Yes, Canadians are invading America’s elections…to the battle hymn of ‘peace-order-and-good-governance.’ For me, this iPolitics report by Colin Perkel wins the day with its slice-of-life field report exploring what drove a cluster of Canadians to canvass for Obama’s election and re-election in Pennsylvania.
Nate Silver’s Polling Magic Is Causing Headaches in Canada too. Maclean’s offers Jaime Weinman’s take on the pundit v. poll aggregator clash Nate Silver’s NYTimes 538 Blog has brought into the public square. Definitely worth a morning speed-read, but is it missing the main problem posed by Silver’s NYTimes success: if a poll aggregator, created by one arm-chair general, out-guns the Grey Lady’s field reporting and commentary, is discourse, not election auguring, be the true casualty?
Candidates Last-Minute Moves Over-Rated? Oh, and Colby Cosh—with breezy aplomb—reminds U.S. election-watchers of last-minute electioneering lessons learned from 2012’s Alberta provincial race. [Souce: Maclean's]
Breaking Down Election-Night, Hour-by-Hour. Globe and Mail offers an election-night television guide. The main thrust: we’ll know by 7:30 or tomorrow at noon—woo-hoo!
Calgary--Stop Picking on Ohio! Kevin Booker, a columnist for the Calgary Herald, casts a critical Canadian eye on the American political process:
Also, as has become customary, the liberals in Kansas and the conservatives in California will cast largely meaningless ballots. If pundits are correct, it will come down to only one state, Ohio, whose reputation for election mismanagement has been well established.
The U.S. loves to portray itself as a beacon of freedom and democracy. But when it comes down to democracy's mechanistic realities, that beacon is currently flashing an SOS. Sadly, perhaps impossibly, a total overhaul is what's needed.
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