Scheer is not an idiot, nor was he in suspended animation. If he was serious about reneging his American citizenship he could have started that process years ago, gone slowly and had it finished long before this election.
Presvias wrote:How accurate is the polling? Never realized it was so solidly blue in the west and so solidly bloc quebecoise in quebec.
There is, or was, something of a mantra that to get support in Quebec you (your leader) had to be from Quebec. The only time I can recall a Party getting widespread support in Quebec with out its leader being from there, is the NDP under Jack Layton - and he was special. Alberta is generally Conservative unless they feel like punishing the Cons. The rest of the Prairies/West are a bit more varied. The Maritimes (provinces East of Quebec) .. last election there was a spat between the Provincial Cons and the Federal Cons, so the provincial Cons endorced the Federal Liberals who then swept those provinces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_o ... _summariesSeptember 15 was a month+ before voting, I would say that reflects sentiment rather than actual intended voting pattern. Having 2.5 alternative parties makes me think strategic voting would be brutally effective, but so many parties might make the atmosphere less divided and thus less pressure for strategic voting. I got no predictions on this.
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