We’ve already seen the impact that exasperated voters can have, in last month’s municipal elections.
Tuesday’s midterm election results in the U.S. should be a warning to politicians here in B.C., on both sides of the aisle.
Certainly the overall results were less encouraging than the Republicans had expected. Nearly all the pre-election polling predicted a “red wave,” based in part on voter concerns over the rising cost of living and urban violence. That didn’t happen.And that should resonate here, for the same issues predominate — pocketbook worries and violence in the streets.
Yet none of these issues is amenable to rapid progress. The shortage of affordable housing is a national problem that has withstood years-long efforts to relieve it. If there’s good news for Eby, it’s that his party currently enjoys a 10-point margin over that of Liberals in recent opinion polls. But that may not last.
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