The Fchat Exit Poll: Who DID You Vote For?

Apathy.

I stopped posting awhile back after someone (I think it was you) asked for suggestions of a better system than what we've got... I hate this question but am starting to think you have little right to talk until you answer it. And I can't.

I will say though for all you guys bashing the non-voters, you are wrong to think that this group is a bunch of lazy whiners. These can be some of the most strongly convicted people whom care about the trajectory of the country as much as you do. Their non-vote is sending just as much a message as an actual vote. As one member here pointed out, there is an absurdity in voting if you don't respect any of the candidate. You need to acknowledge and answer this problem of absurdity as much as we need to answer the question of an alternative to the present system.

We really need a Canadian P&R section. This is a very frustrating topic.

 

I am understanding the Separatist Movement more all the time.

We've brought the US into this mix, might as well do the same with Quebec.

 

Actually, the question i posed was towards crcs as he was complaining on how bad Canada is, and how much a socialist country we have become....which to me is another form of whinny, especially when your a CDN citizen - try that with your kids being negative all the time - they tune out

As for not voting, this has been proven to politicans and others on this board, is not having any affect. You need to go into the polling station and kill your vote if you hate the Canadiates....if people dont want to vote, thats what they should do....im sadden by the fact that sooooo many people died in North America fighting for this freedom and liberty and many take it for granted.

Furthermore, it doesnt help when you have 5 parties now on the ballot box, all it does is dilute the voting system .... if 3 new parties were allowed seats, guess what would happen ? The race would a 8 legged race

I surely , of all people dont have the answer - but collectively, i dont see why we can't discuss something better for the majority. IMO - the answer ( to my own question to crcs, which you say i have no right to speak until i answer) is more towards a 2 party like US system, maybe 3 party system at best - or a hybrd of some sort , where we dont have EXTREME political views....but soemthing towards the centre to for everyone.

You know the old saying - give a little, get a little we should not let "perfect" get in the way of getting better.

 

Unless nobody shows up to vote (and that will never happen) staying home won’t send a message. Most that stay home have to be lazy. If you want to show that the system and or all the parties suck, then you have to go out and fill out the form to tell them you are abstaining. All the parties actually see that total. Now if you have even 10% of the electorate abstaining, it will be noticed and talked about. In fact it may even show up on the tele while the ballots are being counted. Staying at home only tells the parties that we have a bunch of couch potatoes.

 

1 small way of improving what we have would be (and I believe they were talking about this a few years ago) voting for your member but also voting for your Prime Minister as well. Many people like the man for Prime Minister but hate the member in their riding. The one thing that bothers me the most is when parties parachute candidates into a riding simply to get the votes of the majority minority there. IE Brampton or Asiancourt.

 

What we honestly need on all ballots is a "None of the above" option so people can still vote and get their message across. With the options we typically have the question should be: "Who would you like to get f****d by for the next 4 years."

 

Baawhahaha - love it.

Agreed.

 

We do have. It's called abstaining. You go to you polling station and ask for the sheet. You fill it out and sign it and hand it in.

 

Not the same thing at all. An empty ballot could be assumed to be spoiled or otherwise in error. A clear indication that you showed up to vote and feel that they all suck but ticking off that box leaves no doubt as to the voter's intention.

 

Im talking about a long sheet of paper that is devised soley for abstaining. You show up to the polling station and tell them on paper that you dont like any of them. Its not a spoiled ballot. I dont quite understand what you are talking about.

 

Rejected ballots are ballots that are not marked or ballots that are marked more than once. They go in the same pile. So while one person thinks they are making a statement, they are counted with people who may have made a mistake while voting. Therefore, an extra option indicating displeasure with all candidates is the better option.

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In the 2008 federal election 94,733 ballots were reported as rejected. A Rejected Ballot is one that cannot be counted because it is improperly marked. The easiest way is to make no mark or select two or more choices. Elections Canada reports the number of Rejected Ballots.

This is different from a Spoiled Ballot; one that is altered, defaced or destroyed. Spoiling a ballot is contrary to the Canada Elections Act and conviction could bring a $500 fine or three months in jail. So please do not spoil your ballot, not only is it against the law but spoiled ballots are not reported by EC.

 

Ok, lets go with this for a second and think it through.

what happens then if the majority of the votes come in :

41% None of the above
29% Conservative
19% Liberal
6% NDP
3% Bloc

Next day - now what ?

 

Texas is CCW like most states, it isn't open carry and unless you're in the hood or barrio it looks nothing like the "OK Corral." Check the crime rates of open carry states, while you're at it. Why don't you also take your little Ferrari down to Jane and Finch and talk politics with the locals...you can all boost the Liberal party, trash-talk the US, and live in harmony because Canada has "no guns." You could even move there. You can live anywhere in Canada! Right. Chicago and DC are two of the most gun restrictive, ultra-liberal, shoot-em-up hellholes we know.

Just stop talking. Everything you've said is ridiculous. The Government and the sheeple like you are the reason I left Canada.

 

The same thing we are going to get anyway; a minority government.

 

ROLMAO - so then whats the point of having an option if nothing will change ?

 

Good thing you left. You are now in a country that suits you, where people can destort the actual facts. Your post obviously has made you feel good. Thats the way it is in the USA. Facts in the USA always have another meaning to suit their own purposes but when we go back to the basics we ALL can see whats REALLY happening.
Its sort of like the Toronto Maple Leafs. Every year is a failure but the die hard fans always believe the "feel good news" that next year they will be much much better.
BTW Texas as of 2009 had the 17th highest murder rate out of the 50 mainland states. But then thats only a factoid.

 

Because I could actually leave the polling booth with a smile on my face for the first time, and it's more mature than drawing a large middle finger across the front of my ballot.

 

As the song says, Meet the old boss, same as the new boss.

 

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Well the debate is now over and the french one tomorrow will be a joke and mean very little. It sure looked like Harper won hands down tonight. There was not much the 3 stooges could complain about and Iggy harped on and on about the same things over and over. Harper looked like a Prime Minister and the others didnt. The polls will probably swing a few more point toward the conservatives now.

 

"Democracy is the worship of jackals by jackasses." — H.L. Mencken

 

So Lenin, tell us exactly where you stand? Gotta love people that criticize a system but dont have any idea what to replace it with.
This post coming from a guy that loves the system in the USA. The country whos president is on TV right now telling everyone that they are in deep chit and if they dont get it together pronto, they will be paying 1 Trillion $ in interest alone to China every year. They may have to default on their payments and therefor investors will flee the country. What he didnt say is even more scary. Now Canadas system is better than that of the USA. Our banking system is herrolded by the rest of the world. Yes we are slightly more social than the USA and thats what makes us better off and not in deep dodo. So Mr Lenin, Please tell us all the system of governance that you believe is so good that you might be inticed to go out and vote? Or maybe your just one of those couch potatoes that whines all day long about everything and has not one better idea. Maybe your idea of Government is a ganja type one....I dont know but please tell us your idea of the perfect system.

 

Won't give someone as brainless as you the time of day.

 

Thats the answer I expected from you. You and your buddy resort to name calling when you cant make a sensicle reply.