Clark emphasizes economy in first Your Vote Twitter chat
Posted April 23, 2013 6:11 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – BC’s Liberal leader says the most important issue is the economy.
Christy Clark emphasized her main opponent, NDP leader Adrian Dix, lacks a platform during a live Twitter Q&A that took place over about an hour.
Clark added that she thinks another important issue in this election is bringing in jobs and lowering taxes.
She reminded voters about what she feels sets her apart from the NDP and their leader. “He’s out there spending billions of dollars everyday and we’re only a week into the campaign, well he hasn’t told anybody where’s he’s going to get that money.”
“Somebody said to me today on Twitter, ‘Why are you always talking about Adrian Dix’s platform?’ It’s because I have one, and my platform is getting lonely all by itself,” she explains.
News1130 spoke with a marketing expert about Clark’s strategy during the Q&A session on-air and on Twitter. Lindsay Meredith with SFU says positioning your opponent in a bad light may not sit well with some voters. “It sounds like very much on twitter that Christy Clark was again trying to make that stark comparison, trying to say we stand for good, and these NDP stand as a threat and therefore vote for us.”
“You get into a very serious problem when you start playing with negative advertising. It turns out some of the research is showing us, you can actually turn off the audience, you might even turn them against you,” he adds.
Growing the economy, boosting jobs, and keeping spending under control are just some of the things the Liberal leader talked about.
Hundreds of questions came in throughout the day; Clark was able to get to roughly two dozen within the allotted time.
Another question and answer session will be held on Thursday evening, when BC Green Party leader Jane Sterk joins us for another interview at 7 p.m. and will then connect with people on Twitter.
