Canadian Politics
How to predict a leadership race
Leadership races are a black box to outsiders. But there are ways to read the signals if you know where to look.
Danielle Smith
22 posts on Danielle Smith from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Alberta Politics
Mapping the results of the 2019 Alberta provincial election
Map release day is always a good day. I’ve been griding away putting together a provincial map of the 2019 Alberta provincial election results. In this…
Alberta Politics
One or the other
There’s an election in Canada. And the classic divide is between two parties. One party has been endorsed by the National Post, the other by the Globe and…
PC Party of Alberta
I never thought they’d stoop so low
The Alberta election is in its last week and it’s been an angry and desperate one for the PC Party of Alberta. At the outset of the campaign, polls showed that…
Wildrose Party
Poll: Wildrose and PC gap tightens to 8
Campaign Research’s third weekly tracking poll shows that the Alberta election gap between Wildrose and the PC Party has tightened to 8 points. Some key…
News making
New Poll: Wildrose up by 17 points
Another poll shocker from Campaign Research today as their latest tracking poll shows the Wildrose Party in Alberta up by 17 points over the PC Party. You’ll…
News making
It’s getting nasty in Alberta
Well, that didn’t take long. After Alberta Premier Alison Redford promised a few days ago to run a positive campaign, this tweet from one of her staffers…
Wildrose Party
Alberta’s Wildrose way out ahead
Polling done by market research firm Campaign Research was completed last night in Alberta and the results are no short of stunning. The details: – Wildrose is…
Danielle Smith
Danielle Smith endorses federal Conservative majority government
I heard this morning that Alberta Wildrose Alliance leader Danielle Smith was endorsing Stephen Harper so I wanted to confirm. Confirmed the old-fashioned way……