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Vicâ€"Tory assured? 130th Year No. 35 Wednesday, August 29, 1984 Waterioc, Ontario 25 cents at the Newstand Political scientists Mark Bryson Chronicla Statft Campaign ‘84 has been one of the more entertaining ones in recent memory but according to many people it was over weeks ago. . ‘"The Conservatives have run a slick campaign but definitely could not have won as effectively without Liberal heip. The Liberals have run a defensive campaign and haven‘t gone for things that may have helped them," said Kay. Barry Kay, a political scientist at Wilfrid Laurier University, says the Conservatives will win big and a lot of the help has come from the Liberals. â€" "It is hard to see Waterioo riding being immune from the federal swing. Granted Walter was the best organized from the beginning but it is not organization that is going to make the landslide. I wouldn‘t be surprised if Waiter wins by 10,000 votes,"" said Kay. He also feels Waterloo incumbent Walter McLean will win in a runaway. A \s ' M ‘ \- ‘ ‘ | hk \â€" Waterioo North MPP Herb Epp was one of several local dignitaries who lent their support to the Kitchener Firefighters last weekend at the Grand River Toll Bridge. The firefighters managed to collect close to $5,800 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada. Fundraising activities for the association will continue Sept. 2 and 3 with the Jerry Lewis telethon to be telecast on the Gilobal television netâ€" A'long with another Laurier political scientist, Steven The Final Say â€" Local candidates state their case FOR WHOM THE BRIDGE TOLLS , public see landslide PC triumph Brown, Kay, using a CBC poll, has predicted the Conservatives could take 189 seats in the Sept. 4 election. This compares with 70 for the Liberals and 23 for the New Democrats. Pages 20â€"21 In a similar analysis done by the two before the last federal election in 1980, the method used in this analysis was accurate to within a seat or two in every region of the country. & Rob'er;'-t"i\.’illiams, chairman‘ of political science at University of Waterloo feels much of the Tory campaign success can be attributed directly to the prime minâ€" ister. liams. ---A'\--l;iediator on a panel at an allâ€"candidates meeting for Waterloo riding hopefuls, Williams feels all three major candidates have shown well during the campaign. ‘"Robert Needham has some good ideas but NDP support is not too strong in Waterloo. Myers has been articulate but is hampered by having to carry Trudeau _ *‘"Turner hasn‘t been a good PM and has definitely not made a good personal impact on Canadians," said Wilâ€" Pat Arbuckie photo E_I -\ Chronicle Statt New Democrat Bob Needham is positive he‘s going to be Waterloo‘s next Mel_nber o_l_ E_’nrlu_ment. 80 Liberal candidate Lynn Myers says he is confident Waterioo riding is still ‘"winnable" for him. And incumbent Wailter McLean indicates he is "positive but not cocky* that he‘ll be returning to the House of Commons when it next sits. These are the sentiments of the local candidates for the three major political parties as they head out on the last frenzied week of campaignâ€" ing for the September 4 federal election. Their predictions aren‘t based on any official polis, however, they‘re derived from the direct contact candidates have had with voters as they‘ve been canvassing during the past five weeks. "I don‘t take anything for grantâ€" ed, least of all the voters. Last time 1 won by only oneâ€"half vote per poll," remarked McLean, who said he will spend the last week as he did the first five of the campaign: ‘‘spending most of every morning, afternoon and evening meeting the people at their doors." McLean added that voters have been telling him it‘s time for a change in the government of this country. "*Even a lot of people are saying that they‘ve always voted Liberal in the past and will be voting Liberal again (in the future), but this timeé the country needs a change." â€" While all the polis may be showing Liberal election hopes fading as their voter popularity plummets, Myers says it is a very different situation locally. "I think it‘s quite close â€" this is a All candidates are optimistic heading into stretch drive and Turner on his shoulders. McLean is the best organized of the three and also has the national trend on his side," said Williams. . While political scientists have their view on the election campaign, so too do the rest of the voting pubâ€" lic. _ Robert Tyers of Waterioo Insurance, feels the campaign has been run backwards. ‘"The comments the leaders have made should be about what they can do, not what the other guy can‘t," said Tyers. O S _ Whether campaigning has changed many minds in this campaign is hard to say, but the consensus is that if the Liberals have any election tricks they better pull them out now, if it isn‘t too late already Rae'Murphy. coâ€"ordinator of the journalism program at Conestoga College says the reason the Tories will win is less complex than most explanations. â€" ‘"The people just want a change in government," said Murphy . â€" â€" o [ _ winnable riding for me.. Waterioo riding is an interesting rding. Because of the diversity it offers, people here aren‘t as swayed by what happens at the national level," he explained. f ‘‘*Here the people will take a look at the policies of the local canâ€" didates, as well as the national leaders, and make their decisions based on that," he said. Myers believes at least three out of every 10 local voters still have not decided how to vote and he will be stepping up his drive during the next week to reach those people. Capping his final blitz will be a quick visit Friday by Prime Minâ€" ister John Turner, who will tour the Central Ontario Exhibition meeting the voters. Needham predicts the NDP will do better locally in this election than it ever has before and he says this is due to the fact that his opponents are hurting their own campaigns by not giving clear answers to the voters‘ questions. Nee@m‘s campaign activities have been cut back in this final stretch because of iliness, but he still hopes to get back to the streets knocking on doors before the week is over. ‘‘This campaign has been exâ€" tellent locally â€" the reception has been better than it has ever been," he said. ‘"I‘m going to win. I‘ve been winning voters over and the other candidates have been losing them because I‘ve been giving the straight answers and the others have been waffliing around." *‘"Up until the last day 1 canâ€" vassed, I found people saying this is a confusing election and that they were glad to talk to me." he conâ€" cluded. {Continued on page 3)