Who are you people who get phone calls from candidates? Do you have landlines or something?
I'm not sure you really understand how elections work.
Not rocket science there, Sweetie. You mark your choice on a piece of paper and add them up and if your man gets the most votes he/she is the winner. I've probably voted in 25 elections at various levels so I think I have an inkling!. Have any more ideas you want to run past me?
Stupid question!
Mail-order bride?My wife got a card from her union telling her how to vote. Of course she is not a Canadian citizen but it did not stop them.
Well, first you get all snuggle and intimate with the gal (or guy) of your choice, then start kissy-facing some, maybe some clinching and a caress or two, and voila!Who are you people who get phone calls from candidates? Do you have landlines or something?
I'm not sure you really understand how elections work.
The first past he post system is a complete deformation of the Parliamentary political process.
A rating system which would assign a preference of 3 candidates in order (at the discretion of the voter)... the lowest candidate being dropped until a simple majority in achieved.. or all choices have been exhausted.. would be much fairer and achievable.
Unfortunately the demographic on the left is much more fragmented that that on the right.. which means a Conservative government would never implement it.. since it would likely unify progressive elements against it.
Since the system is not fair.. i encourage Canadian voters to vote strategically. Maybe we can get this incompetent idiot Harper out of office... before he destroys the country with his rabid Free Market mania... and his pathetic grovelling before his 'supra'national puppet masters (WTO, IMF, World Bank, Wall Street).
Why?
With the way some people post around here, it's almost as if they actually think that's how you conduct an election.
Cuz it's none of the Union's friggin' business.............they have their noses into far too much stuff as it is. They should just stick to a role of safety on the work site and let the managers run the business.
Speaking for myself there ,Corduroy, the way I've been voting for 50 years seems to work, so why knock it?![]()
Why knock strategic voting? Because it's not the way you do it?
Canadian almost always vote out governments they don't like. Rarely do we vote in a government. Strategic voting is just one way of voting out a government. Not much has changed, only the name.Maybe because it's counter productive. The purpose of an election is to determine who/what is most popular. How does voting for something/one you don't like expedite that end?
Maybe because it's counter productive. The purpose of an election is to determine who/what is most popular. How does voting for something/one you don't like expedite that end?
The purpose of an election is to select a government not determine who is popular.