angrypenguin Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 Voted my third choice: Green. First choice was communists but none running here. Second would be NDP but the guy running for the NDP here is an ass. There's some strategic voting for you! I already called it. Green Majority ftw. Quote My views are my own and not those of my employer.
Smallc Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 Long lineups at the polls is only one of the problems I've heard this election. There have been reports of a lot of issues with voter cards, including names and addresses incorrect for people that haven't moved for years and incorrect poll locations. Also, I've heard of at least 2 cases in small communities where Elections Canada have changed from past practices and as a result people have to travel long distances and/or times to vote. Conservatives have a consistent history of cheating on elections. I would hope they wouldn't stoop so low as to mess with Elections Canada. I'm working for elections Canada. It's because of a new mapping software that they're using. It doesn't work well if there are small mistakes on someone's address. Quote
Smallc Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 Let's call in the UN to monitor our election. Isn't the OSCE already doing that? Quote
dialamah Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 I had my kid with me and she thought I'm voting GP because that's what I had told her once when we came across a bunch of signs and I told her all about the different parties, their leaders and names etc. I explained that things have changed lately and while trying to explain strategic voting to a kid I started to question my own ideology. I can't believe I chickened out and left. I know ABC is a must but I still felt conflicted. I like that you care so much. Quote
dialamah Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 First day of advance polls show higher turnout that previous years - 26% higher than 2011 and 90% higher than 2008. At the poll I scrutinized yesterday, the numbers were higher than Friday. Quote
Shady Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 Remember the female page that got kick out of the House because she held up a sign about Harper in the senate..... she is recruiting young voters to vote and I'm pretty sure its ABC. Anyone under 50 better get out and vote because their future depends on it. Yes, our future depends on it, which is why I voted Conservative. Quote
ToadBrother Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 Yes, our future depends on it, which is why I voted Conservative. Canada will not be destroyed if the Tories lose. Quote
angrypenguin Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 Yes, our future depends on it, which is why I voted Conservative. Good man. Quote My views are my own and not those of my employer.
BC_chick Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 I like that you care so much. I had the evening to think things through. Every political quiz I've taken says I'm more in agreement with NDP than the other parties, I just happen to like Elizabeth May more than Mulcair. However, given NDP platforms and my current NDP incumbent's voting record, I don't think I'd be voting strategically at all if I support the NDP. Voting LPC would be more strategic for me and to be honest, I'm as in line with them as I am with the GP according to my quiz results. I'm voting ABC and ideologically. I'm voting NDP. Quote It's kind of the worst thing that any humans could be doing at this time in human history. Other than that, it's fine." Bill Nye on Alberta Oil Sands
dialamah Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 I had the evening to think things through. Every political quiz I've taken says I'm more in agreement with NDP than the other parties, I just happen to like Elizabeth May more than Mulcair. However, given NDP platforms and my current NDP incumbent's voting record, I don't think I'd be voting strategically at all if I support the NDP. Voting LPC would be more strategic for me and to be honest, I'm as in line with them as I am with the GP according to my quiz results. I'm voting ABC and ideologically. I'm voting NDP. I'm glad you could work it out. I'm lucky in that my ABC and my (current) ideological preference are aligned. Quote
GostHacked Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 What does 'ABC' mean? I checked the link and did not see anything that would explain it. Quote
BC_chick Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 'Anything but conservative' but I find that a bit misnomer because of how it sounds literally. In actuality, it's voting for the candidate best positioned to defeat the local CPC candidate. Quote It's kind of the worst thing that any humans could be doing at this time in human history. Other than that, it's fine." Bill Nye on Alberta Oil Sands
BC_chick Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 I'm glad you could work it out. I'm lucky in that my ABC and my (current) ideological preference are aligned. Me too. I'm happy my ABC candidate is NDP. Quote It's kind of the worst thing that any humans could be doing at this time in human history. Other than that, it's fine." Bill Nye on Alberta Oil Sands
GostHacked Posted October 11, 2015 Report Posted October 11, 2015 'Anything but conservative' but I find that a bit misnomer because of how it sounds literally. In actuality, it's voting for the candidate best positioned to defeat the local CPC candidate. Thanks for the clarification, I think I'd rather vote for the party's overall platform. In the end you don't really get to vote for a person, you are electing a party of people that should have most of your concerns in mind. All of them have something I like, and then there is just as much dislike with each party. Spite voting is a total waste of your vote. If the Conservatives have a platform in which you overall agree with more so than the other party's, then guess what, that is how you should vote. Likewise for the Liberal and NDP. If their platform fits your concerns and ideologies, then vote accordingly. Quote
