Party Leaders on YouTube from April 6 to April 13, 2007

Highlights of last week

Olivia Chow’s Pet Project Takes Off, Green Party Candidate Raises the Bar, Quebec Political Videos Push Satire

  • Olivia Chow’s own YouTube Video, uploaded in concert with a press release supporting her call for pet food regulation, topped the most viewed videos of the week. The video was viewed just over 1500 times last week after media reported the video on April 6.
  • The Green Party candidate in Peterborough released some of the most polished campaign style videos this week. The videos – highlighted on the party website -- provide early indications of the party’s communication and campaign strategy. Unlike the other national parties, the Greens are highlighting blog content on their website in order to communicate a more grassroots style campaign. The Greens are the only party that restricts information flow from their official website (via the popular RSS web format) to selected “Green” bloggers. Total viewers for “Elizabeth May” tagged videos, however, remain much lower than the other federal leaders.
  • The Prime Minster’s speech at Vimy Ridge topped his videos on YouTube this past week (998 views).
  • Liberal video-bloggers continue to post critical videos of Harper. The most recent video to crack the top five ranking received 570 views for the last week. Find the video here.
  • Gilles Duceppe tagged videos continue to provoke the most laughs of all YouTube political videos in Canada. A Quebec blogger’s long, relatively dry interview, was recently re-edited into a Monty Python inspired treatment of Ducceppe.

Party Leaders on YouTube from April 6 to April 13, 2007Party Leaders on YouTube from April 6 to April 13, 2007

Stephen Harper

Title Affiliation Tone Upload Date Views Last Week
Stephen Harper Speaks At Vimy Ridge Conservative Positive April 11, 2007 998
RBO - Bye Bye 2006 - Stephen Harper - Holiday Inn Unknown Negative March 24, 2007 610
True story, Real Life Unknown Neutral January 17, 2007 574
Mr. Harper's Opus Unknown Negative April 11, 2007 570
price is right Liberal Negative April 2, 2007 505

Stephane Dion

Title Affiliation Tone Upload Date Views Last Week
RBO - Bye Bye 2006 - Codeine - Stephane Dion Unknown Negative March 22, 2007 825
price is right Liberal Positive April 2, 2007 505
The Next Generation Conservative Positive April 7, 2007 281
money Liberal Positive April 1, 2007 278
Not A Leader Conservative Negative January 29, 2007 235

Gilles Duceppe

Title Affiliation Tone Upload Date Views Last Week
Dieu Crea Laflaque ( Jour de l'an ) Unknown Negative January 3, 2007 166
Un Noël politique Unknown Neutral December 23, 2006 79
ANDRE BOISCLAIR GILLES DUCEPPE BERNARD LANDRY PHOTO MONTAGE Unknown Negative March 19, 2007 69
L'André-Boisclairisateur Unknown Neutral December 16, 2006 56
The day Jean Chretien snapped Unknown Negative December 24, 2006 54

Jack Layton

Title Affiliation Tone Upload Date Views Last Week
NDP MP Olivia Chow calls for pet food regulation in Canada NDP Positive April 6, 2007 1541
Olivia Chow's Green House Tour NDP Positive November 25, 2006 391
Jack Layton Slip ( Big Ass ) unknown Negative December 5, 2006 304
Stephen Harper - The UNTOLD Story Conservative Negative February 11, 2007 299
Jack Layton and the Gift-Concert of Handel's MessiahNDPPositiveDecember 15, 2007226

Elizabeth May

Title Affiliation Tone Upload Date Views Last Week
Stephen Harper - The UNTOLD Story Conservative Negative February 11, 2007 299
Green Party supports fight against strip mining Lobby Group Positive February 15, 2007 58
Green Party leader Elizabeth May challenges Peter McKay Unknown Neutral March 19, 2007 40
Elizabeth May Profile Unknown Neutral February 15, 2007 36
Green Party leader Elizabeth May Unknown Positive February 1, 2007 33

13 April, 2007 - 14:55