Counting seats, not votes, has Liberals sitting pretty

The NDP's decline and the Conservatives' piling up of votes in their strongholds has the Liberal Party in a strong position to protect or even add seats in the election, writes pollster Greg Lyle.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. The Liberal Party has lost some of its lustre in ridings across the country, but it still has a good chance to capture a majority of the seats in the fall election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GREG LYLE

September 9, 2019

VANCOUVER—If you are focused on the national horserace numbers, you may be missing the story of this election. If you look closely, not only can you see the Liberals have their votes in the right places, there are pockets of seats that may give the Liberals unexpected gains. As Hillary Clinton an...

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