REGINA — Saskatchewan's election campaign entered its final day Sunday, with both main party leaders vying for government in what has shaped up to be the tightest race in nearly two decades. Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party is seeking a fifth-straight majority after 17 years in office, while Carla Beck's NDP is looking to take back government for the first time since 2007. Political experts say Moe is still favored to win, given his party's strength in rural areas, but the question is: How small of a Saskatchewan Party majority could it be? Election day is Monday.
"I think the the parties are much closer than they've been in 17 years," Charles Smith, a professor of political studies at St. Thomas More College in Saskatoon, said in a recent interview. "For the first time in well over a decade, (the NDP) is competitive in ways they haven't been.
" Tom McIntosh, a political scientist at the University of Regina, said the electoral map favours the Saskatchewan Party. "The NDP are the sort of happy warriors of the campaign," McIntosh said. "I'm not sure the Sask.
Party is showing that same kind of enthusiasm. That would be hard to do when you know you've got a massive majority, and you know it's going to be substantially cut by any measure." Daniel Westlake, a political studies professor at the University of Saskatchewan, said Moe may lose a lot of urban seats, including those in the smaller cities of Prince Albert and Moose Jaw.
"I'm hesitant to predict anything with any kind of c.
