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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