Vancouver King Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 I had the evening to think things through. Every political quiz I've taken says I'm more in agreement with NDP than the other parties, I just happen to like Elizabeth May more than Mulcair. However, given NDP platforms and my current NDP incumbent's voting record, I don't think I'd be voting strategically at all if I support the NDP. Voting LPC would be more strategic for me and to be honest, I'm as in line with them as I am with the GP according to my quiz results. I'm voting ABC and ideologically. I'm voting NDP. Ever since the David Emerson debacle my constituency has gone NDP. My strategic vote would not make an iota of a difference, I therefore also voted NDP at today's advance poll and look forward to a sound sleep tonight. Quote When the people have no tyrant, their public opinion becomes one. ...... Lord Lytton
ReeferMadness Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 Ever since the David Emerson debacle my constituency has gone NDP. My strategic vote would not make an iota of a difference, I therefore also voted NDP at today's advance poll and look forward to a sound sleep tonight.Nice Quote Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while preserving privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists. - Noam Chomsky It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. - Upton Sinclair
eyeball Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 (edited) I would rather have voted for the Green Party but in my riding, where it could be a close one, voting NDP offers the best chance at not having a far right party and especially Harper in the PMO. Edited October 12, 2015 by eyeball Quote A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.
G Huxley Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 I'm wondering if higher numbers of people voting benefit or work against the conservatives. Quote
poochy Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 I'm wondering if higher numbers of people voting benefit or work against the conservatives. Perhaps neither Quote
dialamah Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 I'm wondering if higher numbers of people voting benefit or work against the conservatives. If younger people get out and vote in greater numbers, that would generally work for the Liberals/NDP more than Conservatives. I was talking to someone who has worked campaigns for years, and he said he's never seen such busy advance polls. He still thinks it'll be close, though. Quote
Vancouver King Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 I'm wondering if higher numbers of people voting benefit or work against the conservatives. Without the slightest shred of doubt it works against Conservative re-election chances. It is related to many more voters this election acting to 'throw the bums out'. It also implies an increased over-all turnout on October 19th. Quote When the people have no tyrant, their public opinion becomes one. ...... Lord Lytton
G Huxley Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 Yes I would think so. Since seniors tend to vote conservative, but they already are the most active voters then it would stand to reason that the influx of more voters would be from the younger demographic since the seniors already vote in large numbers.If so I think this bodes very well for those opposed to Harper getting re-elected. Quote
BC_chick Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 My very 'old stock' mother in law said she voted ABC. From what she said that was what all friends are doing (all senior citizens). I thought it was hilarious. Quote It's kind of the worst thing that any humans could be doing at this time in human history. Other than that, it's fine." Bill Nye on Alberta Oil Sands
G Huxley Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 (edited) One would hope it would be like this across Canada but the polls say otherwise unfortunately. As a gardener I have a lot of clients who are very elderly. One 90+ year old client who is very with it is very pro Green. I asked her in all her years of experience in Canada which did she think was the best Prime Minister? She said she couldn't think of many good ones, but she really hates Harper and thinks he's the worst Prime Minister she can remember. I said that he has a lot of supporters though. She said there is a lot of people whose grandparents voted Tory and they and their descendents haven't thought of voting for anyone else. Also there was an 86 year old Dutch guy who I gave a ride the other day who had a Green sign on his hat. The Greens here have major support among the elderly in fact I noticed that in the last election when the Greens elected BC's first green MLA that almost everyone at the Green campaign event (I wasn't there just saw photos were senior citizens) When you think of Victoria possibly picking up a federal Green MP remember that Victoria is a retirement town with one of the highest per senior citizen numbers in Canada. (Vic and Kelowna being the highest west of Ontario) So it's interesting how the seniors here are voting very differently from seniors in other parts of the country. Edited October 12, 2015 by G Huxley Quote
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