{"id":76890,"date":"2017-04-19T18:51:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/the-pollcast-polls-and-tolls-in-the-b-c-election-campaign.html"},"modified":"2017-04-19T18:51:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:51:24","slug":"the-pollcast-polls-and-tolls-in-the-b-c-election-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/the-pollcast-polls-and-tolls-in-the-b-c-election-campaign.html","title":{"rendered":"The Pollcast: Polls and tolls in the B.C. election campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">CBC\u00a0Pollcast<\/a>, hosted by CBC poll analyst \u00c9ric Grenier, explores the world of electoral\u00a0politics,\u00a0political polls and the trends they reveal.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>As the provincial election campaign in British Columbia enters its second week, Christy Clark&#8217;s B.C. Liberals and John Horgan&#8217;s B.C. New Democrats are running nearly neck-and-neck in the polls. The latest numbers suggest the NDP holds only a narrow advantage.<\/p>\n<p>So the vote could come down to only a handful of seats \u2014 and those south of the Fraser River, in the Lower Mainland, could prove decisive.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>B.C. Poll Tracker: <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Follow the latest numbers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Podcasts: <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Subscribe to the CBC\u00a0Pollcast\u200b<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Accordingly, the first week of the campaign was dominated by two duelling promises from the Liberals and NDP on bridge tolls. The Liberals promised to cap commuters&#8217; annual toll fees to $500 for two bridges over the Fraser River. The NDP then promised to eliminate the tolls entirely.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.4075984.1492625701!\/cpImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/original_220\/bc-elxn-green-party-20170411.jpg\" alt=\"BC Elxn Green Party 20170411\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"figure-caption\">British Columbia Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver. (Darryl Dyck\/Canadian Press)<\/p>\n<p>How are these toll policies playing out in the campaign? And how are the two parties handling Andrew Weaver&#8217;s B.C. Greens, who continue to make gains in the polls?<\/p>\n<p>To break down week one of the\u00a0campaign, and what to look for in week two, Pollcast host \u00c9ric Grenier is joined by Richard Zussman, the CBC&#8217;s legislative reporter in British Columbia, and Justine Hunter, B.C. political reporter for the Globe and Mail.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the full discussion above \u2014 or <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">subscribe to the CBC\u00a0Pollcast<\/a> and listen to past episodes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">\u00c9ric Grenier<\/a>, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Justine Hunter<\/a> and <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Richard Zussman<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter.<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/grenier-pollcast-hunter-zussman-1.4075721?cmp=rss<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CBC\u00a0Pollcast, hosted by CBC poll analyst \u00c9ric Grenier, explores the world of electoral\u00a0politics,\u00a0political polls and the trends they reveal. As the provincial election campaign in British Columbia enters its second week, Christy Clark&#8217;s B.C. Liberals and John Horgan&#8217;s B.C. New Democrats are running nearly neck-and-neck in the polls. 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