Elections 2006

[carnivalnights]

I hope no one in Toronto voted for Jane Pitbull Pitfield tonight. (For those who do not live here, she is a monster who, for example, wants to fine homeless people $500 who ask for spare change. What, how are homeless people going to pay the fine? Exactly.) If you voted for Scott Yee, take me off your friends list. Kidding... but there are

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[shadow_syren]

I suppose it all comes down to most people not believing their vote will make a difference. There has been so much evidence to support the opposite, so I have no idea why people still feel that way.

well, i'll make a comment about federal elections - i have always voted for ndp and they have never won, so i guess it is discouraging. i still vote, of course, but too many people who support ndp views seem to think ndp will never win and so they vote for the party they hate the least, or just don't vote. same with the green party.

i think if canada had a more fair representation of votes more people might vote. ie. instead of the candidate who got the most votes in one region getting a seat in parliament, if the actual number of votes for each party were counted and divided up, every vote would actually count. see, if i live in a liberal area, liberal will win whether i vote ndp or not. if my vote would have counted as a whole to the country, it would have felt more worthwhile to me.

[carnivalnights]

In the last election they went from 19 to 29 seats. How did that not make you feel like you were making a difference? :P More people voting for NDP in the last election than any other year. They'll never win majority, but that's not the point. It's the number of seats that is important. The more seats they have, they more input they have. And the last election is a prime example why all 20-somethings should vote; I am sure a large portion of those votes were from people our age. And we did make a difference

[shadow_syren]

hmm i don't think i said it was a failure, i was excited about them getting 29 seats too... but then i looked on the website fair vote canada and found out that if canada would have counted every vote they would have won 50 something seats or so (i can't remember the exact number)... so, i was just saying if every vote counted it would have made an even greater difference!

[shadow_syren]

here's the website that illustrates what i'm saying:

http://fairvotecanada.org/en/about_fairvoting

while yes, 29 seats is a victory for ndp, look at how many votes they actually got, it was a lot more!

[freyis]

It is strange to me that people don't vote when they can. It's your one chance to make a real difference in how your government is run, barring revolution.

I love the way Oregon does voting. all voting is done via mail-in ballots, so you have no excuse whatsoever when it comes to not voting. I voted a week before election day because I got my ballot, looked up everything, and had it done by the next day.

[carnivalnights]

Your voice is heard no matter what. If your party doesn't win, that doesn't mean your voice wasn't heard. I don't understand some people's line of thinking where they have to 'win' in order to feel good. If you're voting for a minority government, they are not going to win. So accept that and move on, and then focus on the number of seats that party gets (Canadian elections, that is). Your ballot counts, plain and simple.

Hah, really?! That's so odd. I sort of wish we could mail our ballots in because it really is a hassle going to your designated voting place. That's very true though--you'd have no excuse!

[offermeescape]

I am a Scott Yee! I will enforce the good of the will of the people, with, grade 3 education!