So close to change

Things are starting to look really close in Edmonton-Strathcona.

I mean, early in the election, all the major pundits painted all of Alberta off as a Tory landslide, but most seemed to ignore the fact that Jaffer here won by around 5,000 votes – a mere half of what the Liberals got.

Now we’re seeing sites like DemocraticSpace predict a virtual tie (pdf) of 35-38% of the vote to Jaffer and Linda, and that site doesn’t take into account Liberals (check this one out, Liberals for Linda) or Greens who plan on strategic voting. Another site, Vote for Environment, predicts Linda to lose by a mere 398 votes, but it also doesn’t take into account strategic voting! (Both projections in this paragraph were taken from 2 Oct. – pre-leaders debate).

It’s overwhelming to see the support coming behind Linda Duncan, and makes this campaign actually exciting. Keep up the good work, and we can win this election.