Over time, you should see all 5 days of voting to be equal in turnout, with a bias to the last day, as there are more polling stations. And Saturday is an easy day to vote too.

Andy is right on track. The socialist mode of production means graft, waste, and the abusive mixing of economic power (of the crown corporations) with political power.

Just look at the way COPE 378 is taking their $100,000 average salaries and benefits and funneling that into anti-Liberal advertisements and GOTV campaigns. Its odious how socialists have absolutely no ethics in using taxpayer money to influence the election and grab power against the interests of the very same taxpayer.

To err is human.

Glass you missed one seat from your list:

Stikine at 11.7%, as compared to 7.9% for Bulkley Valley-Stikine in 2005 for all four days.

Other than that can we please keep the vitriol out of this discussion. As I have said elsewhere, it would make for better politics in BC if the “Liberals” showed more compassion for those who are less able to look after themselves and it would be really good if the NDP did not try to emulate the failed policies of British Labour Prime Minister, Harold Wilson like:

buying up Kootenay Forest Products, Ocean Falls and Panco Poultry in the 1970’s

buying Skeena Cellulose and building fast ferries in the 1990’s

Incidentally I also oppose bailing out the auto industry too.

I much prefer the Swedish model that gave out early retirement and retrained other workers and allowed capital to invest elsewhere rather than prop up the Swedish ship building industry when it could not compete with Japan.

A proper retraining program, jointly funded fed/prov program under EI, with a renewed apprenticeship program in BC would do much more than the current Job Opportunities Fund.

What is more likely is that if there is a higher voter turnout this time than last, it means there are more people motivated to vote and express themselves on something that is a concern to them about how things have been done by the current government.

The upshot of that is that the polling models are unlikely to be accurate. Pollsters spend a lot of their time focusing on history. When voters change their minds and do things that are “extraordinary”, the polls are unlikely to reflect it accurately or at all.

All of which suggests we are in for an interesting evening on Tuesday night…..

Saanich North and the Islands LIB
Comox Valley LIB
Parksville-Qualicum LIB
Boundary-Similkameen LIB
Kootenay East LIB
Cariboo-Chilcotin NDP
Surrey-White Rock LIB
Oak Bay-Gordon Head LIB
Cowichan Valley NDP
Fraser-Nicola NDP
Cariboo North NDP
Shuswap LIB
Penticton LIB
Powell River-Sunshine Coast NDP
Esquimalt-Royal Roads NDP

6 NDP – 9 LIB

2005 3 day advanced turnout: 5.1%

2009 3 day advanced turnout: 7.3%

Uhhh — and who have I insulted? The NDP? The NDP is not a person. Get your categories correct and cut the BS artistry.

Pls. provide link to Global TV. Its hard to trust a koolaid drinker that denies facts such as the relative advance voters declining.

And maybe you should polish on your polisci? Remember all the lefties marching with the Islamists screaming “we are all Hezbollah now”? Where have you been in the past 20 years (since the fall of communism)? If you dont understand the link between leftwing fascism such as Hugo Chavez (buddy of Ahmadinejad) and rightwing religious fascism (Islamism), then go and read Mr. George Galloway or the lefty manifesto of his Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood friends.

The federal NDP now has Islamic and faith-based caucuses in Ottawa. Check them out.

Glass, how can you say that advance voting suggests turnout will be down when we have already beaten last election’s early voting with one more day of advance polls yet to go?

Now you seem to be lying. You never should compare absolute numbers (that is reserved for NDP liars such as Rafe Mair and Shane Simpson). Always compare unit numbers (percentages). You were proven wrong on Advanced voting.