Monday, December 19, 2005
Proportional funding: another reason to vote
Very interesting blog over on CBC's Blogger forum Election Round Table by Marcie Abramovitch
Living in safe ridings with our First Past the Post system can be very frustrating. You can have a pretty clear idea that regardless of how you vote there is very little chance the person you are voting for will win the seat. In my riding the largest fight occurs over who will win the nomination for the Liberal party because if you are running for the Liberals here you have a very good chance of winning the seat. The fight over the nomination can become particularly expensive and nasty when the person who had previously been the MP in the riding decides not to run anymore.
The recent change in how parties are funded, however, does makes it more visible why it is important for everyone to vote, regardless of whether your seat is safe or not. ....
Living in safe ridings with our First Past the Post system can be very frustrating. You can have a pretty clear idea that regardless of how you vote there is very little chance the person you are voting for will win the seat. In my riding the largest fight occurs over who will win the nomination for the Liberal party because if you are running for the Liberals here you have a very good chance of winning the seat. The fight over the nomination can become particularly expensive and nasty when the person who had previously been the MP in the riding decides not to run anymore.
The recent change in how parties are funded, however, does makes it more visible why it is important for everyone to vote, regardless of whether your seat is safe or not. ....
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The only voting system which is matters is a run off ballot system, nuff said. This way, who ever wins, always wins with at least 51% of the vote. No one on the extreme left ever discusses this though because it means the NDP will always loose...
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