"Strategic voting" about the sickest thing I've heard of.
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But more popular than the guys who trailed!
There's probably 8 or 9 parties running, so 39% is still nothing to sneeze at.Can you think of a product whose quality has been improved because of a Union presence?
Leadnow looks like it has an NDP bias. They are endorsing an NDP candidate in a riding where they have a 5% chance of winning according to threehundredeight.com (the Liberals have an 89% chance of winning)... Leadnow accused of pro-NDP bias, conflict of interest
Good point, that I mentioned before. Safety on the worksite is a good role for the Union.
What about 16%? That was the percentage of eligible voters who actually cast a ballot for the conservatives last go round. Can anyone really claim a majority and a true mandate from the masses with 16%?But more popular than the guys who trailed!
Or as my old man used to say many years ago............"he don't know sheep sh*t from dates"
You don't need to remind me how flawed our system is and how badly it needs fixing. You still didn't actually answer the question.
Simply put more of the people that bothered to vote liked the Conservatives more than any other party. That does make a majority. All of the people that didn't vote must have also been in favor or they would have gone out and made some changes.And yes our system is flawed. If it worked properly the bloc would be banned and ellimay would not have a seat with intelligent people.
If Harper is as bad as everyone seems to think, he will crush himself don't you think?
But you would claim a it was a mandate from the masses if you and Harper were the only 2 votes.
Anyone who believes 16% (which is actually about 8% of the actual population) is a majority should give their head a shake.
So who would you have given the mandate to? When you count the population of a town do you count the bodies in the cemetery?
Show us the math, Nick!
They won the election (though not without some skullduggery) under our current flawed system. That does not however mean they had the support of the majority of Canadians. They didn't even have a majority of those that voted. To me claiming a majority and a clear mandate under those circumstances is ludicrous and an insult to anyone's intelligence.
The ones who voted are the ONLY ones who count, Nick. There is VERY little excuse not to vote, short of possibly a person in hospital in a coma.
Actually I am warming up to the idea if we can obliterate the right.
They don't say who to vote for merely provide the name and party
in second place if we get behind the candidate we can destroy the
Tory party by bleeding its front bench remember this election is now
get Harper no matter who else you support.
I am looking forward to the last day of this guy on Monday and its
shaping up that way. I would no longer be unhappy to see even a
Trudeau majority if that's what it took
They don't say who to vote for merely provide the name and party
in second place if we get behind the candidate we can destroy the
Tory party by bleeding its front bench remember this election is now
get Harper no matter who else you support.
I am looking forward to the last day of this guy on Monday and its
shaping up that way. I would no longer be unhappy to see even a
Trudeau majority if that's what it took
"Proportional representation was studied in depth several years. It was found to have the potential for creating more problems than it solved. I've long forgotten what the actual details were. Perhaps someone can help.