Elections My favourite characteristic of Canadian elections

[Pseudo Sane]

This thread is bringing the lulz today haha

Oh right, I forgot about Blanchet winning (somehow):

 

[luckyshot]

We burned down the white house.

So? How many times did you burn down London?

 

[grimballer]

my favourite part about canadian elections is ppl dont even get to choose their prime minister.

hes chosen by his own party and appointed by governor general on behalf of the queen

 

[grimballer]

My favorite part is at the end, you know, when I start getting fucked in the ass.

thats pretty much true all over the world.

 

[Andy Capp]

The minimum duration is probably required to get the polling stations and staffing organized. I doubt you can go shorter than 36 weeks or it would be a shitshow. Thus election will be a total shitshow at the polling stations. Guaranteed understaffed and probably a big turnout.

Dude.

Not 36 weeks, 36 days.

 

[Andy Capp]

My favourite characteristic of Canadian elections is how they happen for no reason in the middle of a pandemic.

Well, if it's a successful gambit it may be due to the large difference in vaccination rates and certain policies between areas that tend to vote liberal versus those that do not--thus having an effect on voter turnout--in which case it would prove correct those who support vaccination. Don'tcha think?

 

[Pseudo Sane]

Well, if it's a successful gambit it may be due to the large difference in vaccination rates and certain policies between areas that tend to vote liberal versus those that do not--thus having an effect on voter turnout--in which case it would prove correct those who support vaccination. Don'tcha think?

Not sure I follow the argument. Are you saying that voter turnout will be higher in more vaccinated areas and skew left?

If that's your pitch, I'm unsure. I think that people aren't happy about being in a needless election, and are very unhappy that Covid is here to stay.

 

[Codpiece]

Canadian English (as well as the Queen’s), you heathen.

How about elections duration?

My favourite comment in this thread.



Short election durations seem better. The US one drags on and on.

 

[j123]

I would prefer shorter durations with more debates

 

[Andy Capp]

Not sure I follow the argument. Are you saying that voter turnout will be higher in more vaccinated areas and skew left?

If that's your pitch, I'm unsure. I think that people aren't happy about being in a needless election, and are very unhappy that Covid is here to stay.

I'm not saying that will happen but it could have entered into the decision to call the election.

If COVID is here to stay it's because of people fighting public health measures. It is so much worse than it needed to be certain people ought to be ashamed of themselves and many more ought to be smacking themselves in the face.

 

[Halifax]

Well, if it's a successful gambit it may be due to the large difference in vaccination rates and certain policies between areas that tend to vote liberal versus those that do not--thus having an effect on voter turnout--in which case it would prove correct those who support vaccination. Don'tcha think?

The chances of it being a successful gambit are slim to none. The best case scenario for Trudeau right now is another minority, which means this election was a waste of time.at best.

 

[Halifax]

I would prefer shorter durations with more debates

Any shorter and people would not even get their voting cards by election day

 

[rikibobby]

Dude.

Not 36 weeks, 36 days.

Yeah, that's what I meant

 

[Andy Capp]

The chances of it being a successful gambit are slim to none. The best case scenario for Trudeau right now is another minority, which means this election was a waste of time.at best.

I am not endorsing the stratagem nor the election call. It just occurred to me in the moment it may have been a factor in their thinking in as much as if people make the connection between the Conservatives and the situation in Alberta (for example) even some conservatives may be swayed. But I agree that not only did they miscalculate in calling the election in the first place, they have appear to have badly miscalculated by not having a clear and concise answer prepared when asked for the reason for the call. But funky stuff happens in an election. Pretty much everyone here who is against Trudeau predicted an epic Liberal loss in the last election.

I have to say, I actually still think the Liberals would do the best job for Canada if they were to win, but it would be pretty funny if Trudeau Elizabeth May'd himself right out of office.

 

[Andy Capp]

Well, if it's a successful gambit it may be due to the large difference in vaccination rates and certain policies between areas that tend to vote liberal versus those that do not--thus having an effect on voter turnout--in which case it would prove correct those who support vaccination. Don'tcha think?

I feel the need to point out the use of the words "if" and "may" in this post, making it a conditional statement, a hypothetical if you will. Just FTR.

 

[Ayin]

I would prefer shorter durations with more debates

the state of debates, especially in English, are atrocious. Just absolute trash, time after time. They need a complete overhaul.

 

[tramendous]

No but we made England say "No Mas" twice.

Didnt they smack you and burn down the white house the 2nd time?

 

[Pseudo Sane]

If COVID is here to stay it's because of people fighting public health measures. It is so much worse than it needed to be certain people ought to be ashamed of themselves and many more ought to be smacking themselves in the face.

I respectfully disagree.

By the time anyone in government took Covid seriously it was March 2020, and Covid was already everywhere at that point.

Studies show that even strict social distancing and mask use at best reduces, but does not eliminate, spread. Doesn't get it down low enough to eliminate, certainly.

The best bet for getting rid of it was the vaccines, but they are leaky, and it looks like people are going to need boosters to keep the immune response up.

Even New Zealand and Australia, which are the most successful western nations re keeping covid out, are seeing more cases now. Unless you commit to autarky and close your borders (only really possible for island nations), Covid is here to stay.

If public health measures worked to get rid of covid, and if it was a matter of moral blame that can attach to some group, you would expect someone in the world to have eliminated Covid, but the truth of the matters is once it was allowed to spread in the community beyond a couple of cases, Covid was here to stay. We don't actually have tools that can eliminate it.

 

[Halifax]

I am not endorsing the stratagem nor the election call. It just occurred to me in the moment it may have been a factor in their thinking in as much as if people make the connection between the Conservatives and the situation in Alberta (for example) even some conservatives may be swayed. But I agree that not only did they miscalculate in calling the election in the first place, they have appear to have badly miscalculated by not having a clear and concise answer prepared when asked for the reason for the call. But funky stuff happens in an election. Pretty much everyone here who is against Trudeau predicted an epic Liberal loss in the last election.

I have to say, I actually still think the Liberals would do the best job for Canada if they were to win, but it would be pretty funny if Trudeau Elizabeth May'd himself right out of office.

I'm pretty sure the liberals saw how bad shit was about to get because of their actions in the last 6 years and decided to hold an election during a pandemic for that reason. Their stock was probably going to go way down in the next 6 months as the country nosedives and they realized they had to call it now because it will be way worse odds of getting votes later.

 

[A Very Serious Cat]

my favourite part about canadian elections is ppl dont even get to choose their prime minister.

hes chosen by his own party and appointed by governor general on behalf of the queen

You know who the leader of each party is when voting so it's no mystery who will be the pm if each choice wins