Less than half register for liberal leadership vote!

[Sleipnir]

Here's something interesting.

During the NDP leadership race - there were almost 130,000 card carrying membership that were able to vote. Only half of them bothered to vote - 75,000

Contrast that with the Liberals who has only 33,000 card carrying membership. Therefore you might expect only 16,000 or 20,000 Liberal card-carrying members to actually vote in the leadership process.

It really shows you how much the Liberal party has collapsed over the last 2 decades. From a strong 500,000 card carrying membership to a measly 33,000.

In fact, the liberal membership after the 2011 election was about 55,000 - they lost 22,000 card-carrying members since then.

Edited March 29, 2013 by Sleipnir

[punked]

Here's something interesting.

During the NDP leadership race - there were almost 130,000 card carrying membership that were able to vote. Only half of them bothered to vote - 75,000

Contrast that with the Liberals who has only 33,000 card carrying membership. Therefore you might expect only 16,000 or 20,000 Liberal card-carrying members to actually vote in the leadership process.

It really shows you how much the Liberal party has collapsed over the last 2 decades. From a strong 500,000 card carrying membership to a measly 33,000.

In fact, the liberal membership after the 2011 election was about 55,000 - they lost 22,000 card-carrying members since then.

It can't be? 33,000 members? Those numbers can't be right??? Can they?

[shortlived]

It can't be? 33,000 members? Those numbers can't be right??? Can they?

Yeah this leadership vote is suppose to be the biggest leadership vote in Canadian history...

suprise suprise.

[punked]

Yeah this leadership vote is suppose to be the biggest leadership vote in Canadian history...

suprise suprise.

It wont be don't worry, its all hype it already went from 300,000 people to 117,000. Trend continues it will be 30,000 less then both the NDP convention that nominated Jack Layton and the one that Nominated Mulciar. I mean honestly 200,000 "Liberals" that totally existed have already vanished. Keep setting expectations that wont happen though so when you tell me that Treadue will become PM I can laugh and point to this very post as an example of how much you buy the hype.

[Sleipnir]

It wont be don't worry, its all hype it already went from 300,000 people to 117,000. Trend continues it will be 30,000 less then both the NDP convention that nominated Jack Layton and the one that Nominated Mulciar.

I don't think the NDP membership ever reached 300,000, has it?

[punked]

I don't think the NDP membership ever reached 300,000, has it?

Neither has the Liberals.

[Newfoundlander]

Neither has the Liberals.

Actually when Martin was leader they have 500,000 members, so yes at one point they did have over 300,000.

[punked]

Actually when Martin was leader they have 500,000 members, so yes at one point they did have over 300,000.

Yah Yah we've seen the type of counting Liberals do. 1 person counts as 150 until someone points that out to them. Trudeau claims he has 175,000 new registrants then only 120,000 are actually signed up. We know their numbers don't add up when you actually dig into them, we've seen this leadership election.

The only reference I find to the 500,000 number is from the Liberals own rebuilding plan from the 2011 policy convention. It says and I quote "to a somewhat suspect high of 500,000". Not even the Liberal party believes those numbers they know they were lying then just as they are doing right now. It is just a little harder to lie in this information age.

http://convention.liberal.ca/files/2011/12/BuildingaModernLiberalPartyFinal.pdf

Edited March 30, 2013 by punked

[Sleipnir]

How many people are attending the Liberal Leadership Convention? As of Thursday night the party officials sold 225 tickets. Contrast that with the NDP who sold 4,600 tickets.

The Liberal party now has nearly 38,000 paying membership, up from 33,000 earlier this year.*

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/04/05/liberal-leadership-showcase-tickets_n_3018938.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-politics

*source is from a different website

Edited April 6, 2013 by Sleipnir

[WWWTT]

Here's another good spoof that could happen to the liberals!

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/mobileweb/2013/04/01/zombie-pierre-trudeau-liberal-leadership_n_2993809.html

WWWTT

[Newfoundlander]

Yah Yah we've seen the type of counting Liberals do. 1 person counts as 150 until someone points that out to them. Trudeau claims he has 175,000 new registrants then only 120,000 are actually signed up. We know their numbers don't add up when you actually dig into them, we've seen this leadership election.

The only reference I find to the 500,000 number is from the Liberals own rebuilding plan from the 2011 policy convention. It says and I quote "to a somewhat suspect high of 500,000". Not even the Liberal party believes those numbers they know they were lying then just as they are doing right now. It is just a little harder to lie in this information age.

http://convention.liberal.ca/files/2011/12/BuildingaModernLiberalPartyFinal.pdf

For your information I saw David Akin report it, you stupid socialist.