OT: Voter "Exit Poll"

[Mortlives]

So, now that the election is over, if you feel like sharing, who'd you vote for? I think it would be interesting to see what sort of political spectrum we run.

Sorry about the miss-spelling of Bloc Quebecois. I can't find a way to fix it.

 

[sean-1966]

Liberal, the whole family is Liberal. My Uncle won his riding. I think it's his fifth term.

 

[tone.def]

I voted NDP for Olivia Chow - the best candidate in my eyes for our riding. I did not vote strategically to keep the Liberals in power, although I wish they had retained it.

Personally, I'm not so sure that we need a government change in leading parties with our economy doing so well, our dollar being so high and our unemployment rate being the lowest in 30 years, but I think a changing of the guard was in order, fresh, un-tainted blood, you know?

I'm willing to give Harper a chance, but if the CBC hands me a lay off notice in a couple months because he personally cancels programming like he said he was going to do in the last election, I'll be pretty mad. I don't think slashing us is on his top priority list though...

 

[CharlesTD]

DW voted NDP and I spoiled my ballott.

 

[Scratch42]

I voted NDP!

I figured the other two parties have had their chance to you know what to us, why not give them a chance!



janet

 

[Mortlives]

DW voted NDP and I spoiled my ballott.

Some would say I spoiled mine as well... I noticed your mention of spoiled ballots on the other thread. It used to be, before Trudeau got rid of it, that you could walk up to your returning officer and say "I refuse my ballot", and they would count those as refused, thus differentiating the people who couldn't figure out how to vote from those who couldn't find anyone worth voting for.

 

[digskat]

NDP. couldn't get over the Harris nightmare, couldn't trust Martin. Want to maintain medi-care. Figured minority would be safest bet.

 

[CharlesTD]

Some would say I spoiled mine as well... I noticed your mention of spoiled ballots on the other thread. It used to be, before Trudeau got rid of it, that you could walk up to your returning officer and say "I refuse my ballot", and they would count those as refused, thus differentiating the people who couldn't figure out how to vote from those who couldn't find anyone worth voting for.

My mom worked the polls this year and she was told that all ballotts were counted and spoiled ballotts were even counted and noted. I even signed my name to my ballott along with teh explanation I wrote on teh back of it.

 

[Apothecary]

Voted NDP. Didn't help much...our candidate finished 3rd. But, that's not always the point, is it?

 

[BitsnBearsMom]

I voted MICKEY MOUSE!!

I figured he could do a better job then any of those other clowns!!

 

[basas]

Entire family voted Conservative (must be from the West, huh? ). Happy to see a new government in this country- a step in the 'right' direction finally (double meaning!)

 

[CharlesTD]

Entire family voted Conservative (must be from the West, huh? ). Happy to see a new government in this country- a step in the 'right' direction finally (double meaning!)

You know I used to be a big conservative supporter until the merger with the Alliance/reform that and the fact that Harper wants to open the floor to free vote on same sex marriage and a number of other issues that should be left well enough alone IMHO.

 

[Skywalker]

Some would say I spoiled mine as well... I

So, who did you vote for?

Me, I voted blue blue blue. Stephen Harper all the way.

Harper on election night ------->

 

[jinglesmountjoy]

I voted NDP!

I figured the other two parties have had their chance to you know what to us, why not give them a chance!

janet

Ahhhhh....how easily we forget BOB RAE. I love what the NDP stand for (share the wealth, we're all one happy family...) but our society is not even close to being ready for that...too many freeloaders.

I went Conservative because he WON'T revisit same sex and if he did, it would be a free vote...which is what is should have been in the first place (democracy). The free vote would overwhelmingly be in favour of same-sex as it should be anyway so it's really a non-issue for me.

I'm not married to any one party, I vote for the 'best platform' and Harper has really pulled together this party and dropped the dead wood. Lookout...you might actually like this guy.

I think he needs to do something about the rising dollar. Our exports are getting killed and the loonie needs to hover around $0.72 cents to give some balance to our economy.

My #1 reason is simply this...
Canada is really just one BIG company and we are the shareholders. As a shareholder, I expect the CEO, CFO, COO (PM and cabinet members) and other board members to run my company as best they can and give me a decent return on my investment (taxes). Above all, I expect honesty and like any other company, theft is a zero-tolerance issue.

When I find out that the CFO has been filtering money to his 'family' through UNBELIEVABLY INFLATED goods and services costs (ie. $1500 cpu's purchased at $10,000 ea), I expect answers from my CEO (previous CFO). If he claims no knowledge of the theft, he is either untruthful and therefore a theif himself or he's a poor leader for not having a handle on my company. Not to mention, a bad judge of character for his cabinet choices.

Sorry for the verbose answer.

 

[tone.def]

Ahhhhh....how easily we forget BOB RAE. I love what the NDP stand for (share the wealth, we're all one happy family...) but our society is not even close to being ready for that...too many freeloaders.

Um... Bob Rae was a provincial politician.

