Mar1217 said:
Except that's not what I have into mind when I'm thinking about majority. This election had a turnout of less than 60 % of people in duty of vote, and off of these voters, 40% voted for the conservatives. This lead to a total of only about a quarter of the total pop. with the possibility to vote. That's not what I call a majority at all. The circonsricptional method is the only reason why PC has the majority of seats. It doesn't take into account the proportional system at all. Ugh ... just another paradox of this dear "democracy" of our western civilisation |
What's great about our democracy is that nobody stops you from voting. If you choose not to vote, you forfeit your right to make your own voice heard. It sure doesn't help either when the present leader at the time says she's going to lose and steps down long before the voting ever occurs. Just in case anyone doesn't know why she did that, she was right, she had no chance, so she figured if she gave up early enough that people would hopefully vote NDP instead to give them a fighting chance. Even with that tactic both lost by a landslide. If that doesn't tell those parties to have a good look in the mirror and reflect, then I don't know what does. Much like some American voters have said, there were also quite a few votes that weren't for Trump/Ford, but were against Hillary/Wynne/Horwath.
