tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post2662469574358917167..comments2009-09-13T10:49:50.524-04:00Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740ben@eagle.caBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-77936038279631572082009-09-13T10:25:48.615-04:002009-09-13T10:25:48.615-04:00All national campaign, entirely. Agreed. Where the government goes so will this riding. A strongly run liberal campaign from the centre combined with a strong local election day machine is what the Liberal&#39;s need to win here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-20528715682724904572009-09-13T09:07:40.037-04:002009-09-13T09:07:40.037-04:00We may disagree on the interpretation of numbers but let us agree on one thing, an old, but true political theme - The local candidate is only worth about 5% of the vote. Even Obama couldn&#39;t beat the numbers that Norlock has.<br />benBen Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-7750140357476107022009-09-13T09:04:52.858-04:002009-09-13T09:04:52.858-04:00This is a nomination, Ben. Look historically at nominations in this area, by comparison to those this nomination was far more decisive than those.<br /><br />Lets agree to disagree, because no matter what way we look at it - nearly 1000 came out and Kim Rudd won. Far more than the almost 50 that showed to the Con AGM and what I expect to be an NDP acclimation. Without Russ the NDP will lose a lot of support, he was an amazing candidate. Moreover, without a contested race the local NDP will lose out on a great chance to build support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-50358487466527637702009-09-13T08:12:36.411-04:002009-09-13T08:12:36.411-04:00from wikipedia: &quot;In general, any British general election which results in a majority of over 100 seats tends to be described as a landslide.&quot;<br />630 odd seats in the BP means that 100 over the majority is a 75% vistory.<br />In Rudd&#39;s case she underachieved by 9 votes the other 470 votes were divided according to 2nd choice of McFadyen&#39;s ballots. Of the 470 she gained only another 56 to bring her to a final count of 519. 56 out of the available 463 added to her first ballot is not a landslide just 56%.Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-65383905485957429562009-09-13T00:00:02.738-04:002009-09-13T00:00:02.738-04:00Tony Clement landslide? Really?<br /><br />Here is the best way to do the math.<br /><br />Take all of Chris Herrington&#39;s votes, and all of Andrew McFadyen&#39;s votes and add the two of them together. Subtract 8 votes. That&#39;s how much Kim Rudd lost the first ballot on. She was 8 votes shy of the 50%, out of 950 or so votes cast.<br /><br />On the second ballot she received a far majority of Andrew McFadyen&#39;s second ballot choices.<br /><br />Sure, the 8 votes she didn&#39;t have on the first ballot means that it was 8 votes for being definitive of a victory for you ... but facts are facts.<br /><br />Especially since Paul Macklin in 2000 won by under 15 votes on more ballots than two.<br /><br />This nomination? Landslide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-24415548243886294852009-09-12T12:33:16.643-04:002009-09-12T12:33:16.643-04:00I&#39;m just glad the android didn&#39;t win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-12333085753358868112009-09-11T19:12:37.297-04:002009-09-11T19:12:37.297-04:00Yep a Tony Clement landslide!!Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-8811986220834656472009-09-11T14:44:58.480-04:002009-09-11T14:44:58.480-04:009 or 15 votes short of first count win sure sounds like a landslide to me. It&#39;s been awhile since I&#39;ve calculated a stats breakdown, but it doesn&#39;t take a math genius to figure out those numbers... over 400 votes of just over 900 cast ... the rest being divided between the other two ... yep, a landslide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-25174884778230989242009-09-11T07:24:46.613-04:002009-09-11T07:24:46.613-04:00Shamwow !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-47487833796492264622009-09-11T02:28:11.894-04:002009-09-11T02:28:11.894-04:00It was 9 votes short of first ballot support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com