of days ago I saw a clip on TV of an old Stephen Harper interview where he says, 'last week attack ads' are a bad, ugly thing and anyway, they don't work and besides, he'd never run any because he likes his campaigns to end on a positive note.
I thought that was interesting as yesterday I had forced upon my poor eyes literally hundreds of last minute attack ads by the Conservatives against Mr. Dion, one after another after another after another ad nauseum.
I guess Harper changed his mind about 'last week attack ads' being a bad and stupid thing and also about ending his campaign on a positive note --- for some reason or other.
Maybe it was the same reason he decided not to follow the spirit of his own law, the one stating when elections are scheduled?
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