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Originally Posted by Slava
I see where your reasoning is here, but this is all a pretty shallow argument; Harper didn't have a majority either. So when you really look at things he has no more legitimacy to govern than a coalition that comprises a majority of seats.
You can make the "people elected him to be the PM" argument, but even that only gets you so far. First, the majority did not. Second, if the CPC changed leaders than that individual would then be the PM....and no one seems to take issue with that part of our political system.
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Right, but when you really get down to it...
100% of the people that voted for CPC are in favour of CPC running the country.
x% of the people that voted for Liberals are in favour of a Liberal/Socialist/Separatist Coalition running the country.
x% of the people that voted for NDP are in favour of a Liberal/Socialist/Separatist Coalition running the country.
x% of the people that voted for Separatists are in favour of a Liberal/Socialist/Separatist Coalition running the country.
So...
(100% of 38%) vs (x% of 26%) + (x% of 18%) + (x% of 10%)
My guess is that "x" would be 50% for the Liberals, 75% for the NDP and 100% for the Separatists.
Which means...
38% vs 37% (13% + 14% + 10%)
Since nobody likes to have their votes not counted, lets take those lost percentages from the coalition members and add them to the only other party to vote for (CPC).
55% (13% + 4% + 0%) vs 37% (13% + 14% + 10%).
Oh look... a majority. Imagine that.
(I can use numbers to prove my point too.)