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It's Canada Vote Day! - Liberal Majority
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DID YOU FORGET????
the late polls are pointing to a liberal victory but who knows man
whether you want that or not, you should vote! it's important! i'm clinically depressed and even i voted!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V5ckcTSYu8
here's a funny video to keep you interested
the late polls are pointing to a liberal victory but who knows man
whether you want that or not, you should vote! it's important! i'm clinically depressed and even i voted!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V5ckcTSYu8here's a funny video to keep you interested
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However yay vote day
I'm really the least political person ever, but my vote is definitely not for Harper. I'd like to see our dollar go back to close to parity with the US.
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Some of that shit was downright horrifying from an outsider perspective and it changed my image of Canada a bit
If you're talking about parties receiving federal election funds based on the percentage of the popular vote they received, Harper killed that a few years back.
Well, that and we have two parties splitting the centre/left vote, so the Conservatives only need to win over about 40% of voters to win because first past the post voting is flawed as fuck.
Oh yeah I hate phone posting
I am v disappointed with all the conservative signs ive been seeing as the last mp we had for the cons here kind of went to jail for election fraud.
Nope, Harper got a majority of seats in parliament with 39.62% of the popular vote in 2011
Splitting the vote at a riding level meant Conservative MPs won many ridings where most of the constituents voted for either of the other two major parties
oh, duh, right.
In the last election, the Conservatives received 39% of the vote, but a majority of seats. They did not receive a minority government that would have required support from another party. This situation is known as a false majority.
Or the "Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act", nothing a white dude does is ever going to be prosecuted as a "Barbaric Cultural Practice"
After everything, it's almost difficult to believe that we'll start seeing the results just a few impossibly long feeling hours from now. I'm anxious, but also cautiously optimistic.
PSN- AHermano
Serious answer: strategically for whichever Liberal or NDP candidate has the best chance of winning your riding
Failing that, vote for me
http://www.strategicvoting.ca/alldistricts.php and find your riding.
If it loads, and assuming you want something that isn't CPC.
I'd recommend voting for the progressive candidate (NDP, Liberal, Green) in your riding who has the best chance of winning. There are also plenty of good resources online to find out where the parties and their leaders stand on most issues.
The most important thing though, regardless of who you end up choosing, is that you vote.
PSN- AHermano
Edit- nope, candidates is the correct spelling, carry on
PSN- AHermano
here's a similar site:
https://www.votetogether.ca/
PSN: Robo_Wizard1
I always just write in The Lord's name.
So, Satan?
Sure! Why choose the lesser evil?
No, the real lord of Canada...
Tim Horton.
but they're listening to every word I say
The Bloc really needs to get zero ridings and kindly get the GTFO message this time around. I know way too many people who still hold a candle for them while it's gotten increasingly obvious how obsolete they are.
"In election news, an unprecedented number of write-in votes have decided the new Prime Minister. According to our sources, they are known only as Me. Search is currently underway for the mysterious Me."
I dunno who I'm going to vote for, though. I like my NDP candidate (Linda Duncan is a boss, runs the only non-con riding in Alberta) but I don't
really like any of the parties right now.
So it's very much an anything-but-Harper feeling for me.
But most of all, he should take the head of the PQ because if he doesn't, then our next Premier will be Pierre-Karl Péladeau and we really don't want that.
But ill take that over Harpers blatant pillaging of the country any day.
That said, it is fucking lunacy that this needs to be a thing at all.
3 alternative parties with similar platforms on most issues splitting the popular vote so that the incumbent wins with 30% of the popular vote is unfathomable and should be ridiculously high on everyone's list of important issues.
If Canada used Preferential Voting it wouldn't even be a contest.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Hey, we just drop kicked a 40 year provincial government dynasty to the curb, we might be able to mix it up for the federal election too.
Fingers crossed, anywah.