North Okanagan-Shuswap NDP

Is there a relationship between election spending and results?

Let's have a look at past results and compare them to total expenses. Fortunately, election expenses are carefully documented by most parties and the reports are available at Elections Canada. How did the NDP fare in federal elections over the past two decades?

         For those who like numbers:

Campaign Year	Candidate	NDP Election Expenses	Percent of NDP Votes	Results
1988	Lyle Macwilliam	n/a	43%	1
1993	Lyle Macwilliam	n/a	24%	2
1997	Calvin White	17,699	12%	3
2000	Wayne Fowler	4,575	8%	3
2004	Alice Brown	36,696	24%	2
2006	Alice Brown	31,917	26%	2
2008	Alice Brown	17,160	20%	2
2011	Nikki Inouye	16,845	26%	2

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okanagan%E2%80%94Shuswap & Elections.Canada

Note that there are multiple ways to donate to the NDP, so you have to be careful that the $$$ go where you intend.

The local riding association keeps 100% of of the donations it receives, which is good. The bad part is we receive virtually zero financial support from the national party. 

We can run a good campaign locally, but we rely on local New Democrats (14,955 voted for Nikki in 2011) to pitch in financially. And they do, obviously.