Strategic voting is what killed the NDP in the rest of Canada after the niqab killed them in Quebec. It doesn't work so well at a riding level though because many people don't know about their local candidates and the situation in their riding.
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Canadian General Election (OT) - #elxn42: October 19, 2015
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Strategic voting is what killed the NDP in the rest of Canada after the niqab killed them in Quebec. It doesn't work so well at a riding level though because many people don't know about their local candidates and the situation in their riding.
You Are Viewtiful
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If the NDP loses Saskatchewan, then it will be really telling.
firehawk12
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Some of the bigger names of their caucus. It's fucked.
Scarborough is red by a significant amount according to 308. My riding was previously NDP and is now Liberal. Plus there's alot of Muslims in Scarborough.
matthewwhatever
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They can look at the trends and extrapolate from there. Some ridings are fairly homogeneous, so they know if the half the votes are going one way, they figure the rest will, too.
Also, incumbency plays a big role -- someone like Lawrence Macauley was guaranteed to win no matter what.
ShinRPGamer
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I'm hoping the Prairies will be the Prairies and not give the Liberal's enough seats to win a majority. I don't have enough faith in Ontario to think they'll won't go red en mass.
TheRealTalker
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yeah sucks since I wanted (dreaming) a strong NDP opposition with good players
criesofthepast
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I got my old conservative religious grandparents to vote Liberal in Etobicoke North. Did my part. I voted in Brampton Centre since it is technically my home riding even though I don't live there anymore. Hoping Brampton does something right for once and gets that bum Gasol out of office.
ONTARIO DON'T LET ME DOWN!lastplayed
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There's a place called Fundy Royal?
The Scollard
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Not going to post it yet, since I feel posting it prematurely might jinx it (Probably wait until votes are counted in Alberta before I do it), but I have a LOVELY gif I'm planning to post should the NDP win.
Half of Manitoba is rural so that's all Conservative. The other half in Winnipeg is Liberal though.
I've been following this awesome thread all election long, thanks for all the links and opinions.
I'm happy to see this Liberal sweep right now and am very optimistic that a change will happen! Wouldn't hate if a few of those went NDP as that is my traditional party (if you can have one by 30 years old, but lots of Federal elections in my current lifetime).
I'm in Ottawa Centre, and I felt I could easily vote my conscience (liberal) but still expect Paul Dewar to be my representative at election time. I wouldn't be able to sleep, though, if the vote splits and the Conservative walks up the middle (or right flank, as it were) and formed a government. I have voted strategically and it failed in the past when Lawrence Cannon won my old riding in the Pontiac, so I now have a hard time not voting my conscience.
Excited, thought, that this will be a good night.
I'm happy to see this Liberal sweep right now and am very optimistic that a change will happen! Wouldn't hate if a few of those went NDP as that is my traditional party (if you can have one by 30 years old, but lots of Federal elections in my current lifetime).
I'm in Ottawa Centre, and I felt I could easily vote my conscience (liberal) but still expect Paul Dewar to be my representative at election time. I wouldn't be able to sleep, though, if the vote splits and the Conservative walks up the middle (or right flank, as it were) and formed a government. I have voted strategically and it failed in the past when Lawrence Cannon won my old riding in the Pontiac, so I now have a hard time not voting my conscience.
Excited, thought, that this will be a good night.
firehawk12
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Yeah, if the NDP has to die for the Conservatives to win some seats, I'll take it. I think I'm done being an NDP member now and might just give up on voting.
Although I threaten that every year it seems. lol
I'm not hearing anything.
The Liberals are going to sweep Scarborough and Etobicoke.
There were a bunch of reasons, including Liberal unease about it, and the single-biggest factor was the fact that they would have needed the support of the separatist Bloc Quebecois, which was the wedge that Harper used to break it up after he succeeded in temporarily shuttering the House of Commons (which he shouldn't have been able to do, in my opinion).
Edit: Now ahead by more than 500 votes in Tobique. This is a full-on rout.
Same here. Voted NDP because my riding is neck-and-neck LPC-NDP.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
We had Ile-de-Madelaine results!
matthewwhatever
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New Brunswick! I once worked for their MP. He was a really nice guy.
You can only vote in your riding. Find it on http://www.elections.ca.
ChosenPredator
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someone educate me what are the advantages/disadvantages/improvements liberals have..sorry Im paying attention so late.
You Are Viewtiful
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35 minutes till the polls close in Ontario (except Kenora) and Quebec. 5 minutes till the polls close in Saskatchewan.
I believe Manitoba and Alberta ridings are closing soon too?
Yeah there is a few gaffers in this riding
Polls close at 9:30pm here (except Gaspésie/Îles-de-la-Madeleine because they're in another time zone).
Simon Belmont
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Interesting, from Paul Wells:
And Ekos predicted this:
Huh? That's not what I'm seeing on the ceebs.
matthewwhatever
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After the polls close there at 9:30.
I don't think you'll be posting that GIF any time soon.
Starting 9:30pm est. It's 8:56 right now.
FreeQuebec86
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I start thinking that Liberal could "wipe out" Quebec too.
Lol, maybe everybody are STRONGLY for the Cannabis legalization ( i know i am xD ).
Almost start to be boring, i'm watching more baseball and tv then the election lol.
Lol, maybe everybody are STRONGLY for the Cannabis legalization ( i know i am xD ).
Almost start to be boring, i'm watching more baseball and tv then the election lol.
It's the widget at the bottom left auto updating?
You should be able to turn the sound off.
XOMTOR
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Same here. Even though I've traditionally been conservative, I want to see Harper gone. On the other hand, I don't want my government wasting a single cent on anything related to marijuana. Ever.
I haven't been paying attention but I know he was accused of CPC bias with softball questions for Harper last election. What did he do today?
Scarborough is not going Conservative, what are you smoking.
http://torontoist.com/2011/05/how_toronto_voted_in_the_federal_election/
Look at 2008 vs 2011. Today it will go back to 2008 colours.
gutter_trash
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because in all coalitions all over the world, the lesser party becomes the loser while the bigger party gets all the cred
you don't want to be that loser party that latches onto a bigger party then end up suffering even more the next time
WOW
firehawk12
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Dick waving contest. It's only going to get worse now, as we move to a 2 party system since the NDP are as good as dead. Or at least as irrelevant as Elizabeth May.
Simon Belmont
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For sure. Obviously the CPC is taking a hell of a lot more than 2 seats tonight though.
matthewwhatever
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It's going to start getting *very* exciting in about half an hour.
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