Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake is another close LPC-CPC race that could use any help from non-LPC voters. It used to be a CPC seat.
This page shows a nice visualization of the closest races.
Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake is another close LPC-CPC race that could use any help from non-LPC voters. It used to be a CPC seat.
This page shows a nice visualization of the closest races.
It’s my first time voting in Canada, and the liberal candidate has a 99% chance of winning in my riding. My vote feels pretty useless.
The Conservative candidate has a 99% chance of winning in my riding. Thankfully voting only took 10 minutes out of my day so, while it feels useless, at least it’s quick and painless!
Yeah about the same. I still feel like we should be voting regardless.
I always had an opinion of, if I don’t vote (as a bare minimum) I can’t complain about the outcome. I am considering maybe being more politically active or involved lately though.
In a riding where the other candidates don’t stand a chance, I vote for the candidate who doesn’t stand a chance but whose party’s values I like best. Like the NDP or the greens.
Doesn’t do much, but in a way, it’s freeing and I can pretend I’m free to vote for anyone.
If someone has a chance to beat the worst candidate, though, I’ll vote for the most likely one. And that’s the most depressing situation of all.
I really hate this voting system. But it’d take a miracle for it to change.
Yes, that’s what I’m leaning towards. I was trying to figure out if the parties get anything from my (losing) vote, and from what I understand they do get some funding from votes (?).
Parties used to get a bit of funding for every vote. Conservatives didn’t like that and they repealed it under Harper.
Now all they get is, I guess, pride?
Thanks, this is the first real answer I got for this!
The best thing you can do is advocate for a change to a different system. Instant Runoff Voting would be the bare minimum. Proportional systems like MMP are even better.
Welcome to … everyone’s world who’s bothered to learn how the system works. Many don’t get this far. It’s a bit hard to accept at first but it’s what we have to work with. That’s why it’s important to understand all the different opportunities to affect change. For example keeping track of different parties’ leadership elections and voting in those. Or pestering your MP for what you want to see happen, like some folks here pester them for electoral reform. The same goes with provincial parties and elections. And municipal elections. And getting involved in any of those campaigns. And so on.
It’s tough, you can vote strategically to make sure the party you want the least doesn’t get in, or you can vote for the party that aligns with your ideals. I can’t say there is a right or wrong way, but if you don’t vote, that’s how people like the Orange Cheeto down south gets in.
Just for the record, I absolutely do not advocate for abstention. Voting is important, even in situations like mine. And I say this coming from a country where voting is a legal obligation.