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I am hoping all of us Canadians are voting today

Last edited by silentbob15 on 14 Oct 2008, 9:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Could there be an option for non-Canadians or non-voting Canadians who want to see the poll results?

I was just curious of how people are voting up here, I am kind of thinking there is a lot of voter apathy with Canadian aspies, looks like its another minority conservative government, anyhow sure you can vote, it would be interesting to see how our American neighbors would vote.
Tried to add a non voting option but it won't edit after votes started

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My whole family voted NDP.

If I could vote then that's who I would vote for, too.

Ah, but I am shamefully ignorant of Canadian politics. I wasn't even aware you were having an election, and am not current on what major parties are active in your government or what they stand for. Come to think of it, I really don't even know the basics of how the Canadian government is organized. My guess would be parliamentary democracy?

Its basically the same as in common wealth countries, we have the Conservative, Liberal, New Democrat, Green, then the fringe party's,

I know American politics and have been following the Zimbabwean election- other than that, I know nothing about international politics. In America, the Greens are about as fringe as it gets. If I remember correctly, the terms "conservative" and "liberal" have different meanings in America than they do elsewhere.

We will know the results anytime now!! !! !

As of 10.30 pm:

Conservatives 131
Liberals: 74
Bloc 46
NDP 29
Ind 2

Its sort of a forgone conclusion in how Alberta votes, it sucks because I am Liberal, my area is Calgary West, and it looks like
Rob Anders won again, he's the one that called Nelson Mandela a terrorist, I am really hating living in Calgary, to many Rednecks.

The Bloc won in my riding. The Liberal Party came second and the NPD third.

I am mad right now...!

Mark Garneau won, I heard that Justin Trudeau was leading in his riding. They are going to have to get a new leader,
Stephen Dion has to go.

Justin Trudeau won his riding, so thats some good news

But Dion has so much charisma!! !! !

I like Dion, he is just a little too bookish, like a professor

Orwell, Our conservatives would place politically around your democrats. Even most of us Canadian Conservatives are hopeful that Obama will win. Our parties dont go as far right as yours. Of course there are the occasional oddballs.

You dont see the same sort of Christian fundamentalism here either. Even those that are strong believers are disinclined to soapbox and windmill. No Falwell-ism here! There is something in the Canadian spirit that discourages being a "menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood". Or not minding your own business, belief-wise.

Had to get that movie reference in. Sorry.

I'd say our Liberals are more populist and sail where the public winds blow. Though currently they seem a little out of step. They didn't win tonight. Not Many people are surprised other than them. So they'd be pretty centralist politically. At least for Canada.

One big thing is that the parties tend to appeal largely based on geography. The conservatives tend to sweep up west of Manitoba, which tends to break in a mix. Ontario is largely Liberal, and Quebec favours their independence party, the Bloc Quebecois. The eastern provinces, much like New England and Maine in culture, have a strong sense of egalitarianism, and vote for the biggest social net or the government that will stay out of their pockets best, depending on how the economy is.

While its partly based on geography, the ethnic origins of the Canadians in an area have a lot to do with how they vote. The west favours small government, partly because of the large populations of Russian and Ukrainian Canadians. They had enough big government/no money with the Soviets.

There are a lot of Germans as well, and my own variety, the Volga river Germans also bugged out in the advent of Sovietism. That was the second time they fled to avoid Heavy handed governments. The first was the French revolution.

Central Canada - English, French, Scots, and Irish, with a smattering of Italians and others have Victorian era social progressivism as a heritage. They vote closer to the heart than the wallet.

The east coasters are Scots/Irish and they value close community. So they vote to make sure neighbours have food in their mouths and roofs over their heads. Sometimes that involves voting against taxes, sometimes for social programs.

If I lived in Canada, I'd vote for the Bloc Québecois. Aren't they currently the 3rd largest party in parliament?