2019 Canadian Federal Election

[TrickyRicky]

To be fair Northern the Conservatives ran 32% female Candidates, a record. That compares to 39% Liberal and around 50% NDP and Green.

So the Conservative have some work to do to bring those numbers up but they are trending in the right direction (no pun intended).

Interesting if all these female candidates are running but only 33% were elected that may say other things about the Parties and maybe electorate

 

[Jasmine18]

Female candidates usually end up being sacrificial Lambs in safe seats

 

[TransitBart]

So Jason Kenney coming down to Ontario didn't seem to have helped Conservative much.

I was going to say something ungentlemanly like "because he is an arrogant dick politicizing Albertans' fears about their economy to build his personal brand and exaggerate differences with the rest of the country", but I don't want to say something so ad hominem. So I'll just say he gives off the air of being a dick and he rubs me the wrong way.

 

[TransitBart]

Voter turnout was down. Where are those millenials we were promised? https://www.theglobeandmail.com/pol...-voter-turnout-dips-compared-with-enthusiasm/

They were gagging on the bullshit and personal attacks that lasted for 40 days in place of a reasoned debate on solid policy platforms designed to enhance the prosperity of the nation and address issues of importance to the citizenry.

 

[TransitBart]

The propaganda ministry of the Conservatives didn't like the election results.

From link.

https://www.facebook.com/torontosun/photos/a.10150109357029636/10157752020989636

That is unnecessary and unbecoming of a newspaper in North America's second-largest English language newspaper market.It is shockingly crass and unhelpful. And perhaps a sign of the times.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

That is unnecessary and unbecoming of a newspaper in North America's second-largest English language newspaper market.It is shockingly crass and unhelpful. And perhaps a sign of the times.

It's the Sun, though honestly this one isn't all that crass by their standards. The ones for Wynne are far, far worse.

AoD

 

[Videodrome]

So, while Kenney and Moe are calling for western separation, Pallister wants no part of it.

 

[TransitBart]

It's the Sun, though honestly this one isn't all that crass by their standards. The ones for Wynne are far, far worse.

AoD

I'd probably disapprove of them too. I've had enough crassness in public discourse. It should be kept here - on urbantoronto - where we can relish it privately.

 

[picard102]

File:Canadian Federal Election Cartogram 2019.svg - Wikimedia Commons

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[Richard White]

File:Canadian Federal Election Cartogram 2019.svg - Wikimedia Commons

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You can really tell how splintered the nation is by looking at this map

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

You can really tell how splintered the nation is by looking at this map

Is it particularly splintered, relative to the 90s and early 2000s though? e.g. 2000:

2000 Canadian federal election - Wikipedia

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AoD

 

[JasonParis]

You can really tell how splintered the nation is by looking at this map

Although, it looks less splintered with this visualization (which is actually more accurate) than with a proper geographic one (which makes the country look mostly blue). Still, a heat map that shows the depth of each party in each region would show us as less splintered that we may think. And also, that we've been in worse places too, even a generation ago.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Although, it looks less splintered with this visualization (which is actually more accurate) than with a proper geographic one (which makes the country look mostly blue). Still, a heat map that shows the depth of each party in each region would show us as less splintered that we may think. And also, that we've been in worse places too, even a generation ago.

What I do want to find out is what happens if an urban vote is worth as much as a rural vote.

One person, one vote? In Canada, it’s not even close

Some ridings have fewer than 40,000 people. Others are closer to 160,000. Can anything be done to make them more equal?

www.thestar.com

AoD

 

[TrickyRicky]

The trouble with bringing the nation closer together federal policy-wise is that regional interests simultaneously want national buy in and decentralization at the same time. The Liberals tend to favour centralization or harmonization as do I; however, this raises fears of national power and wealth concentration. Fears that I would argue are legitimate.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

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Most ridings are urban. Conservative Party should be asking the question of why their platform doesn't appeal to urbanites outside of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Even Manitoba where the Conservatives are popular, they were nearly shut out of Winnipeg, the major population centre and where most of Manitoba's ridings are.