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Originally Posted by whatnext
If this was the best the NDP under Eby could do when up against a party led by a new leader, hadn’t had an MLA since 1978 and had some truly bad candidates then they’ll be gone in four years. By then all megaprojects in B.C. will be well and truly would up with the accompanying economic slowdown. Forestry will be on its deathbed and Rustad will have had four years to whip his greenhorns into shape.
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I was expecting some weirdly negative spin from you. This was also David Eby's first election as leader, and the NDP vote held up pretty well. They got 47.7% of the votes in 2020, and 44.6% this time. (Apparently their share of the vote increased in Vancouver.) With Kevin Falcon jumping ship and putting a hole in the hull as he left, and most voters seemingly voting for (or against) parties, rather than the politicians who used to be BC United MLAs, it was to be expected that the outcome would be close, as the polls indicated. The collapse of the Green vote was more than the polls expected. Maybe they were who stayed home as their vote wasn't going to make a difference in most seats.
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