But the NDP can take comfort that Olivia Chow dominated Parkdale-High Park in the mayor's race.No. She. Didn't.
And I'm flabbergasted that you'd still be spouting this nonsense after I posted this in the polling thread...
Did I say she won Parkdale-High Park? I said
"But the NDP can take comfort that Olivia Chow dominated Parkdale-High Park in the mayor's race."
She pulled in strong numbers and came within striking distance of winning that riding.
Dominating means "have a commanding influence on" as voters in that area rallied to Chow, but she still came up short.
Which bodes well for the NDP in that riding.
You're right that Hamilton was Liberal during the Chrétien years and Sheila Copps was a popular incumbent. But that's also when the NDP was struggling to keep official party status. The Liberals haven't held any of the seats in the Hamilton area in about a decade. So Michael Moriarty is correct that Hamilton is a pretty solid NDP area -- much more so than Parkdale-High Park which went Liberal as recently as 2008.
If Sheila were to return to politics, she could BEAT any NDP candidate in Hamilton (including Andrea Horwath) without breaking a sweat or even campaiging for one day. She could put her name on the ballot, go on vacation and still win by double digits over any NDP candidate.
They don't call Sheila Copps the original steeltown scrapper for nothing!