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Conservatives must be better at microtargeting voters and communicating ideas to win more seats: data experts

Using the 2011 election results and data from each riding, Politrain Consulting data expert Mitch Wexler tells Manning Centre Conference attendees that Conservatives would win 189 seats, the NDP would win 108 seats, and the Liberals would win 36 seats in the 2015 federal election with 30 new seats in the House of Commons.

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Carleton University professor Andre Turcotte, left, and Politrain Consulting principal Mitch Wexler, right, spoke about 'The Pulse of the Conservative Movement' at the Manning Centre Conference on March 8.

For the first times in 27 years, conservatives hold the majority of legislative seats across the country but parties must remain vigilant in properly communicating their ideas and microtargeting voters in ridings they can win, say electoral data experts.

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Conservatives must be better at microtargeting voters and communicating ideas to win more seats: data experts

Using the 2011 election results and data from each riding, Politrain Consulting data expert Mitch Wexler tells Manning Centre Conference attendees that Conservatives would win 189 seats, the NDP would win 108 seats, and the Liberals would win 36 seats in the 2015 federal election with 30 new seats in the House of Commons.

The Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert
Carleton University professor Andre Turcotte, left, and Politrain Consulting principal Mitch Wexler, right, spoke about 'The Pulse of the Conservative Movement' at the Manning Centre Conference on March 8.

For the first times in 27 years, conservatives hold the majority of legislative seats across the country but parties must remain vigilant in properly communicating their ideas and microtargeting voters in ridings they can win, say electoral data experts.

  

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