The Greens have strong polling numbers and an extremely popular leader in Peter Bevan-Baker. But where are the Green votes and will they turn out today?
The provincial election in P.E.I. today has gained national attention because of the chance that it could yield the first Green government in Canadian history, but two experts are cautioning that the result is far from certain.
In a close three-way race that features the Greens, the Conservatives under Dennis King, and the incumbent Liberals led by Premier Wade MacLauchlan, everything turns on how exactly the votes split in each of the province’s 27 ridings.Interestingly, polling shows that the Greens might be set to make “serious inroads” in rural P.E.I., Desserud said.
Bevan-Baker built that decision into a narrative of an out-of-touch Liberal government, according to Desserud.The Greens followed that up with the election of Hannah Bell as their second MLA in a 2017 by-election. Bell was an established entrepreneur and the founder of the P.E.I. Business Woman’s Association, and her choice to run with the Greens gave the party economic bona fides, Desserud said.
“It’s just one of those elections,” McKenna said. “Oftentimes I’m able to read the tea leaves and make a prediction. But not this one.”
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