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Originally Posted by driveway
I didn't vote because no party represents my political beliefs.
I'm on the far-left of the social spectrum, but sit center-right fiscally. The closest party would be the Liberals, but I didn't feel they earned my vote this time around.
Plus, I knew they'd loose in my riding, and I didn't want to cast a throw-away vote - no one earned my dollar twenty-five or whatever it is.
This country needs a system of proportional-representation. I know that there are arguments that it would result in the disenfranchisement of less-populated regions, but those regions are already disenfranchised. In the modern era of party-politics and instant communication, there is no need for locally-based members of the national government. We have municipal and provincial governments to deal with local issues.
I would vote, volunteer and campaign for any party that ran on a platform of changing the electoral system to proportional representation - even if the were the Nazi-Commie Puppy-Kicking Party of Canadian Cannibals.
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Did you have a Libertarian Party candidate in your riding? They are pretty close to your political views, and could use that paltry donation from your vote.