BC Poll results

Thanks Steve!

And you are right, growth should never be underestimated, all polls should be tracked and when they indicate even small positive trends of momentum they make for great messaging and fundraising tools. Actually, my bet is we will shortly see this very poll in our e-mail accounts as a fundraising ask.

There is also the benefit that Canadians see these results in the newspapers or on TV and the like and say to themselves, perhaps without needing to see trends, "hey, the Green Party is serious. It's growing." With the right approach that can turn into real votes.

Good numbers, even if just a cross-section, can never be a bad thing.

We really have to know why our numbers don't add up on Election Day, every party experiences variances but we tend to have the wildest swing of all.

I have no proof, however if we have done the polling please let me know, I think that by and large the electorate likes us, as the strong second choice showing indicates but for some reason they don't translate that into a vote for us, and I think this is what happens on election day.  Prior to the election the voter can tell the pollsters whatever they feel but when they are in the booth they choose who they think is the best from their point of view.  What we really need to know empirically is what is holding them back, and my gut tells me we scare them a bit, we come across as a little too raw, a little too radical, a little too extreme, and a little too Green, and not well rounded enough, that's why I keep harping on the same thing, talk our other issues up at least 9 out of 10 times, or like I said in another post, don't talk the environment at all for the first few of weeks of the election and cause a stir.