A number of factors are at play in B.C.’s election campaign, including whether the BC Conservatives can maintain their newly reformed unity, how “orphan” voters who don’t have a side cast their votes, and how the electorate may react to the governing NDP’s snap election call, as it enjoyed a comfortable lead in the polls leading up to the election call.
The election was called for Oct. 24 after NDP Leader David Eby met with B.C. Lt.-Gov. Wendy Cocchia at Government House in Victoria on Sept. 22 and requested the dissolution of the legislature, triggering the provincial election….