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16 Saskatchewan Constituencies to Watch in 2016 Election
April 1, 2016 - 3:56pm
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According to the article, there are 16 constituencies bearing close watching: Cumberland, Kindersley, Moose Jaw North, Moose Jaw Wakamow, Prince Albert Carlton, Prince Albert Northcote, Regina Coronation Park, Regina Douglas Park, Regina Lakeview, Regina Rosemont, Regina University, Saskatoon Fairview, Saskatoon Meewasin, Saskatoon University, and the Battlefords.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/constituencies-watch-saskatch...
10 candidates to watch in Saskatchewan's election
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/candidates-to-watch-saskatche...
Live results for the Saskatchewan election will be available at the site below.
http://thestarphoenix.com/news/politics/live-results-saskatchewan-electi...
A description of each Saskatchewan riding and its candidates can be found at
http://globalnews.ca/news/2564575/saskatchewan-election-2016-the-ridings/
The latest poll puts the Saskatories 31 points ahead. This election will end Cam Broten's tenure as SNDP leader, but may not leave enough of a party behind for anyone to even bother seeking the SNDP leadership again.
The question remains...why did the establishment of the SNDP work so hard to put this guy in the leadership at all?
It's a tragedy, and an avoidable tragedy.
Ryan Meili or anyone else would clearly have done much, much better.
I agree. By offering no major new differences from Wall's agenda, Broten will leave the electoral picture either much the same as before the election or worse.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/grenier-saskatchewan-polls-1....
I like that the NDP's choice for 5 to watch are mostly named Nicole.
Broten will probably gain 3 or 4 seats and keep his job as a result.
i looked over some of the ridings. 3 new ones.
If the SNDP ends up losing even more seats, won't that basically be the end of the road for them? Would it ever be possible for the SNDP to win another election if they end up with fewer seats than they have now?
Hard to see how Broten could make a case for ever getting another kick at the can even if he takes them up to twelve seats.
Live Election Results:
http://globalnews.ca/news/2615932/saskatchewan-election-results-2016-a-l...
The question that Broten didn't think to try and answer is what he was trying to accomplish this election. Normally, parties want to win, but even under the best circumstances that just was not in the cards for the NDP this time around. So they needed to come up with something else. Did they want to send Brad Wall a message? Hold him accountable? Stand up to him? Present a vision for a green economy? Argue for preventative health services second to none in the country? A vision for arts and culture? Reconciliation with First Nations? If the election is a foregone conclusion, it really is hard to motivate people to care, and so Broten needed a compelling reason to give the voters as to why else to care. He didn't, and I'm willing to bet that voter turn-out isn't going to be particularly high this time around.
That's an excellent sumarry, A24.
It's something that all political parties, at both the federal & provincial level, should keep in mind.
The Federal Liberals forgot about it for a decade, and the Federal NDP forgot about it last year.
You need to give the voters a reason to vote for you and a compelling narrative and story to motivate them with.
CBC SK results link:
http://www.cbc.ca/includes/provincialelections/saskatchewan/dashboard/
It's over.
SP already leading 20 seats to 5 seats with 60% of the vote going to SP
SP now leading 35 seats to 10 seats
Libs & Grns battling it out for last place
Cam Broten is currently trailing by 200 votes in his own constituency with just over 40% of polls in.
Broten is still down by 134 votes with 10 polls left.
SASKATOON WESTVIEW
55 of 62 polls
Cam Broten is now trailing by only 82 votes.
http://www.cbc.ca/includes/provincialelections/saskatchewan/dashboard/
Down by 29; 58 of 62 polls
With all polls reporting, Broten has lost by 123 votes (3,329 to 3,206), so I expect that there will be a new leader.
The Saskatchewan Party is elected in 48 and leading in 3, while the NDP is elected in 10 - a net gain of only one, despite the addition of 3 new ridings.
http://globalnews.ca/news/2615932/saskatchewan-election-results-2016-a-l...
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So, gender balance:
Danielle Chartier
Cathy Sproule
Carla Beck (new)
Nicole Rancourt (new)
Nicole Sarauer (new)
Trent Wotherspoon
Buckley Belanger
David Forbes
Warren McCall
Doyle Vermette
This certainly isn't going to help out Broten's provincial counterparts one province east. The one upshot I can see is that these results give credence to the argument that change is necessary federally.
Ah, yes... they weren't left enough so voters flocked to Brad Wall. Gotcha!
Actually, just under half of the voting public in Saskatchewan couldn't be bothered to care. There's a certain segment of the population that benefits from Wall's policies, everyone else has essentially given up on the political process because it has failed them.
Anyone else the NDP could have chosen as leader would have inspired greater turnout. Any increase in turnout will help the most progressive party in the race.
Cam Broten was the most right-wing leader the SNDP could ever have chosen. He ran on the most right-wing program the SNDP could possibly have chosen. There are no issues at all on which the SNDP could move any further right from where it is now and still be distinguishable from the Saskatories.
It's not as though they'd have done better by supporting furthern weakening unions, bashing "welfare mothers" or treating FN's as a "special interest group" that needs to be put in its place. Or by promising to out-cut Brad Wall.
So no, you have nothing to be smug about here. Nothing that happened tonight validates your "lefties are losers" attitude.