Posts tagged ‘#voteON’
What the Edelman ELECT team is reading today
In pre-debate jockeying:
- How to watch a TV election debate: Look for stagecraft, not statecraft (Globe and Mail)
- Debates can decide an election (Toronto Sun)
- Will the Ontario leaders’ debate be a gamechanger or ‘pretty dull stuff’? (National Post)
- Sticking to their mantras (Windsor Star)
- Tuning out in Ontario (Ottawa Citizen)
What the Edelman ELECT team is reading today
In today’s Ontario election news:
- McGuinty denies killing Mississauga power plant to save his skin (Toronto Star)
- Ontario Election: Debate On Tuesday Night Could Be Crucial To Outcome (The Huffington Post Canada)
- Ontario Votes: Are health boards worth keeping? (Ottawa Citizen)
- Transportation moves voters, but politicians are loath to discuss it (Globe and Mail)
- The Contender: A profile of Tim Hudak (National Post)
- ADFW: Serious race in the riding with the funny name (Hamilton Spectator)
Ontario Election Online Conversation Analysis – September 22
What the Edelman ELECT team is reading today
In today’s Ontario election news:
- Ontario Liberal and Tory leaders limit media exposure on election trail (Globe and Mail)
- Survey gives Ontario Liberals the edge on green policies (The Record)
- Wind turbine debate sparked in Ontario election (CBC.ca)
- Hudak, McGuinty hardly differ at all (National Post)
- NDP May Hold Balance Of Power In Ontario (The Huffington Post Canada)
- Forestry seen as key issue (The Chronicle Journal)
Ontario Election Online Conversation Analysis – September 21
Suzuki’s Ontario Liberal party “endorsement” pulled due to connection with charitable organization
David Suzuki’s video endorsing the OLP was pulled after some opponent rumblings that it was tantamount to an endorsement by the David Suzuki Foundation – a clear no-no, as registered charities cannot participate in partisan politics in Canada.
The OLP quickly removed the video to appease critics, but it raises the question – at what point does a private citizen become the embodiment of an organization? The Foundation stated that it was not behind the endorsement, and that Suzuki “Occasionally…expresses his own personal opinion.” Fair point. But as the name, face and voice of the David Suzuki Foundation, is it really possible to separate the man from the machine? Read more »
September 21, 2011 in E.L.E.C.T, Our IdeasWhat the Edelman ELECT team is reading today
In Tuesday’s Ontario election news:
- John Ivison: Mud still not sticking to McGuinty (National Post)
- Mud flies as party leaders vie for rural vote (Toronto Star)
- Third-party advertisers take the spotlight in the Ontario election (Maclean’s)
- Prof expects the election mud to keep flying (The Standard)
- Ont. election rivals jump on tractors to court farm vote (Sympatico.ca)
Ontario Election Online Conversation Analysis – September 20
Ontario Election Online Conversation Analysis – September 19
What the Edelman ELECT team is reading today
In Monday’s news:
- Social media a powerful election tool but no match for door knocking: experts (Globe and Mail)
- Parties use apps, QR codes to reach out to voters (CTV.ca)
- Vote Compass returns for Ontario election (CBC.ca)
- Boxing gloves, chicken nuggets and other Ontario election campaign highlights (National Post)
Ontario Election Online Conversation Analysis – September 18
What the Edelman ELECT team is reading today
In today’s news:
- Ontario election campaign turns nasty online (Toronto Star)
- Wildly different opinion polls in Ontario election have one pollster crying foul (Yahoo! News Canada)
- Bad polls distort democracy (Ottawa Citizen)
- Union leader gives McGuinty a boost (Hamilton Spectator)
- Federal politicians wading into Ontario election campaign (National Post)
- PCs slam Liberals over Ontario energy ads (Globe and Mail)
Ontario Election Online Conversation Analysis – September 15
What the Edelman ELECT team is reading today
In today’s news:
- Hepburn: Our tawdry love affair with political ads (Toronto Star)
- Ottawa mayor finds election sign goof (CBC.ca)
- Liberals, Tories separated by just one point in Ontario election: poll (National Post)
- Hudak backs away from ‘foreign workers’ issue (Globe and Mail)
What Ontario election news are you reading today?
How did this week’s “foreign workers” discussion play out online?”
One week into the Ontario election and you would be forgiven if you thought this campaign was about foreign-credentialed professionals seeking employment. And depending on your political bent the debate could be summed up as either pandering to foreign workers and affirmative action or xenophobia and the threat of Tea Party north. On September 5, the governing Ontario Liberals released their election platform which included plans for a $12 million program intended to encourage employers to hire foreign trained professionals.
Edelman ELECT looked into the use of words like foreign worker, foreigners, affirmative action, xenophobia, immigrant, apology, and division and applied them to discussion hashtags #voteON and #ONpoli. Between September 5 and September 11 nearly 8000 tweets that included Tim Hudak and/or the Ontario PCs used one or more of these terms. Read more »
September 15, 2011 in E.L.E.C.T, Our Ideas