Can you blame Harper for MIKE HARRIS (former Progressive Conservative Ontario Premier) slashing and burning all spending and funding and throwing metally ill people out on the streets instead of making sure they were taking care of? If you want to know what I'm talking about, visit Queen and King Street between Jamieson to Bathurst. You can find former Queen West Mental Health patients begging for change and chasing you down the street and running out into traffic.

Can we blame Paul Martin for GORDON CAMPBELL's (Liberal B.C. premier) drunk driving fiasco in Maui?

No... Let's differentiate here.

My #1 reason is simply this...
Canada is really just one BIG company and we are the shareholders. As a shareholder, I expect the CEO, CFO, COO (PM and cabinet members) and other board members to run my company as best they can and give me a decent return on my investment (taxes). Above all, I expect honesty and like any other company, theft is a zero-tolerance issue.

When I find out that the CFO has been filtering money to his 'family' through UNBELIEVABLY INFLATED goods and services costs (ie. $1500 cpu's purchased at $10,000 ea), I expect answers from my CEO (previous CFO). If he claims no knowledge of the theft, he is either untruthful and therefore a theif himself or he's a poor leader for not having a handle on my company. Not to mention, a bad judge of character for his cabinet choices.

Sorry for the verbose answer.

How quickly the Mulroney years have been forgotten... Losing a cabinet minister each year of his reign due to wrongdoings?

Tunagate anyone?

 

[jinglesmountjoy]

Um... Bob Rae was a provincial politician...

Can we blame Paul Martin for GORDON CAMPBELL's (Liberal B.C. premier) drunk driving fiasco in Maui?

No... Let's differentiate here.

How quickly the Mulroney years have been forgotten... Losing a cabinet minister each year of his reign due to wrongdoings?

Tunagate anyone?

Regarding Bob...the point was more, 'this is the most recent example of NDP politics (core values) we have to go on' and that was a disaster (idealogically speaking...utopia, I love it. But practically speaking... )

Regarding my 'Company Policies' and 'Mulroney years'...
...I helped to remove him and I'll help to remove Harper if promises aren't kept. I'm simply tired of Canadians turning the other cheek and just taking it. Chretien was arguably, a borderlilne fascist...yet we did nothing and invited him to a second term (although, the options were limited at that time with the Alliance party still crawling out of the womb).

As this isn't a debate, I'll stop there and not get into my feelings on Mike Harris . Believe it or not, I do care for less fortunate people. I'm an active member in a local charity that looks out for those forgotten in the bureaucracy of larger charitable organizations.

I'll just say this is a different party that still retains it core values but with a different leader who will give this party a bit of a progressive edge. I really think we're going to like this guy. He's going to surprise a lot of people.

Incidentally, I take no offence to anyone's political stripe nor to what they post here. It's all just good conversation and an exchange of ideas. Regardless of your political views there is one thing you can do to help make Canada a better place...arm yourself with knowledge. Know the issues and more importantly, follow our leaders all year long and keep current. People are reluctant to lie, misquote or mislead if they think they'll get caught and politicians are just people.

 

[declansdad]

As far as the leaders go


Martin is old and tired, was saddled with the chretien baggage

Harper just scares me (I guess we will see if a leopard can changes its spots)

Layton is like a used-car salesman (to borrow a phrase)


I think you need to vote for the person in the riding. In my case it was the Liberal candidate

 

[MikeJ]

I voted Green. Our family are long-time Liberal supporters, but I'd had enough and could not hold my nose long enough to vote for them (even though we still have a Liberal MP ). I cannot vote NDP as I believe they would push this country backwards with their tax and spend strategies. And although I think Harper's handlers have done a really good job of making him seem human, I still don't trust the party with it's intolerant (i.e. Reform) roots. (And I can say that without prejudice as a transplanted Westerner.)

I took the time to read the Green platform on their website, and there is much there that I like (and some that I don't). I tend to be a fiscal conservative but hold to many liberal social policies - much in line with Green's platform. Now I would never presume to think they would ever form a government, but for each vote they receive the get the $1.75 in funding from the government which will help to spread the message. After all, there have been many social policies implemented in this country which were started by parties other than those ruling the federal roost.

See what you can get for $0.02 these days.

- Mike

 

[PhotobearSam]

Voted Blue even though Harper scares me but I could not vote for the red thieves. NDP here had no shot...My riding stayed RED as always...We never get anything here because no one bothers to try to sway us for our vote because we have been red for over 50 years...


How many people think the Conservatives would have won more seats if Peter McKay would have been the leader???

I would have campaigned for him...

 

[damo]

Voted Blue even though Harper scares me but I could not vote for the red thieves. NDP here had no shot...My riding stayed RED as always...We never get anything here because no one bothers to try to sway us for our vote because we have been red for over 50 years...


How many people think the Conservatives would have won more seats if Peter McKay would have been the leader???

I would have campaigned for him...

Peter MacKay is definitely a step in the right direction. I wonder how many decades it will be before he can take over?