Why the Conservative membership total blew away insider projections

Some campaigns sacrificed data to save cash; 100,000 new members are now fair game for email blasts.

Candidates in the Conservative leadership race were able to sign up members to the party in several ways, including one that kept those people hidden from their competitors until last week. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

May 3, 2017

The Conservative Party blew past estimates from leadership candidates, pollsters, and party insiders by signing up 259,010 members by the March 28 cutoff to vote in the federal party’s leadership race on May 27. Estimates by those close to the race had ranged from ...

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