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TOPIC: B.C. VOTES 2017 DATA DIVES

Absentee ballots in five ridings could decide B.C. election

There are at least five ridings close enough for absentee ballots to change the out come of Tuesday's B.C. election, a CBC News analysis has revealed.

B.C. Votes 2017: Ridings where vote split was a factor

With the NDP coming so close to forming the B.C. government, many centre-left voters will wonder how much of an effect vote splitting had on the election's outcome.

B.C. Votes 2017: Leaders target key ridings in final push

On the penultimate day of British Columbia's 2017 election campaign, the leaders of the NDP and Green parties blitzed the ridings they most need to win on Tuesday, while Liberal leader Christy Clark spent much of her time in safe Liberal ridings in Richmond and Abbotsford.

What are the most right and left-leaning ridings in B.C.?

Data from CBC's Vote Compass website shows a province not just divided on partisan lines but on geographic ones as well.
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B.C. Votes 2017: At least a quarter of candidates don't live in their ridings

At least a quarter of all the candidates running in the B.C. election don't live in their ridings, a CBC News analysis has revealed.

B.C. Votes 2017: Ride hailing, carbon tax are the issues that divide generations

B.C. voters of all ages agree the wealthy should pay more tax, but questions around ride hailing, carbon taxes and how much say First Nations should have over resource use are where the generational divisions emerge.

Strong regional, partisan split on toll question, Vote Compass responses show

A majority of respondents to a Vote Compass survey said the cost of new bridges in the Lower Mainland should be paid for by user tolls, but people who live south of the Fraser were less likely to agree.
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Poll by poll: 14 races that could decide the election

In the 2013 B.C. election, there were 14 ridings in which the margin of victory was less than five per cent. Within those ridings, some neighbourhoods were closer than others. These are the areas where party leaders are likely to focus their attention. Do you live in one? Read on to find out.
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Where in B.C. have the party leaders been campaigning? A snapshot at the halfway point

B.C. Liberal Leader Christy Clark, NDP Leader John Horgan and Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver have tried dramatically different strategies in the first half of the campaign, when it comes to their travel schedules.

Vote Compass shows B.C. voters want to ban union and corporate donations

A majority of respondents to CBC's Vote Compass website believe British Columbia should ban corporate and union political donations. Of those who participated, 53 per cent strongly agreed with the statement, while an additional 23 per cent somewhat agreed.
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Political Donations: Following the money in B.C. politics

The B.C. Liberals may have raised more than double what the NDP has since 2005, but the NDP scored four of the top five donors overall.