West Vancouver -- Sunshine Coast -- Sea to Sky Country

According to the polls, it's a very close contest here. Your criteria misses us because for the last election Blair Wilson, the formerly Liberal MP, switched to Green and skewed things and ultimately lost to Conservative candidate, John Weston. This year Liberal candidate Dan Veniez has a very good chance of winning if even a small percentage of the NDP and Green voters voted Liberal this time around.

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Permalink Reply by ernie yacub on April 20, 2011 at 1:46am

help us beat harper clone john duncan in vi north by getting libs here to swap votes with ndp in your riding.

http://votepair.ca

Permalink Reply by michele on April 20, 2011 at 5:37am
I had just registered with votepair to vote Green, but I changed it to NDP. I think there may be more matches for an NDP vote. I will vote Liberal regardless, but I would be glad to support you on the Island if this works out.
Permalink Reply by michele on April 22, 2011 at 4:19pm

Why was the reply I received this morning deleted?? I got the first line of it as an email notification.

This race is now especially scary because there are lies being spread about Veniez' previous business dealings. Veniez is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't regarding responding to them because he has to have proof that Weston's minions have been spreading them or he himself is being libellous. People don't believe politicians when then deny these kinds of rumours. He will probably sue, but that won't help him before May 2.

 

Permalink Reply by ernie yacub on April 22, 2011 at 5:41pm

try finding liberals in your riding to call/email liberals in vi north to swap votes with ndp in your riding - there are other ndp ridings that could use liberal votes in exchange for ndp votes in yours.

i found the facebook app to work better than votepair.ca http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=39589050468

 

Permalink Reply by Islander on April 28, 2011 at 6:11pm

I totally agree with Michele's original posting. A definite oversight here--this has been a "see-saw" riding between Conservatives and Liberals. If you look at the poll results at Project Democracy for this riding, you'll see that until the last couple of days, it was almost a dead heat between the Liberals and Conservatives, with the NDP well below. Now the Liberals have fallen significantly behind the Conservatives.

 

Because West Van is part of the riding, there's no way the NDP can take it. Dan Veniez is not my idea of the perfect Liberal candidate; however, he is the only one with the slightest chance of taking it away from John Weston. Perhaps voters in this riding would be good candidates for "pair-voting." http://www.votepair.ca/

 

This should be added to your list of "crucial" BC ridings as it isn't too late to stop the Weston machine.

http://calgary.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-furniture-beds-mattresses-I...
Permalink Reply by Geri Avis on April 30, 2011 at 12:56pm

I whole heartedly agree with Michele and Islander.  West Vancouver/Sunshine Coast is my riding as well and I am voting Liberal strategically.  Please add it to your list as the polls show there's only a difference of approximately 5600 votes between the libs and the cons in this riding.

 

Permalink Reply by Islander on April 30, 2011 at 2:07pm

Well, we all have to rethink things again.

 

It seems that the Liberals are fading and the NDP are coming up fast in WVan-SC-StS...

 

Here are the latest polls from the riding, according to Project Democracy:

 

http://www.projectdemocracy.ca/west-vancouver-sunshine-coast-sea-sk...

 

If you use the dropdown box to look at the last week's polls, you'll see that it's gone from neck-and-neck Cons/Lib with NDP trailing, to Cons ahead with Lib/NDP neck and neck and the NDP coming up while the Liberals fade.

 

Under the circumstances, it looks as if an NDP vote is the sensible one. I'm actually happier with that, since I've been to an all-candidates' in Gibsons, and Terry Platt of the NDP definitely came out best in the debate, by a long shot!

Permalink Reply by michele on April 30, 2011 at 3:33pm

That's exactly what I'm afraid of. The NDP is catching up, but they can't win in this riding. Weston's smear campaign worked well, especially since Veniez didn't counter it adequately. If those of us who were planning to vote strategically for the LIberals switch now to NDP, we guarrantee that we will split the vote and Weston will certainly get in.

Veniez does not present himself well, which is not a good thing in a politician, but he has integrity. I'm thrilled about the "NDP surge," which bodes well for the ultimate make-up of parliament after this election, but here in this riding... please vote Liberal.

Boy am I going to lobby for voting reform after this election!

Permalink Reply by Geri Avis on April 30, 2011 at 4:57pm

If the election were today, with that vote spread, I would still vote liberal (all the while wanting to vote NDP).  I'll be watching this poll up until I vote.

 

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