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Canadian General Election (OT) - #elxn42: October 19, 2015

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http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2015/10/20/le-sort-de-gilles-duceppe-incertain

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Gilles Duceppe defeated in Laurier-Ste-Marie........ again
 

Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
oh god Richmond Centre is still so close

liberals up by just 250 votes with 105/177 reported

WE NEED A LEFT-WING SWEEP DON'T DO THIS TO ME RICHMOND
 

FistOfSyn

Banned
This is the kind of shit we need to ear, not Harper's blatant racism.

I'm still ashamed from the muslim and hijab hate from where I live. Good thing our PM isn't like this anymore.
 

firehawk12

Subete no aware
Side note: this actually might be the NDP's third best election performance ever. 2011 and Broadbent's last election.

I mention that to say that although obviously the Orange Crush was wiped out, it'd be interesting to interpret what's actually going on. It seems to me that basically everything the NDP "loaned" from the Liberals in 2008 or the Liberals or Bloc in 2011 reverted back, but what they're left with is just about where they were before, or a little more. Maybe a bit diluted because of the rise in raw seat count, naturally. At 35+ seats, they're still stronger than they were under McLaughlin or McDonough or even most of Layton's time as leader or even under Douglas. I guess it depends how you read the "dillution" as being significant or not.

Edit: I see I'm not the first to note this.
Yes, this is the glass half full outlook that I just don't believe in.
 

Shinypogs

Member
NDP stop stealing the liberal's seats, steal the conservatives seats. Though I am happy to see them creeping up in the count.

This speech is both amazing and terrible at the same time.
 
And with that, I'm out. Good night to all of Canadian PoliGAF - it's been awesome sharing these last 78 days with you all. We can talk about the new thread tomorrow? I'd be happy to put something together, if no one has any objections!
 

RC

Banned
Jeez Burnaby-South is close. Just around 400 votes seperate the Liberals and NDP.

The NDP has held that riding ever since I lived here. So about 13 years.
 

wachie

Member
Guys, I'm locking my video game prices by pre-ordering every listed game. I suggest you do the same, the liberals are going to raise the prices specifically on video games!
 

SRG01

Member
And with that, I'm out. Good night to all of Canadian PoliGAF - it's been awesome sharing these last 78 days with you all. We can talk about the new thread tomorrow? I'd be happy to put something together, if no one has any objections!

Yeah, I think a new thread in OT Community would be appropriate now. We'd need a new tagline though.
 

DopeyFish

Not bitter, just unsweetened
If we had proportional voting, we would probably have a Conservative minority today.

... but the liberals won the popular vote

it would have been a liberal minority

and it would almost guarantee no party ever has complete control and it would ensure progressive legislation
 

UberTag

Member
Votes in 30 ridings still being counted.

At the end of the night we're still probably going to have a nation where 5 million people voted for more of Stephen Harper's ideals and policies. That's quite troubling.
 
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