The Liberals are stumbling, the NDP effort lacks spark and the Progressive Conservatives appear to be cruising to victory.
Those are conclusions of a panel of political experts interviewed by the Free Press as the Manitoba election campaign reaches its midway point today.
They say while the result isn’t carved in stone — a scandal could arise or PC Leader Brian Pallister could make a deadly error in one of several upcoming leadership debates — a pattern has developed that, if unchecked, would see a wave of Tory blue sweep the province April 19.
Pallister is running a cautious, "boring" front-runner campaign, which is a solid strategy when you’re well ahead in the polls, said Royce Koop, a political scientist at the University of Manitoba.
On the campaign trail, he’s been relaxed, content to repeat long-standing PC promises and point to grievances with the NDP. And he’s been smiling — more than he has since becoming leader, by acclamation, of a then-discouraged Tory party in 2012.
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Tories ahead at halfway point - Winnipeg Free Press
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You ever notice?
By lance on April 2, 2016 5:00 PM | 3 Comments
That no one ever talks about the 17 year NDP monarchy in Manitoba quite like they did the PC monarchy in Alberta?
I wonder why that is?