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January 21, 2006Revised Election PredictionsNow that the last of the polls are out, Andrew Coyne has put out a call for election predictions. I made my first one in mid-December, and I still think it's pretty close to what's going to happen, but I'm going to alter it slightly based on the way things are going. First, the Conservatives are doing better than I thought they would. I had given 130 seats to them, now I think it'll be 140. Too bad it's not a majority, but it'll be enough to take the Liberals' greasy hands off the levers of power. The Liberals are doing much worse than I expected, they go from 103 to 82, benefiting the NDP, who get bumped from 21 to 31. The Bloc go from 54 to 55. So. My final prediction: Conservatives: 140I'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised on Monday, but am not counting on it. I don't think there's really any Liberal supporters left, just anti-Conservatives. Perhaps the absence of something to vote for will keep a large portion of these people away. Gotta have something to hope for. Coyne also asked three questions. My answers:
UPDATE: For some reason, I had the number of seats wrong. There's 308, not 315. I knew that but I was thinking of the number needed for a majority. I've altered them by lowering the Blocs totals. The others are solid. Posted by Bruce Gottfred at January 21, 2006 05:42 PM | TrackBackComments
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