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Bruce Cameron, a Black press columnist who害羞草研究所檚 been a pollster and a strategist for more than 35 years, working for Gallup, Decima and Angus Reid before founding his own consultancy, Return on Insight, discusses the results of the B.C. municipal elections.

害羞草研究所淭here are a lot of factors that go into turnout, it害羞草研究所檚 difficult to say exactly in some instances,害羞草研究所� Cameron told host Peter McCully. 害羞草研究所淭he turnout is expected to go up when you have a very hotly contested mayoralty race. In races that I害羞草研究所檝e worked on elsewhere in Alberta, in Edmonton and in Calgary, whenever there害羞草研究所檚 an open mayor害羞草研究所檚 seat, the turnout typically goes up, but there, the turnout rate for local elections is often around 30 per cent. Doesn害羞草研究所檛 even hit close to 40 per cent, which it has here.害羞草研究所�

Typically, homeowners tend to vote in higher proportions than renters, they pay property tax and they may have been there longer as well, because often people will rent when they害羞草研究所檙e first coming into a community.

Cameron was asked what was the solution to increasing the turnout for local elections.

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A longtime Alberta and B.C. pollster and strategist, Cameron was asked about Alberta害羞草研究所檚 new leader and her route to the premier害羞草研究所檚 office.

害羞草研究所楾he problem that Danielle Smith has is that she ran so far to the right to gain the leadership position that it害羞草研究所檚 going to be tough to tack back to the middle, to actually be elected by the majority of Albertans. Even though Alberta害羞草研究所檚 reputation is a very far-right province, in Calgary and Edmonton, the politics are quite mixed.

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