Canada's Harper is on cusp of majority government
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- Crucial regional political dynamics
- Quebec
- Harper exploits the urban-rural divide
- Western social conservatism
- Party platforms offer few surprises
- Budget politics
- Economic policy
- Social spending divide
- Defence, and other issues with less voter salience
- Negative turn, during the campaign's final stretch
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