Well, here's my best shot: there is some evidence to suggest that the Conservatives are the best party at this point for GOTV -- Get Out The Vote -- with sophisticated database tracking tools and so on. A key component of a good GOTV effort is to get people to vote for your guy as soon as possible.... So looking again at our busiest ridings -- I'd say the common denominator would be an active and mobilized Tory vote -- whether it's to re-elect a heavily favoured incumbent like O'Connor or to put a challenger -- like former senator Michael Fortier in Vaudreuil-Soulanges or Peter Kent in Thornhill -- over the top.

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