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[theweaselking]

Oh look, we're fucked.

Gee, vote splitting, splits votes! CPC(non-communist) has taken a pile of seats because NDP and Lib supporters are bad at math.

Good news, looks like the Bloc are completely fucking dead, and both Ignatieff and Duceppe have lost their seats, which means Ignatieff is gone. Sadly, Rae looks like he *might* keep his seat.

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[moiread]

I voted Liberal even though I wanted to vote NPD specifically because I wasn't willing to split the vote.

Last time, in my riding, Baird (C) only won by about 2.5k votes, and I did my best to tell this to everyone I knew and beg them to vote Liberal because that was our best chance of kicking Baird, who is both Conservative and a giant flaming fuckhead, out. Most of them either didn't vote or voted for a different left-wing party. Even my parents both decided to vote Green because they wanted to "give more money to a poor party". I begged them to vote Liberal so as not to split the vote, but they did it anyway.

I am so mad. I am trying hard to respect everyone's right to vote with their conscience and all that, but seriously, this was the result. And yes, I know FPTP is fucking broken, but you either work with that you've got and push for change or you wind up with shit like this.

[theweaselking]

Even my parents both decided to vote Green because they wanted to "give more money to a poor party". I begged them to vote Liberal so as not to split the vote, but they did it anyway.

Holy fucking shit "MAIL THEM A $20 AND VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT WIN!"

[theweaselking]

PS: I used to work with a bunch of Greens, including the current Green Party Candidate in my riding. When told that each vote gave money to the party, I tossed $5 at them and said "OH LOOK I JUST VOTED FOR YOU TWICE". They were only partly amused.

[theweaselking]

Hey look! Vote-splitting! Dumbasses who don't understand "first past the post" tank their own side. News at 11, or, really, midnight!