RSSHow did the strategic voting work out?
Oct 15
The one case that had me slightly worried with my voting decision was going Green and then the Conservative winning by a small margin over the Liberal.
Funny enough, looks like that happened: Kitchener-Waterloo results. A margin of 73 votes is pretty small!
But, I don’t regret my decision since I voted the way I wanted. What’s better than that? Further, a margin of 72 votes is still a loss. Even further, had I somehow dragged 72 other people to the polls and convinced them to vote Liberal, one more seat wouldn’t have made a difference in the national outcome.
I could definitely be a Liberal voter again in the future. As much as I think Dion is good at policy, he’s not meant to be a national party leader, in my opinion. Maybe next time around the Libs will pick someone inspiring, set out an aggressive green platform, and I’d be happy to vote for them.
Oct 15, 2008 @ 15:31:54
Glad to see that you don’t regret your vote based on your principles, even though the Liberals lost by the smallest of margins. Somehow I had thought you were in Kitchener Centre, not Kitchener-Waterloo, but being in the K-W riding should give you one solace:
If any of the 308 Liberal candidates deserved to lose, it’s Andrew Telegdi. Even Warren Kinsella’s pretty happy he got turfed. See this article – http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060113.wtoryrel0113/BNStory/specialDecision2006/
Oct 17, 2008 @ 09:44:05
I had seen WK’s ranting on Telegri before. Honestly, I don’t consider the local rep in my voting decision. I vote foe the party. Maybe that’s not great, but oh well
Oct 19, 2008 @ 14:21:56
Please check thsi out:
Liberals (and others) Opposed to Stephane Dion’s Removal as Leader at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=40161095228
Thanks!