Hooray for Democracy!

[pyat]

Well, that was probably the least interesting and most pointless federal election I've ever voted in. The Conservatives have a slightly larger minority government. Voter turnout was an all time low of just under 60%, meaning the Conservatives were handed the reins of government with just 26% of the population voting in their favour.

The Green Party received 6.8% of votes cast, up from the sub-1% abyss of a few years back, suggesting a growing awareness that the party is not entirely made up of extreme hippy-dippy folks. This is good.

Locally, the NDP incumbent was re-elected with a solid lead over the other candidates.

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[lee-in-limbo.livejournal.com]

Not much like mine, either (at least, what I remember of him. My parents were divorced when I was an infant, and I've only met him periodically since then). Just that sort of nebulous Father Figure we're all supposed to look up to. His hair is greying (so's mine), and he has calm answers for every problem, even though he's basically lying most of the time. He's reassuring, like Dad's supposed to be. I think a lot of Canadians go in for that. That and money. He looks like he has it. I think a lot of people who voted for him are hoping he'll increase their allowance.

Lee.