Saturday, May 2nd, The Vancouver Sun Decision 2009 Brought us this Article,
Parties Failing to Connect With Voters, Poll Reveals
VANCOUVER — Leaders of British Columbia’s three major political parties have failed to connect with voters during the provincial election so far, a new Ipsos Reid poll has found.
Coming as the campaign approaches the halfway point, the poll finds that both New Democratic Party Leader Carole James and Liberal leader Gordon Campbell have turned off more voters than they’ve inspired.
In the poll, 37 per cent of voters said the campaign has so far lower their impression of James and the NDP, while 34 per cent said the same of Campbell and the Liberals.
Headed with an image of Campbell and Marc Dalton, the Liberal Candidate in Maple Ridge-Mission, the article goes on to quote from pollster Kyle Braid of Ipsos Reid-
“Clearly, none of them are resonating yet,” said Kyle Braid, vice president of Ipsos Reid.
“Whatever the campaigns have been talking about has not been something that has moved voters.”
You will find substantially similar stories in all the ‘Mainstream Media’, and all are desperately trying to confine the election to the three major parties. Conspicuously absent are the smaller parties and independents. Neither the Sun or the Province newspapers, plus Global or CTV television have mentioned any of the Reform BC candidates in stories, or especially in their supposed ‘comprehensive’ candidates databases.
This is in direct contradiction of the local papers, that still understand that their business is news, not attempting to sway public opinion.
Reform BC believes there is a better way for government to serve the people, and the more the Mainstream Media, Wikipedia, pollsters and pundits try to stick their fingers in their ears and go “Ya Ya Ya” the faster this prevarication will be noticed by the average voter.
Ian
Ian Vaughan in Maple Ridge 