I disagree. It should have been a complete landslide.
The fact that Pierre Poilievre received any votes at all suggests that almost 5 Million Canadian Voters are still fuckheads.
To be clear, Poilievre has not received 5 million votes, the Conservative party has. And in fact, as of writing this comment, Poilievre is losing in his riding.
I live in a safe Australian LNP seat, the odds are that on Saturday night, our neighbours and I are (very likely) going to continue having a Right-Wing member of Parliament.
That does still mean that even though they are voting for our local MP, they are also voting for a former 1980s Queensland Cop with a suspiciously large amount of money as PM.
I would be happy if every (Australian) Coalition candidate and all the Right-Wing independent candidates received Zero votes this election, otherwise there are too many Australian Fuckwits.
I grew up in an electorate that had been ‘blue-ribbon Liberal’ since the 70s, and Labor representation only a tiny blip before that. Became very apathetic about voting after seeing the LNP win by a landslide at every local, state and federal election.
I’m now in a seat that’s been either Labor or Greens since almost Federation. One seat in the House of Reps won’t change the world (or even the country, most likely), but it’s comforting to walk around my neighbourhood and know that the majority of the people I encounter are certified Non-Fuckwits. (It’s also fun on polling day to see offers of LNP and far-right parties’ how-to-vote cards declined by pretty much everyone in the queue.)
Dude my friend explained it to me like this “I might be able to buy a house but at least I don’t see homos on the street”
Hatred is more powerful then love.
What’s that in rubles?
Sorry I meant 5 million individuals, not $5m
Heheh, I gotcha I was just being a goof :-)
No worries. I’m the silly bugger that mistyped. I’m trying to think of a way to blame AutoCorrect…
Oh that’s easy! Just tell everyone you’re an investment banker so you’re always typing dollars and it just does that now. Of course, then you’d have to live with people thinking you were an investment banker, so… Options.
Heh. Options. Like stocks.
I’ve edited my original post.
Now we both look like Goofs!
I just woke up and I thought this was someone’s attempt at a haiku, lol.
I have edited-
My original post. Now-
We both look like goofs.
It kinda works!
It looks like his riding is still closer than I would like with him trailing by only ~3%
As of 4:54am today, PP’s losing by 3793 votes with 264 out of 266 polls reporting.
There are 105,889 registered voters in his district of Carleton with 83,756 valid votes counted and reported. That leaves only 22,133 potential votes remaining. However, many of those are likely no shows (turnout is never 100% in Canada).
Minority liberal governments are more progressive so I’m all for it. Let the fuckheads revel in it.
It’s hard to change people’s minds when they consume so much garbage and refuse to acknowledge other viewpoints.
That is a bold statement. Do you personally see what the motivations of all five million voters are?
I’m sure not all conservative voters voted for peter rabbithair because they like trump. Some people just want change and are not aware or do not care about the political reality we face.
How do you sway these voters if you denigrate them? If this minority government falls in a few months, then what?
We need to explain why voting a certain way is detrimental to democracy in Canada, not put down because of how someone voted.
Not appropriate enough.
Unironically over 30% of people somehow still voted conservative.
I’m ashamed to admit a very large amount of them are from my area.
I don’t know what is wrong with some people. The education system has clearly desperately failed many of the people here though.
over 30% of people somehow still voted conservative.
It’s similar numbers for determined trump supporters. 30-40% of people just seem to enjoy the idea of living under a punishing overload. Maybe it makes them feel safe, or they think of themselves as superior so presume they’ll end up on top. Probably a lot of other drivers as well - poverty and uncertainty seem to play a role.
I tend to think of this more as a flaw we possess as an organism, something we need social institutions to counteract, rather than as the personal failing of one in every two or three people.
Yup. It’s always about a third of people. It never seems to vary. And often they gain power because the country’s electoral system sucks.
I always get nervous when people call other people stupid because they don’t act like them.
Sorry. Naive and easily fooled by propaganda and disinformation that feeds into their bigotry
My bad ❤️
it also demonstrates what can happen when multi-million-dollar media organizations don’t polarize your electorate. politics isn’t a fucking team sport, america.
No, this is a failure on that front. The Conservatives should be a non-factor now, but they’re disturbingly close. This is a tight election that has kind of crushed the left-ish party.
The country is deeply polarized, and it’s entirely the fault of billionaires and their media companies
Alright but let’s not forget that the Liberals were about to get removed from the face of the map when it was projected before Christmas.
The Conservatives were never going to be a non-factor, and only 4 months ago were looking to be sleepwalking into a majority. Luckily Trudeau stepped down and we got the result we saw tonight. Thankfully the CBC will live on.
We may not have Fox News, but we have lots of right news media (Post Media, The Globe and Mail, Stephen Crowder). The Conservatives have also been running ads for over a year attacking Trudeau, something that is blatantly against Canadian election laws, but clearly they found some sort of loophole, and these are more than likely being funded by conservative groups from down south or overseas.
For any Canadians that don’t know, this is what Harper (our former conservative PM) is up to now.
I’m American, but I’ve been keeping tabs on the election, and I’m so happy that you learned from our mistake. Fingers crossed the Liberals can get a majority; keep fighting against our fascist turd president. 🇨🇦
I agree but i don’t agree that anything is a shower thought and even more rarely do political options fit in as one.
All opinions are political
not only all opinions, but literally everything. the people who disagree either dont understand what that means or cant be bothered to learn to admit it.
“I think the weather is rather nice today.”
This opinion is now about global warming and the impact of logistics in post imperialist globalist consumerism.
Because I’m first year in uni and have just discovered politics and you bet I can shoehorn it into anything.
Nah, this opinion of yours for example is just a simplistic soundbite that you think might sound informed and intelligent but it is not.
Your opinion that things can be apolitical is a microaggression against anyone who’s ever been told their identity is political and therefore bad/inappropriate. Please stop, you’re legitimising transphobic arguments.
Ok Britta.
Saying the moon is made of cheese is not political, It’s moronic.
So, you have been in a coma for the last 10 years? Oh boy, you should sit down before you start catching up on politics in the US…
If the moon is made of cheese, then NASA is lying to us. Saying the moon is made of cheese is a conspiracy that undermines science and the government. That’s political.
As an American, thank you Canada for making the right choice!
Hell yeah fuck yeah. Thank you, Canada!
This gives me so much hope 🍁❤️
Still a minority government that could topple in a few months… Or even weeks.
Our last government was a minority and made it the full 4 years
Which was unusual as they usually last 18 months.
That’s the reality anyway, a minority government can topple at any time.
Liberals only need 4 seats for a majority. They can work with the NPD or Bloc to achieve what they want.
It just means they dont have free reign to do whatever the fuck they want.
Its a very good thing
In my hope of hopes this is the exact outcome I hoped for. A liberal minority with NDP balance, and PP lost his seat!
Blows my mind that nearly 30% of Canada voted to hand the country over to Trump, which is what electing Polliverre would have achieved. Both are taking marching orders from the Kremlin.
