Prof. Gerald Baier comments on the confidence and supply agreement announced by the Liberals and NDP
According to Professor Gerald Baier, both the parties will have victories and accomplishments they can highlight. “But this (agreement) also has the potential to really hurt the NDP going forward, because voters will think, ‘Why would I vote NDP when the Liberals are doing the kinds of things that the NDP would do?” said Professor Gerald Baier.
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Conservative losses in Metro Vancouver suburbs mark biggest change for B.C. in status-quo election
“There were all kinds of things [Erin O’Toole] was talking about that were much more towards the middle,but voters were hesitant to really believe it.” Prof. Gerald Baier told CBC News about Conservative election losses in Metro Vancouver.
Prof. Gerald Baier says the NDP could prove to be a wild card in 2021 election
“The Liberals are holding steady at that 2019 number. … The Conservatives have dropped a little bit. But the seat projections might still be about the same for them. The only real big difference is the NDP surging in the province,” Gerald Baier said.
Liberals face loss of progressive votes in bid for Vancouver-Granville riding, Prof. Gerald Baier says.
“It’s not just the legacy of Wilson-Raybould with the Liberals, but (Noormohamed) has to run against the likelihood there are progressive voters in the riding now who have a more obvious progressive choice in the form of an NDP candidate,” Prof. Gerald Baier said in an interview.
Prof. Gerald Baier says social media campaigning not enough to get people out to vote.
“Young voters often don’t turn out to vote,” Prof. Gerald Baier explained. “You have to knock on doors and get people out to vote, and I think that will be even more important this time around when turnout is expected to be low.”
Prof. Gerald Baier comments on schisms between federal and provincial wings of the NDP
“When the NDP is in government, they tend to face a bit of criticism from the left, the farther left, even though they are the farthest left of the mainstream parties, because governing requires some degree of compromise,” Prof. Gerald Baier said.
Prof. Gerald Baier comments on Erin O’Toole’s campaign appearances on the North Shore
Gerald Baier, a North Shore resident and professor of political science at University of British Columbia, said O’Toole’s stop on the North Shore is indicative of the party’s desire to win back those seats. “We have 17 days left, so every place they go is very symbolic of where they’re hoping to make gains,” he said.
Vancouver has the biggest pool of unsafe seats in 2021 election says Prof. Gerald Baier
“By the time the numbers are tallied it will come down to what happens in a province that’s really competitive between all three parties,” Baier said, adding B.C. sent an “eclectic mix” of MPs from all parties to Parliament in 2019.