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Originally Posted by John Doe
So I went out and did my civic duty last night. I had previously looked at all of the party platforms and checked out the releases, backgrounds and interviews that were online for all of the candidates. I left the polling station satisfied that I had done everything I could to make an informed choice.
My choice received 14% of the vote. The Conservative candidate is a militantly anti-rights, pro-life, homophobic, racist jerk. He has the potential to be the next Rob Anders. He won with 69% of the vote, solely because of the party he belonged to.
Can somebody explain to me again how I didn't waste my time last night voting?  |
Same deal in my riding, except with the NDP.
This is the major problem with the past the post system. Some ridings are just illogically attached to one political party. It makes any minority vote in those ridings meaningless.
I voted for a party outside the big 3. Solely to give them encouragement for future elections.